booths

What is "Embodied Energy" and how can we say that by using it we are going Green?

Embodied energy is a way that we can determine how much energy is used to create a traditional trade show booth from raw materials right up to the transportation of the booth.  So by using a low amount of Embodied Energy we are saving energy and thus helping with the green factor.

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Unlike the trade show floor, Exhibitslist is always open for business.  What are ways that you can get the most out of it?  Here are a few:

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Frustration

Being an installer can be one of the most frustrating jobs in the world.  There are so many variables that come into play in bringing an exhibit to life.  You don't just rely on yourself.  In many cases you are on a team with people you have never met, in a city that you don't know very well.  Labour can be shoddy, shipping can be shifty and equipment can break down.  Talk about frustration!

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Instant Gratification

The trade show world offers something that no one else in the building world offers:  instant gratification.  I recently heard that the large hadron collider in Geneva Switzeland took twenty years to build.  I would not have lasted.  I can barely make it through a movie that is more than two hours long.  Building Trade show exhibits offers instant gratification.  At the most a booth takes a week to install and then I get to stand back with the client and beam at a job well done.  Three days later the booth is packed up and on a truck home I can move on to the next project.

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