Responsibility 71
Environment
By issuing a new policy governing company cars which, for the first time, contained CO2 emissions criteria for different vehicle classes, since we have pursued the goal of cutting the specific fuel consumption of our fleet of company cars in Germany by % each year compared to the previous year. Through the use of the fleet management database »Speedfleet«, which we first began using completely in , we can clearly demonstrate that we achieved this goal in . While average fuel consumption across the entire fleet totaled nearly liters per km in (equal to grams of CO2 per kilometer), in we succeeded in reducing consumption to . liters per kilometers (equal to grams of CO2 per kilometer) – a reduction of almost %. And we were able to continue this reduction in , cutting average fuel consumption to almost . liters per kilometers (equal to grams of CO2 per kilometer).
As part of the »colognE-mobil II« project, since early two electric cars have been available for free test drives to all interested employees at our location in Cologne. Equipped with additional measuring equipment, the goal is for these vehicles to collect valuable real-world data for the research project – and beyond that, eliminate any existing bias still held against electric cars. Our German employees logged approximately . million kilometers on business trips by air (previous year: . million kilometers). This figure includes both domestic and international flights. Taking our international companies into account, we recorded a total of . million kilometers traveled by air in the reporting year (previous year: . million kilometers traveled by air). In contrast, airlines continue to calculate kerosene consumption per kilometer flown at extremely different rates. For the purposes of comparison, in , as in , we settled on a realistic average consumption of . liters of kerosene per person per kilometer flown. On that basis, our kerosene consumption on business flights totaled around . million liters for the entire Group (previous year: . million liters of kerosin). Our employees traveled approximately . million kilometers (previous year: . million kilometers) long-distance on Deutsche Bahn trains. In doing so, they consumed MWh of electricity (previous year: MWh).
TÜV Rheinland Corporate Report 2013
ON A MISSION TO REDUCE EMISSIONS
Bad insulation and areas of heat loss in buildings result in wasted energy and unnecessary emissions around the world. Using infrared cameras, we can identify these spots with 100% accuracy. The problem is that many buildings or parts of buildings (like roof areas) in metropolitan areas are not easily accessible. But the solution to this problem is right above our heads. In a project unlike any of its kind in Germany –|initiated and financed by the energy company RWE –|the Belgian airline Eurosense is taking infrared photographs of entire cities from 1,400 meters up. Several hundred thousand photographs are being taken, labeled with coordinates, transferred to a map, and then combined with the respective city’s building data. Once this is complete, the team from TÜV Rheinland springs into action: Every homeowner that provided their consent beforehand is mailed an informational letter with an image of their property. In doing so, we show municipal governments and citizens the current state of their buildings and at the same time provide options for cutting costs and reducing emissions.
Taken from 1,400 meters up: infrared photographs that show where energy can be saved.
COMPANY CAR POLICY In 2013, our company car database »Speedfleet« showed that we achieved our goal of cutting CO2 emissions by 3% compared to the previous year.