Toray is working systemically to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prevent global warming through measures such as conserving energy and converting to more environmentally friendly fuels.
Toray has established the goal of reducing GHG emissions by 10% compared to FY 1990 levels by FY 2008. Steady energy conservation efforts during FY 2006, including the conversion of boilers at the Shiga Plant and a cogeneration system at the Chiba Plant to city gas and reductions in heat loss, generated steady progress as we reduced emissions by 9.6% compared to FY 1990 levels.
Toray has also set a target of a 1% annual reduction in unit energy consumption, and in FY 2006 we achieved a 3.5% reduction. Steady efforts at each plant and energy conservation assessments by company experts contributed to this success.
Shiga Plant
Construction is ongoing on a project to increase overall efficiency by conversion from fuel oil to natural gas and deploying a cogeneration system. The new system, which is designed to reduce emissions by another 40ktCO2, should come online in January 2008.
Joint activities by Toray Sanko Precision (Zhongshan) and Toray Industries (South China)
Toray Sanko Precision (Zhongshan) Ltd. is continuing energy conservation activities with the goal of reducing power consumption by 1,200 megawatt-hours per year under the guidance of a senior expert from Toray.
Discussion at the Torayca* Technical Department
Carbon fiber composite materials help reduce fossil fuel consumption by enabling more lightweight designs for aircraft and automobiles. We are working to develop manufacturing processes that use at least 10% less energy compared to conventional processes.
Toray halted use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in all manufacturing processes in 1994. We have also stopped purchasing CFCs for use in refrigerators and are working to replace existing CFCs with alternative compounds.
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