Thorn halves its water use
Thorn Lighting has halved its water use compared to its baseline measurement from March 2021.
The company installed callibrated flow meters to monitor and identify areas of high usage. It also made process changes such as reducing paint treatment waste by 66 per cent.
Additionally, Thorn introduced water saving technologies to its washrooms.
It’s one of a number of environmental achievements of recent years on its strategy to align its efforts with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and achieve climate neutrality by 2025.
The company says that this will take the form of developing more sustainable products and solutions as well as finding ways to improve its processes in a bid to reduce waste, bring down energy consumption and lower its carbon emissions.
The Zumtobel Group, of which Thorn is a member, has already signed up to 12 of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
It has decreased its electricity and gas energy use across its facilities by 1.3M kWh. Measures included installing new compressors and conducting air leak surveys.
The paint plants, high energy consumers in all lighting factories, have also undergone modifications to lower the temperature of the pre-treatment tanks, saving an estimated 30,000 kWh in gas annually.
In terms of waste reduction, it has introduced a regrind process for polycarbonate materials and optimised steel sheet usage, resulting in a reduction of waste by 130 tonnes.
‘We’re on a journey,’ says Neil Raithatha, head of marketing, Zumtobel Group UK & Ireland. ‘Whether providing high-quality Environmental Product Declarations, introducing technologies that enable sustainable lighting to protect the dark skies or working with clients to help them increase their energy efficiency, our goal is simple. To reduce our CO2 emissions and to be a partner of choice in helping others achieve theirs.’
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