After a three year analysis period 140 production units and buildings have been x-rayed at the end of 2010 using the Bayer Climate Check. The results will be transformed into energy savings and emission reductions using so called energy management systems. A systematic and structured approach lifting the emission reduction potentials will be guaranteed by these systems. The energy management systems have been adapted to specific Bayer sub-group production and work processes.
Zoom imagePromoting sustainable building and production is an important part of Bayer's Sustainability Program. That'S why there are four lighthouse projects dedicated to this area alone. Wang Yan (left) and Guorong Shen in Bayer's new chlorine plant in Shanghai.
STRUCTese™ (Structured Efficiency System for Energy) is a management system developed by Bayer MaterialScience together with Bayer Technology Services and Bayer Business Services with the aim of sustainable optimizing energy efficiency. It will build on the results of the Bayer Climate Check and help the company to ensure that the identified potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is exploited to the full. By the end of 2012, it is expected that 60 plants around the world will be employing this new management tool, with which the company wants to set standards for industry in general. The system had already been introduced at 30 plants by December 2010, leading to cuts in primary energy consumption of 550,000 megawatt hours and the avoidance of 135,000 metric tons of co2 emissions.
Tailored energy management systems have been implemented within the sub-groups Bayer HealthCare and Bayer CropScience to realize also in the less energy intensive production and business lines sustainable energetic optimizations.