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Memo is a sustainable design. That works two ways: all materials and products are tested heavily and are
designed to be longlasting in the outdoor public space.
Next to that Memo is designed using the guidelines of corporate social responsibiliy. A few examples are
mentioned to give an insight in this way of desiging.
Quality
Yalp, as a developer, stands for quality. We are aware of the impact of a product in the outdoor space
that is exposed to intensive use, vandalism and various weather circumstances. Ways we took quality to
the next level in the Memo design are:
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High quality material. Memo uses premium materials like galvanized construction steel and
stainless steel, protected by a powdercoat finish. The display uses high impact resistant
polycarbonate with a special anti-scratch and UV protective coating.
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Tests. The Memo is intesively tested on weather and vandalism influences. By doing these tests
the designers have implemented many improvements during the design phase like protection
against humidity in the screen, visibility of the LED display, and resistance of the posts against
heavy blows and fireworks.
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Prototypes. Using prototypes in user testing resulted in improving and fine tuning different game
designs to be very easy to play with a lot of fun.
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Certification. Memo is designed in accordance with the European EN1176 safety regulations on
playground devices.
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Quality certificate: ISO9001. Yalp has a ISO9001 certificate. This guarantees all quality
processes at Yalp are properly safeguarded.
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Knowledge. The designers at Yalp are academically schooled Industrial Design Engineers and
have a lot of experience in developing succesful interactive play concepts for the public space.
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Passion. Last but not least. Our designers are very passionate about designing playground
devices and are very demanding when it comes to quality in the designs.
Social responsibility:
Yalp is quite unique in achieving a 4 star rating on social responibility in the Netherlands. In the Memo
design social responsibilities means:
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Choosing suppliers: For example the steel in Memo is protected by a powdercoat finish, choosing
a supplier that is committed to a coating process with regard to the environment, using limited
recources and reducing waste. We demand this type of commitment from all of our suppliers.
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Locally: Memo is a Dutch product, using mainly local suppliers within a 50 km range of Yalp. This
way, transportation impact is reduced.
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Recycle: Use of recycable and recycled material like PE for the caps.
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Re-usability: Parts of Memo are easy to dismount for repair and refurbishing. Or if a part is
broken: it can easily be recycled. Loose parts can be replaced by new ones if necessary, there is
no need to replace or disband the whole product.
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Standardization: The product design takes into account standardization on dimensions, parts
and materials. This way, waste is reduced to a minimum and no extra life cycles are started.
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Environment: Yalp is ISO14001 certified, which means an externally controlled environment
management system makes sure impact to environment stays as low as possible as a natural
way of working.
7. Sustainable design
