SUSTAINABLE
EXHIBITING
Open Exhibitions is dedicated to delivering stands and services that are uniquely flexible, cost effective and sustainable, whilst complying with the principles of international standard ISO 20121.
So what is ISO 20121
ISO 20121 specifies the requirements for an Event Sustainability Management System to improve the sustainability of events. It is designed to help organisations in the events industry to improve the sustainability of their event related activities, products and services.
ISO 20121 is based on the earlier British Standard called ‘BS 8901 Specification for a Sustainability Management System for Events’ which was first developed in 2007.
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How Open Exhibitions comply with the principles of ISO 20121?
ISO 20121 explains that sustainability is about how an organisation runs its activities in a commercially successful way whilst contributing towards a stronger and more just society and reducing its impact on the environment.
ISO 20121 challenges “business as usual” and drives creativity and innovation, (Open’s founding principles), an approach that’s reflected in our unique stand building system that delivers exceptional levels of sustainability and reusability to meet the needs of both the present and future generations. The following looks at the sustainability of each element of our system in more detail.
Lightweight, Strong & Infinitely Recyclable.
Our innovative walling system delivers a clean, modern aesthetic with a seamless finish. At its core is our advanced aluminium sub-frame, the cornerstone of our efficiency.
Aluminium is lightweight, strong, and infinitely recyclable, making it the most abundant metal on Earth. Its low weight helps to significantly reduce energy costs and carbon emissions associated with storage and transport, aligning perfectly with global sustainability goals.
Recent technological advances and voluntary environmental efforts also mean that aluminium is more sustainable today than ever before. Energy required to produce new aluminium is down more than a quarter since 1995 and the industry’s carbon footprint is down nearly 40 percent.
The clever design of Open Exhibitions walling system whereby the aluminium is not visible means the sub-frame has over double the usable life of any other comparative system. Further, when it does come time to re-cycle the components, they are 100% recyclable!
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Clean, Flexible, Long-Life, Recyclable Panels
Open Exhibitions walling is clad with Dibond and Dilite panels to give a unique, clean, modern aesthetic with no visible aluminium and unlike the traditional use of MDF or foamex, our Dibond and Dilite panels combine light weight with a long life cycle.
These high quality yet economic panels can be rolled to form curved as well as straight walling, and their production sites have been certified in accordance with ISO 9001 / EN 14001, the globally recognised standard for environmental management systems.
Reusable, Low-Energy, Electrical Components
By investing in new sustainable technologies and developing existing products, Open Exhibitions ensures that sustainability in the provision of electrical services at exhibitions comes as an extremely valuable additional benefit; not at the expense of efficiency or practicality.
Open Exhibitions electrical cable management features an integrated plug and play electrical system whose components, electrical cabling, sockets and lighting are 100% reusable. Further all our electrical components, cables, plugs, lights, connectors and distribution boxes are pre-assembled, have exceptionally long life spans, and can be re-cycled at the end of their economic use.
Our lighting and electrical systems use modern efficient technology such as LED to minimise our carbon footprint, resulting in a 90% reduction in energy consumption compared to traditional non-LED lighting.
We constantly monitor the development of sustainable electrical components and are committed to bringing further new and exciting products to market at the earliest possible opportunity.
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Reusable platform floor
Open Exhibitions has designed and developed an ecofriendly interlocking floor system that can be easily laid achieving time and cost efficiencies, accommodate under floor electrical cabling and is fully re-usable!
Use of the Open reusable floor has resulted in an annual saving of 1,675 boards of MDF and 3,350 linear meters of baton.
Lightweight and Efficient To Transport
Open Exhibitions stand components are light and efficient to transport enabling us to use the smallest vehicles possible in order to reduce emissions and fuel consumption.
Where larger shipments of stock are required, all components are designed to enable them to be efficiently and economically packed into bespoke stillages, maximising the volume of stock per truck movement and thus minimising transport movements and associated carbon emissions.
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Sustainable carbon neutral waste management
Our commitment to sustainability extends beyond the physical products we use.
Open Exhibitions partner with a carbon neutral waste management company, (https://www.bandmwaste.com). The company operates its own refuse derived fuel plant to divert waste from land fill to generate green energy.
We arrange for the reuse or recycling of office waste, including paper, computer supplies, and redundant equipment and reduce the energy consumption of office equipment by purchasing energy efficient equipment and good housekeeping. Our approach to travel and meetings, along with our standard working practices are all designed to be fully compliant with the principles of international standard ISO 20121.
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Key features
Elements that we are often asked for include:
- Creative walling – curved and straight up to 5m high
- Exhibitions stand pods
- Lightbox stands
- Display walling – incorporating showcases where required.
- Retail areas
- Bars and food service areas
- Lounge areas
- Seminar and presentation areas
- Experiential and themed areas
And all feature:
- In-house design and visualisation free of charge.
- A fully bespoke custom build look and finish at a lower cost.
- Exceptional cost-effectiveness for multi-use and large areas.
- Quick to erect curved and straight walling (up to 5m high) to create large environments quickly.
- Unique graphics friendly surfaces with no visible aluminium or ceiling grids.
- A team rooted in event production that fully understands the unique requirements of the sector.
- Unrivalled sustainability.
Open Service
Our service is designed to make events as straight forward as possible, and typically covers design, project management, artwork, graphics, construction, transport and logistics.
Operating from a 20,000sq ft unit in the heart of the UK, we have sufficient stock to deliver the largest event spaces and our policy of not undertaking a large volume of work at any one time, also ensures we are able to deliver the same with a very high level of personal service to our clients.
We manage multi-event event programs, building and storing event environments that can be re-used and re-configured for different sizes and locations.
At Open, we are passionate about the service we provide, you will find our entire team, extremely experienced, flexible, and great to work with, and by always having immediate access to a Director of the company, you can be sure of the quick resolution of any issues that may arise.
Open Pricing
We share many of our clients frustrations at the cost of organising events and do all we can to help minimise your costs.
Our innovative focus on multi-use components means our event spaces require less labour, material, and refurbishment, and the bigger the space or the more times it is used, the greater the savings become.
We are most cost effective when building larger event environments, or where organisers have a multi-event program (typically we can achieve savings in excess of 25%), yet you’ll also find us extremely competitive for smaller areas.
Many costs though, are from third parties. We seek to drive these down wherever possible and show them clearly on our quotations and invoices. You’ll find our pricing transparent and competitive, and our quotations detailed and fully inclusive.
We will always seek to deliver your event space at minimum cost and to do so we follow a few simple guidelines –
- Where we work with other specialist contractors we do so willingly and without mark-up.
- We use local labour where the logistics cost savings outweighs the efficiency benefits derived from using our own men.
- Plan all transport to minimise costs whist maximizing certainty, including using secure holding areas where beneficial.
- Design components for maximum reusability and longevity.
- Specify finishes that best suit the specification at lowest cost.
- Make extensive use of pre-wired plug and play electrics.
Open Sustainable Exhibiting
One of our key motivations is to offer innovative stands that can be re-used time and again in differing formats at different venues, sustainable events that meet the needs of the present and future generations.
Our hybrid designs have many environmental advantages, clearly the greatest of which is extensive re-use of assets without design compromise.
Modular components are light and efficient to transport enabling us to use the smallest vehicles possible in order to reduce emissions and fuel consumption.
Our lighting and electrical systems use modern efficient LED technology to minimise our carbon footprint, and all components, cables, plugs, lights, connectors and distribution boxes are pre-assembled and re-usable.
As a result, our event environments deliver the best of both worlds, a fully bespoke appearance that’s quick to build, flexible, cost effective and sustainable, with finishes that match or exceed those of traditional construction.
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