Reducing E-Waste in AV Projects: Digital Signage
the Sustainable Way
October is Energy Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to reflect on how we use energy, especially in the AV industry. AV professionals have practical ways to reduce e-waste while still delivering cutting-edge experiences. Here’s how modular design, long life cycles, and remote updates are making digital signage more sustainable.
Modular Designs
Traditionally, displays have been designed as one whole unit. This means that if one component fails, the entire device may be discarded, contributing to more frequent waste. This is where modular designs come in to shift toward a more sustainable future. Screens are more regularly being designed with replaceable modules—whether for the power supply, display panel, or control boards. In this method, faulty parts can be swapped without replacing the whole unit. This not only reduces e-waste but also cuts maintenance costs and downtime.
Long Life Cycles
One of the simplest ways to further reduce waste is designing technology that won’t have to be replaced. To extend the life of hardware, manufacturers are now designing solutions with more scalable, adaptable features that can be easily reconfigured for a wide variety of uses and displays. Investing in high-quality displays with future-proofed built-ins means longer lifecycles and fewer ending up in landfills.
Remote Updates
With digital signage being increasingly powered by software, content updates can be completed remotely, eliminating the need for physical upgrades or replacements. Remote management tools allow AV teams to push updates across hundreds of screens at once. This can help keep technology current without generating unnecessary e-waste.
Peerless-AV’s Big Impacts
At Peerless-AV, we keep sustainability and reducing waste top of mind in everything we do, from product development to installations. We uphold our ISO 14001:2024 certification with pride, an international standard that ensures that we continuously measure and improve our environmental impact. Since receiving the certification, we have diverted over 1,500 tons of waste from landfills, reduced carbon emissions by more than 6,140 tons, and cut natural gas consumption by over 26,000 therms annually. We are proud to design solutions like the SEAMLESS Connect Universal dvLED Mounting System, which is compatible with most latching dvLED displays are scalable to any size or configuration, with a lock/unlock lever to increase efficiency and create more adaptable, future-proofed installations.
To learn more about Peerless-AV’s digital signage offerings, please visit peerless-av.com. For more on our year-round sustainability practices, visit http://peerless-av.com/pages/sustainability.