ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRACTICES
Energy efficiency and reduction of electricity consump- tion: Fluidra reduced its power consumption by 3,530.2 GJ (approximately 1%) thanks to the application of efficiency and energy saving measures. [EN5]. Some examples of con- crete actions undertaken during the 2011 are:
• Development of new highly energy-efficient products and more sustainable solutions for the use and maintenance of pools. [EN6]
• Installation of a variable compressor at Cepex that has reduced the company’s power consumption by 25% thanks to its operating system.
• Replacement of conventional bulbs by LED projectors in a number of companies in the Group that have enabled them to make energy savings at their worksites of between 3% and 4%, as well as up to 40% in certain machines.
• Installation of high speed doors in some production plants to maintain temperatures in work areas.
• Awareness-raising campaigns addressed to employees to make them realise the importance of turning off lights, heating and air conditioning systems in their work stations when they are not being used.
• One of the industrial plants, located in Monzón, has a stake in a co-generation facility called INQUIVAP, which supplies the plant with all of the heat and electricity it needs.
Reduction in the emission of atmospheric contami- nants: The company works tirelessly to ensure that fewer emissions are generated in the use of raw materials and to seek out new production processes that make it possible to reduce them or eliminate them completely, in addition to looking into alternative products so that they can be partia- lly or totally substituted.
Although the companies in the Fluidra Group do not emit significant amounts of substances harmful to the ozone la- yer, prevention and control measures are in place. [EC2] The concentration of some emissions increased in 2011 in one particular production plant. No apparent cause was found and it is currently looking into whether there are combus- tion problems.
[EN29] The companies in the Fluidra Group have a policy for reducing consumption, subject to which they take mea- sures to optimise haulage by always transporting full loads and using the Group’s logistics warehouse.
Cars (km)
2009 2010 2011
5,285,668.4 6,254,781.4 6,782,135.0
Transport of merchandise (km)
23,887,565.0 28,938,564.0 33,102,954.2
29,173,233.4 35,193,345.4 39,885,089.2
Total Km emissions (T) Total CO2
17,175.8 20,780.5 23,702.8
The km of merchandise is an estimation based on the number of shipments times the average number of km per trip. The km of cars is based on reports issued by car rental firms.
Consumption l/100 km
Vans and trucks Diesel cars
26.00 7.00
Kg CO2/litre
2.61 2.61
GASES (GHG)” by the Government of Catalonia. May 2011; Energy consumption for transport in Spain and emissions trends (Technical University of Madrid), July 2008.
[EN3, EN4, EN7]
Source Natural gas (Mm³)
Consumption 2009
Fuel oil (T) Co-generation (kWh) own consumption Basic electricity (kWh) TOTAL
The T of fuel oil are calculated based on the conversion factor 0.845 kilos/litres (BRITISH PETROLEUM) The calculation of CO2
FSource of conversion factors for the CO2 (*) The coefficient applied to the company Certikin UK corresponds to the 2007 British energy mix (0.514 kgCO2 emissions from fuel oil is based in its conversion to litres (2.6516 kgCO2
129.0 390.3
4,495,138.0 27,390,246.0
Consumption 2010
135.3 427.9
4,816,440.0 31,788,555.6
Consumption 2011
141.9 386.0
4,738,115.0 31,318,390.51
GJ conversion factor (GRI)
39.01 43.33 0.0036 0.0036
Consumption 2011 (GJ)
5,533.6 16,727.4 17,057.2 313,379.1 352,697.3
eq: “PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR CALCULATING GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG)” by the Government of Catalonia. May 2011. /litre).
/kWh). National Energy Foundation, UK. 49 ( CO2 eq conversion factor (GenCat) (*)
2.15 2.79 0.181 0.181
Emissions of CO2 eq (T) 2011
305.0 1,274.6 (-857.6) 5,803.0 6,525.0
Source of conversion factors for CO2 eq: “PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR CALCULATING GREENHOUSE
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