EMIT THE LIGHT OF THE SUN

Eco-friendly sign in the city

The sun provides us shining light and lots of energy.
Especially, the solar energy is usually used in saving of electric energy.
So, if we make full use of this, we can make a wonderful eco-friendly sign.
In this situation, the city hall of Seoul installed the solar panel sign for the G20 summit meeting as for the last year and is attracting people's attention.
Let's look see the solar panel sign upgraded of design and production technique.

There are various ways to contribute to eco-friendly. Recycling or energy conservation, and reducing waste and harmful materials are those ways. In this point, solar panel sign can also save the energy. Signs use a lot of electricity as it should be turned on even at night. That's why energy saving is the best way to contribute for eco-friendly.
For this trend, the solar system has been used for sign for a few years.
The government installed two solar panel signs in Seoul last year. And, they have installed them in renew building for the G20 summit meeting this year.

Using parts of the solar panel to design
They have an advantage as this building located in the area of plenty of sunshine. So, Design best Co., Ltd installed the 16 of solar panel to collect the solar energy.
Especially, it is possible to no need power as there are many solar modules in sign. Also Hybrid sign, one of solar panel 20W, two of 15W installed on the top floor is saving the electricity. That's why shoppers are very satisfied with design and solar panel sign.
On the other hand, there is limit for design because of solar panel sign, the solar panel must be set up inside the sign. So, they need more efforts than general sign.
The design of renewed building is just like a appearing bud from flowerpot. Also, its concept is Green, eco-friendly and close to nature, used green color for this sign.

Unification of solar panel, construction is quite easy
They upgraded not only design but also production technique. When they set up the solar panel sign last year, they made by all-in-one method, including solar panel, controller SMPS, and battery. However, they installed all on the top floor except for solar panel. So, design was better than before and became thin and lighter.
The designer said "It is not very difficult to set up the solar panel sign.
Also, it could be the innovative item if design is ok even though it is more expensive than general sign."
There should be support of government as one of the public facilities, sign, I hope this solar panel sign becomes eco-friendly item and constructs city. ☯

DO YOU STILL THROW LEFT OUTPUT AWAY?

Unlimited recycling of used materials

Wastes from large format printings which were used in OOH market are now using in the new market.
They have been using them variously not only for OOH advertisement but also for fashion accessories such as bags, pouches, ropes or raw materials as plastic.
Like this, these materials are not just wastes anymore. It can be recycled as beautiful products.
There are some examples and solutions for people who are working in sign industry and worry about waste.

From wastes to new products
Whenever you pass the street, you can see a lot of diverse large format printings such as screen ad, wide color, or banners. The large format printing is using in OOH industry, but left materials usually become wastes.
The biggest problem is how collect and dispose them, and its cost.
Disposal of waste is quite expensive and it brings serious environmental pollution and waste of resources if landfill or incineration. The best way is to recycle. Some print service providers are recycling and recreating of new products, doing environmental protection and resource savings.

From waste of flex to fashion accessories
The most active part of recycling is making them as fashion accessories. There are many companies which are recycling waste of flex as bags, pouches, or purses.
One of them is Touch for good Co., Ltd. The reason why they recycle is because of "there are too much." The company said "There are more using materials than other countries. However, we almost throw it away or landfill. It was a problem. That's why I started to recycle it and make some new products as fashion accessories." and "We can make only one product in the world." Also they make some souvenirs with used materials as most of customers would like to remember the event.

Used banners become ropes and product value
There is unusual example recycling waste of banners as ropes.
Chairman of the water preservation society said, "After seeing a lot of waste of banner, I was thinking how recycled. I just make rope with these waste since 2007 and selling it at this moment."
He also said "We are recycling around 600ton of wastes a year. If we don't recycle them, the cost of disposal of waste would be about $2,430,000 a year." Ropes are produced in 8 types of diameter from 2cm to 32cm. These ropes are low priced and high durability, so it is popular.
It is using at fish farms and also exports to another countries. For the export, they were inspected and they got a good result so, improved as an eco-friendly product.

Need efforts and cooperation from Sign industry
People need efforts and cooperation from Sign Industry to find recyclable materials from waste. They have to clean them up after collecting, and disconnect strings, wires, or wooden stick.
This is quite cumbersome work. That's why it is good to assign them to related companies after basic work to increase the efficiency and productivity. And also it is better to keep them clean. Even though this work is a little bit cumbersome, it preserves the environment and help making the recycle products. ☯