CARY, N.C. — Quality Automation Graphics has announced that a new McDonald's scheduled to open this July in Cary, N.C., will show customers and staff its green initiatives by displaying an educational touchscreen in the restaurant, informing them about the economic and environmental benefits of the building.
The interactive LCD touchscreen will allow users to browse through a Web-site-like program to learn more about the building's energy efficiencies and what McDonald's is doing to improve the environment. The new building is registered with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) as part of the LEED for Retail Pilot program. Details from this building project and more than 80 other pilot project teams will be used to create two new LEED for Retail rating systems to be launched later this year.
Quality Automation Graphics' Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard (EEED) is a graphical user interface that can display live data about a building's energy efficiencies and green initiatives streamed from the building's automation system.
The touchscreen will show images of the McDonald's outside surrounding areas, plus a 360-degree digital tour of the inside of the building, where users can select different features to learn more about the designs used. It also will provide users with local transportation information, including pedestrian paths and bicycle paths, and a "green" quiz that users can take.
