Bright lights, big savings

• New lighting devices reduce CO2 emissions by 170 tonnes
• Yearly cost reduction of € 170 000

As part of its internal Energy Excellence programme, the Bosch Rodez plant in France carried out a study of the whole site's electric lighting and concluded that there was scope to reduce consumption by up to 20 %. The initial focus was on upgrading the lighting in the locker rooms and workshops, which represent 33 000 m2 of the total 55 000 m2 site. 

Energy savings in the can...

• SME tweaks thermostat and saves 21 500 kWh annually
• Financial gains of € 4 000 per year
• Annual carbon footprint down by 1.1 tonnes of CO2

Maison Prosain has been producing biological canned fruits and vegetables for almost half a century. It is located in Bages, France and employs 45 people.

Upstream solution to a downstream waste problem

Cool measure saves loads

• Company rationalises fan operation
• Saves € 24 000 per year
• Reduces CO2 emissions by 15 tonnes per year

Yara is an international company operating in the chemical industry, specialisating in nitrogen and nitrate production. The plant in Montoir-de-Bretagne, the Loire-Atlantique region, supplies nitric acid, nitrates, CO2 and NPK fertilisers all over France. Customers use these chemical for industrial applications and in agriculture.

Paper factory writes new chapter in recycling 

Developing a sustainable mobility policy can significantly reduce a company's carbon footprint, boost its image and competitiveness, while offering safety and security benefits for employees.

There are several ways to approach sustainable mobility, including:

Listen carefully!

• Innovative tool detects compressed air leakage while maintaining production
• The investment reduces CO2 emissions by 1.6 tonnes and saves € 2 400 annually

Merck is a French chemical and pharmaceuticals manufacturer. As part of its CO2 emissions-reduction programme (Edison Programme), the company decided to address compressed air leakage at its industrial site.

The philosophy of energy saving

• Optimising cooling unit set-points saves energy and money
• 85 900 kWh (or 6 %) yearly energy savings

Tecmaplast, a French plastics company, carried out an energy audit to better understand what energy and cost savings could be achieved. The results of the analysis showed a classic energy profile for a plastics company: high consumption during production followed by an energy-intensive cooling stage which is directly impacted by upstream practices.

Standby, the quiet energy burner

Towards real-time room occupany monitoring

• Hourly programming system saves 63 000 kWh electricity and 39 000 kWh heating annually
• Zero investment saves € 8 500 per year

The Nantes Conference Centre ('The City') in France carried out an energy audit to better understand what actions it could take in order to have energy and cost savings.