Let`s Clean the Czech Republic!
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Let`s Clean the Czech Republic!
2 Newsletter march 2015 Let’s Clean the Czech Republic! This year will be the second time the volunteer cleaning event ‘Let’s Clean the Czech Republic’ will be taking place. The event has been organized with the financial support of ŠKODA AUTO. T he aim is to rid Czech towns, villages and countryside of waste lying around and illegal landfills, drawing attention to the long-standing problem of illegal fly tipping. This year’s event takes place on 18 April and volunteers are still needed for organizing local cleaning events, as well as helpers who would come to join in the cleaning itself. If you would like to support the event, you can complete your application at www.uklidmecesko.cz The Ekosmák club was inspired to organize projects like this by a movement established in Estonia in 2008. Back then, about 50,000 people joined the project and successfully removed 10,000 tons of illegally disposed waste everywhere around the country. This event became an inspiration to more than 100 countries and almost 9,000,000 volunteers. Last year’s premiere event in the Czech Republic attracted almost 6,200 volunteers in 280 locations. They succeeded in cleaning up a considerable amount – 350 tons of waste! Their efforts and the ideas behind the project didn’t go unnoticed; they were awarded the number-one prize in the ‘Energy Globe Awards’ in Earth Hour This year ŠKODA AUTO is once again going to symbolically switch off the lights to support the ‘Earth Hour 2015’ event on 28 March from 8.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. More details are available at www.veronica.cz/hodinazeme/. the Czech Republic, and came second in the ‘Socially Responsible Project’ contest. However, there will be several changes to the project in 2015. Most importantly, the date of the event will be different. Based on last years’ experience and the volunteers’ responses, the countryside is in full blossom in May, and any waste lying around is easily hidden in the lush vegetation. Also, the possibility of organizing other clean-ups endorsed by ‘Let’s Clean the Czech Republic’ on alternative dates has been introduced. The aim is to enable the organization of company and school clean-ups during standard working hours as part of the cleaning schedule. ŠKODA AUTO’s support will consist of transporting and disposing the collected waste. In this respect the event will follow up on the ‘MapIt’ project, which operates a database of illegal landfills around the Czech Republic. 2 Novi nky ŠKODA GreenFuture News Celebrates T he March issue of the ŠKODA GreenFuture News marks the project’s second anniversary. Not only have we released 24 monthly issues, but we have published a total of 110 articles in them. The time has come to look back on what we have achieved together under the topic of the environment over the past 12 months. What was the biggest success in terms of environmental protection in 2014? Under the first pillar of ŠKODA’s ecological strategy, focused on the production itself, 2014 was named the ‘Year of Water’. It was no accident that we made the most progress in this area, achieving a reduction of more than 20%. Currently, the indication number is 2.1 m3 per car produced. This is equal to the amount of water you could transport in the luggage compartment of four ŠKODA Fabia estates. The following measures, which we have previously described, made significant contributions: › Systemic assessment and follow-up removal of leaking water in outdoor pipelines (06/2014) › Constructing a closed cooling circuit in the quality lab (10/2014) › Repeated use of water from the demineralised water production process in the Kvasiny paint shop (03/2014). And how are we doing in terms of reaching the defined environmental targets? Currently, the sum indicator of the five key parameters defined in the ‘Envi- ronmental Targets for 2018’ document was at 34% in 2014. The fact that the Group’s target of 25% has already been reached was thanks to a combination of large and small-scale measures. The foundation for generating our measures and monitoring them is the ‘Umweltforum’, where representatives of various organization units present their ideas each month. It also covers the systemic use of IT technology, such as the Group programme massnahmen@ web, where all measures related to the issue of the environment are registered and monitored. In addition to technical measures, we are also supported by strategic decisions, such as restructuring production. Since srpen 2013 Úspory energií šetří kapsu i životní pros tředí Nejen samotné vozy s okřídleným šípem představuje významn ve znaku, ale i jejich ý podíl společno energeticky náročná sti ŠKODA AUTO výroba na tvorbě skleníkov ždyť všechny tři ých plynů. závody ŠKO- V DA AUTO ročně spotřebují množství energie, jejíž výroba představuje emise 539 000 tun CO2. Stejný objem oxidu uhličitého by vyprodukovala flotila jednoho milionu vozů ŠKODA Octavia na cestě z Mladé Boleslavi do Nižního Novgorodu a zpět. Je proto jednoznačným cílem automobilky produkci oxidu uhličitého minimalizovat. V případě vozů vede cesta přes vývoj agregátů s nízkými emisními limity. U produkce to pak je především efektivní výroba energií a úsporná opatření v oblasti jejich spotřeby. K významným krokům patří stavby nízkoenergetic kých budov, dodatečná zateplení stávajících budov a využívání zařízení s vysokou účinností využití energie. ŠKODA koordinátor životního AUTO zateplila své prostředí ve objekty již před ho snížení produkce společnosti ŠKO-ENERGO. 15 lety a dodavatel oxidu uhličitého „Ze souenergií, společných zdrojů energie. ze zdrojů ŠKO-ENERGO časného množství Tím například nost ŠKO-ENERGO, o 120 000 t. 30 000 tun biopostavila vysojiž nyní dodává (viz graf). K výrobě masy za rok plánujeme ŠKO-ENERGO aukoúčinnou kombinovanou zelené elektřiny navýšení do tomobilce 56 % výrobu a tepla zajišťuje roku 2015 až na zelené elektrické tepla a elektrické ŠKO-ENERGO také 80 000 tun za rok. energie (tzv. KVET) energie z obnovitelných “ nákup elektrické Bude tak dosaženo v závodě Mladá energie, a to pouze zdrojů. Do celkového ročníBoleslav v roce roku 2015 se očekává vyrobené na zařízeních zvýšení toho1998. Podobné obnovitelsystémy jsou nyní to podílu až na 63 %. budovány také v závodech v Kvasi„Nejúčinnější opatření Úspora CO spalován nách a ve Vrchlabí. k omeze2 ím biomasy ní produkce CO máme tun/rok ale ve svých 2 Cílem společnosti rukách my všichni,“ ŠKO-ENERupozorňuje Jiří GO je rovněž maximalizace 120 Mach. „Je to minimalizace dodávek 120 energií z obnovitelných spotře90 by energie, a tím zdrojů. „Za 70 i její výroby díky účelem dodávek zelené energie úsporným opatřením. Když nebudejsme na zdroji v Mladé 60 Boleslavi prome energií plýtvat, nebude potřeba vedli opatření umožňující ji ani vyrábět, a produkovat spoluspalování biomasy,“ tak CO . vysvětluje Jiří Mach, 2 Pokud budeme 2012 2013 energiemi naopak 2014 2015 šetřit, ochráníme 2016 přírodu a zároveň naše kapsy,“ dodává Mach. Snižování CO pro lepší dýchání 2 O xid uhličitý (neboli CO2) V návaznosti na vznikající zejména tento globálspalováznečišťovatelé USA ní problém byl v a Čína. Naopak ním fosilních paliv, roce 1997 sepsán bude svým dílem jako je Česká republika Kjótský protokol, přispívat ke zlepuhlí, ropa nebo se ke snižování v němž se jednotzemní plyn, je nešení životního prostředí. emisí zavázala. livé státy dobrovolně dílnou součástí našeho Na zlepzavazují ke šování životních ovzduší. Po Stejně odpovědná snižování emisí podmínek se však vodní páře zároveň skleníkových plynů. je i ŠKODA patří mezi nejmůže podílet každý AUTO, která se Původní Kjótský z nás. rozšířenější skleníkové zavázala v rámci protokol zavazoplyny, které Úsporná jízda a projektu GreenFuture val státy snížit emise spotřeba enerjsou ve většině snížit množskleníkových případů v atmosfégií bez zbytečného ství vypouštěného plynů do roku 2012 plýtvání jsou ře zastoupeny přirozeně. CO2 o 25 procent o 5,2 % v porovzákladními prvky Na druhé a přispět tak ke nání s rokem 1990. na cestě ke zdrastraně se ale podílí zlepšení kvality V loňském roce na globálních vějšímu ovzduší. ovzduší. Ekologičtější byl protokol prodloužen Navíc se úspory klimatických změnách. se má stát do roku paliva i nespotřebova nejen výroba, ale 2020, ale stále v né energie také provoz naněm chybí největší pozitivně projeví šich vozidel. Každý na finančních pronový produkt středcích. skoda_green_future _8_2013.indd 1 14.8.2013 9:57:00 2013, cars have been produced at only two production plants, thus improving the use of our production capacity and increasing the efficiency of utilizing resources by 70,000 cars (+12%) compared to 2011-2013. In the future, we will be happy to report new information on the established trend of ŠKODA AUTO’s environmental protection, and look forward to spreading the news about your own contribution to all our colleagues. Newsletter march 2015 Intelligent lighting in the Kvasiny body shop 2014 saw the construction of a new body shop in the Kvasiny plant. Apart from state-of-the-art equipment for chassis manufacture, new technologies are used here for monitoring and reducing energy consumption. T he new body shop now has a total of 551 modern light units, in which T5 tubes are used. In addition to the lower energy consumption of this type of lighting compared to the previous lighting fixtures, great attention was paid to optimizing the control system, whilst maintaining the same parameters of light sources in the workplace. The ideal candidate was the DALI protocol – the so called digital lighting interface. This is a ground-breaking solution in the field of lighting that enables separate units to be controlled through a network interface. An important contribution this solution makes is the possibility of controlling the lights throughout the shop with touch panels on a single station. Additionally, the switch-on or switchoff modes can also be on a timer. Besides these touch panels, the lighting system can be controlled with a single control unit with three Representatives of the Kvasiny plant Energy Management: from the left Martin Preclík, Milan Dvorský and Ladislav Martinec. settings including a dimming function. These controls are located at the individual work stations. First and foremost, the main benefit of this is making the lighting system more logical, with the employees not having to look for separate light switches, which used to be the case in the former body shop building. “In co-operation with the ‘Umweltforum’, we would like to enhance the use of the DALI protocol with a number of options that will help to optimize the use of electricity for lighting the shop. This includes, for example, the Burn Management application that gives the user information on the remaining service life of the lighting tubes, about their use and energy consumption. Furthermore, we would like to monitor the frequency of lighting failure and identify issues by utilizing central graphic visualization. Logically, the next step is applying the DALI protocol in other production shops and buildings, while maintaining a single control and visualization interface,” said Milan Dvorský, the energy management system officer. Milan Preclík, the EnMS representative for VFK added, “Thanks to our colleagues from the body shop, we have succeeded in implementing a pioneering measure of the 21st century in the area of energy management. The lighting solution in the new Kvasiny body shop represents another important step towards the efficient management and monitoring of energy-demanding processes. Projects like this need to be supported and included in ŠKODA AUTO’s company standards.” Ladislav Martinec, VFK1 The Group Forum Awarded Prizes for Excellent Achievements T his is the eighth time that awards have been presented under the ‘Optimization of the indirect production area’ Group forum. In the presence of Thomas Ulbrich, Group and Brand Board Members for Production and Logistics, plant representatives of Volkswagen Pkw, Audi, ŠKODA and Volkswagen gathered in the Wolfsburg pilot hall to witness the announcement of the best contributions made by improvement proposals and the all-Group exchange of TOP-measures. ŠKODA AUTO received an award in the ‘Best Benchmark’ category – appreciation for the highest financial savings of all the Group companies. Among the measures that had contributed to the great result were, for example, the ‘Optimization of surface utilization’, which saved approximately €3.5 million. It has been proven that actively monitoring and developing optimization measures can yield excellent results. The best improvement proposal in the area The winners enjoyed the award ceremony attended by Thomas Ulbrich. of production came from Hannover. Having saved a total of €1.2 million, the ‘Ventilation process in engine testing’ improvement proposal has been enforced worldwide, protecting the environment mainly due to reducing energy costs. The award in the ‘Environment, energy, reducing CO2’ category was also presented to the Hannover production site. The energy management project there was also given a special men- tion. The engine shop in Chemnitz received a prize for ‘Ecology, energy and reducing CO2’ intended for component-manufacturing plants. The Volkswagen Pkw site in Zwickau was at the top of the ‘All-Group TOPmeasure exchange’. Successfully implementing the ‘2nd KVP cascade phase in indirect production areas’ in Audi Ingolstadt was also appreciated. “I would like to thank all the presenters from the Group brands and the winners, because they demonstrate the importance of exchanging knowledge and experience between the individual brands. Such intercommunication benefits our Group by saving us money. We need to improve on this further. Only then will our efficiency grow in the future,” concluded Thomas Ulbrich, Volkswagen Group and Brand Board Member for the area of Production and Logistics, on the first Group Forum in 2015.