TCL employs specialized personnel to optimize
energy use in production and transportation and develop related plans for energy
conservation and emissions reduction.
The brand set up an energy management system based
on ISO140001 and ISO50001 standards. This system covers 21 manufacturing bases
that produce core products (TVs, mobile phones, air conditioners, washing
machines, refrigerators, small appliances etc.). Each project is inspected several
times during the implementation phase and following completion. The
professional team also monitors project results and integrates an assessment
into supplier auditing.
In 2016, TCL headquarters and six
production bases conserved 84 million kWh of electricity and reduced carbon emissions
by 84,000 tons. The following charts illustrate data for energy savings and
emissions reduction at these six production bases:
1. TCL Multimedia
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Project
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2016
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction / energy savings
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Use electric cars as staff shuttles
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75,600 liters of oil
|
|
Install voice-control lights in dormitory
corridor
|
36,000 kWh
|
|
Transform 15 electric heating boilers into
natural gas steam boilers
|
3.1 million kWh
|
|
Convert four traditional quantitative
pump injection molding machines into servo energy saving drives
|
1.12 million kWh
|
|
Change in-plant transshipment forklifts
from diesel forklifts to electric tractors
|
135 tons of GHGs
|
|
Include air compressors in contract
energy management
|
1.1 million kWh
|
|
Install LED lighting in TCL LC
industry park
|
2.28 million kWh
|
|
Recover waste heat from air compressor
and using it to heat the module aging room
|
1.27million kWh
|
|
Replace fluorescent lights with intelligent
LED and sensor lights
|
68,000 kWh
|
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Set up a focus group for “saving
energy at heating stations,” reducing frequency of use of heat circulation
pump
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Electricity consumption in three
months was 72 percent of that in the same period last year
|
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Use nano-infrared heating device to
replace ceramic heater in injection molding machine
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280,000 kWh
|
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Improve control system water cooling and
circulation in injection molding
machine
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320,000 kWh
|
2. TCL Communication Technology
invested 3 million RMB to install energy-saving bulbs, helping to reduce energy
in the dormitory area by 50% in 2016.
3. China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co.,
Ltd. implemented 28 renovation projects, saving 67.74 million kWh of energy and
reducing carbon emissions by 64,000 tones in 2016. The main renovation projects
yielded the following:
- Steam efficiency improved from 86.9%
to 91.9%;
- The efficiency of steam increased from
86.9% to 91.9%, and the consumption of natural gas in 2016 decreased by 290,000
cubic meters, equivalent to reducing GHG emissions by 600 tons.
- Using air-handling unit (AHU) to
flexibly control the temperatures of warehouses and offices saved energy by
4.52 million kWh in 2016.
- Equipping main factories with solar
photovoltaic panels generated 19.9million KWh of energy. This amount is equivalent
to the annual energy consumption of 40,000 families. As the largest industrial
park photovoltaic power generation system in southern China, the panels helped
reduce carbon emissions by 19,000 tones.
4. Tonly Electronics saved
800 million kWh of electricity by employing a Trane third –level centrifugal and
first-level efficiency chiller in the central air conditioner.
5. Measures taken by China Display Optoelectronics Technology:
- Improved production facilities, saving
more than 2 million kWh of electricity in 2016, which is equivalent to reducing
carbon emissions by 0.26 million tons. Energy consumption for each product decreased
by 0.03 kWh;
- For production equipment, key actions included upgrading and improving
technology, such as washing and pasting machines, to avoid wasted energy, thus saving
800,000 kWh of electricity in 2016;
- Began using a first-level energy efficient
chiller in central air conditioning, which can adjust the load rate of the main
engine based on production demand and seasonal change, saving 450,000 kWh of
electricity in 2016;
- Began using LED lighting across the
entire factory, reducing unnecessary lighting and saving over 750,000 kWh of
electricity.
6. Since 2016, TCL
White Home Appliance has installed rooftop distributed photovoltaic power
generation of 4.5 MW capacity, which could generate 4.6929 million kWh of
electricity and reduce annual emissions by 4000 tons of carbon dioxide.
(The above content was provided to IPE by the brand, who is responsible for the accuracy of the data.)