Designs Of Hull Use HP Latex Printers, Electric Vehicles And Solar Power Panels To Create Responsible Sustainable Signage Manufacturing
Designs take their environmental responsibility seriously.
They're not just jumping on a recent bandwagon, passing by.
They have been active in doing their best to reduce their impact on the environment from day one 27 years ago.
In the early days environmental concerns centred on waste and pollutants that were inevitably produced as part of our manufacturing and production process.
Ensuring these were disposed of correctly and where possible recycled.
As the years passed and Designs grew, so did their impact on the environment.
The power consumption used by our equipment, the chemicals used in some of the print processes, the CO2 emissions of our vehicles and our waste all increased as a result of our growing business.
The move in 2014 to their new premises, which were built to high environmental standards with extra insulation to minimise heat loss and lots of natural lighting and LED lighting to supplement this all help to mitigate their impact on the environment.
This wasn't enough for them though, they wanted to go above and beyond the minimum.
They wanted to help protect our environment and be a leader rather than a follower in reducing their impact on the environment.
in 2014 they installed 124 solar roof panels to help power their production facility.
Although they haven't really shouted about this they are really proud they took the plunge and some of the figures based on actual savings are quite impressive.
Since installation they have:
Saved over 67 tons of CO2 emissions
Would have powered 24 average UK family homes for a year
Saved the equivalent CO2 emissions of an average UK family car driven over 350,000 miles
Would have charged over 8.2million smart phones
They were also early adopters of electric vehicles, buying their first one in 2015 and ever since they have either used all electric or hybrid electric vehicles for their contracts managers.
As soon as it is viable to have electrically powered vans than you can be certain they'll be getting those too.
Not content with just cutting their CO2 emissions, theyalso wanted to reduce other harmful emissions too.
Conventional UV printers require expensive extraction equipment to vent harmful fumes away from people using them into the atmosphere outside.
Designs Managing Director Rob Daysley made the decision to start changing their fleet of printers to HP Latex.
In 2019 they were one of the first in the UK to install the HP Latex R2000.
Using water based inks that are safe for the environment, for the people using them and can be disposed of easily, all without a reduction in print quality.
It almost goes without saying they've been doing it that long, but they will always separate their waste in house for recycling and test new products and materials as they come to market to stay ahead of the game.
Ensuring they do more than their bit for the environment we all share.
They continue to look at innovative ways to reduce our impact on the environment and produce signs for our clients, who can be assured they're doing what they can and more to provide the best service and highest quality signage as environmentally friendly as possible.
