Self-service kiosks can benefit a business’s carbon footprint immensely.

The deployment of a touch screen can have far more benefits as being eco-friendly as opposed to traditional methods.

One example consists of a boy from Arizona who spent two years writing messages of thanks and creating hand-decorated cards to send to US troops. The 11-year-old made more than 180,000 personalised cards for American service members overseas. But imagine how much paper him and your business could save by displaying information and text via a touch screen?

The printed cards are a fantastic gesture of goodwill and support to the hardworking service men and women of U.S but the messages of thank-you can easily be offered with a kiosk. Instead of wasting valuable resources by sending out a monthly newsletter, all the info can be displayed via the welcome kiosk for all staff to read. And because it is displayed electronically, all the data can be kept up-to-date and new.

There are many other ways that kiosks are environmentally friendly. Kiosks can also offer advice to Britons on how to be ‘green’. A unit can display top tips and teach society on how to focus on sustainability and be environmentally conscious. And it can also offer guidance on the unit’s power and energy consumption.

There are also many kiosks on the market that are made out of recycled and renewal materials and ones that recycle products like glass bottles.

So there are many ways in which the technology can be ecological but fundamentally, kiosks help by displaying information via an interface and saving trees by cutting the amount of paper usage.

Contact us today to enquire about Protouch touch screen software and cutting your business carbon footprint.

The concept of being environmentally friendly and having a positive impact on the earth is a huge aspect of any business nowadays. And many industry sectors in the UK have placed an emphasis and drive to reducing its carbon footprint and becoming ‘green’.

Trading firms are striving to be eco-friendly alongside retailers, banks and health services but it has been claimed that the self-service sector is lagging behind in going conservational.

However, it is arguable that touch screen technology is already trying to be environmentally friendly. There are many kiosks and digital signage on the market that are made out of recycled and renewal materials and there are numerous manufactured kiosks that specifically help the environment.

Here at Protouch we have written several posts on kiosks aiding the world. Information units have been installed in varying countries across the globe to offer help and advice to consumers on how to help the environment and manage the unit’s power and energy consumption; and there is evidence of solar powered touch screens.

Back in 2010 Pepsi announced an innovate strategy to fight
pollution and encourage recycling through the use of intelligent kiosks; and in 2009 a self-service kiosk was created to recycle old mobile phones.

Kiosks do promote ‘greener’ issues by educating and communicating with the public. Only last weekend when a member of our team came back from a holiday and landed at Manchester Airport in the UK, did they notice some deployed touch screen monitors by the train station to inform travellers on how they can be more sustainable.

All industries can continually progress and do better to be conservational but it does take time and there are stepping stones to cross. The self-service sector, like many others, is determined to do its part to reduce the world’s overall carbon footprint; we’ll all just have to wait and see what it brings.

A touch screen kiosk can be deployed to inform customers on various subjects be it tourist destinations and events, product info or health advice.

A kiosk can be located to inform the public on special offers, sport class or film timetables or a town’s heritage. But as well as the multitude of facilities, an information kiosk can also offer help to people on how to help the environment.

A unit has been installed in Douglas County in Nebraska, America to show the public how to reduce storm water runoff and decrease pollution. The county has deployed an internet kiosk to provide info on storm water and other environmental issues.

A top tip that has been shared includes turning the downspouts on a house toward the lawn or garden and away from the driveway leading to the street. There’s also information about demonstration projects.

The Environment Agency is the UK’s public body whose principal aims are to protect and improve the environment and to promote sustainable development. They are concerned mainly with rivers, flooding and pollution and here at Protouch we imagine that they could jump on the band wagon as the Americans have and reap the benefits of deploying touch screen technology.

Educating generations is paramount to tackling world-wide issues and the government is pushing citizens to become aware of their effects on the o-zone layer and realise how our resources are diminishing at a rapid rate.

If people are not told the correct facts and figures then they cannot be blamed for wrong choices and bad practices. A kiosk can aid to teach society how to focus on sustainability and be environmentally conscious and friendly.

Let Protouch help your business to help the world be a greener place; install a kiosk today.