Waste Heat Recovery Project - Vitra Karo Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ The project carried out in VitrA ceramic facility in Bilecik uses residual energy as an alternative energy source to create energy saving. The facility produces construction materials and constitutes 46 percent of the energy consumption of Eczacıbaşı Group. Measurements in the facility revealed that there is a thermal power potential equivalent to 8 MW in all heat outlets of the facility. With the implementation conducted waste heat recovery, 1,484,000 m3 of natural gas was saved and greenhouse gas emission equal to 3,000 tons of CO2 was eliminated in a year. The investment repaid its costs within a year. http://www.vitra.com.tr/
Environmental Management Process, Environmental Performance Index and Sustainability Activities - Ereğli Iron and Steel The implementation of the integrated iron and steel facility which meets its own water and energy needs itself in Ereğli, is based on monitoring, supervision and reporting of all production and management processes in terms of environmental aspects. Accordingly, Environment Management ProcessEnvironmental Performance Index system is utilized in order to use clean production technologies, increase recycling at the highest possible level, minimize air, soil and water pollution and increase environmental awareness and performance. Sustainable production activities are monitored with the Environmental Performance Index which was developed as an internal management process in the facility which also got a TS EN ISO 14001 Environment Management System Certificate in 2004. The index provides guidance for environmental investments and rehabilitations, waste management, management of natural resources, training of the employees, energy efficiency investments and carbon certification studies. http://www.erdemir.com.tr/
Sustainable Environment Friendly Automobile Production - Ford OTOSAN
The implementation of Ford OTOSAN facility, which started its operation in 2001 in Kocaeli, includes environmental friendly spatial design and production processes in which the use of hazardous chemicals is reduced. Emissions which cause pollution and smell nuisance were minimized through lowering solvent emissions by using water-based paints in the facility. At the same time, heavy metals were eliminated in the paint shop of the facility by using unleaded paint and technologies which do not contain Cr+6. The facility is designed as not to destroy nature of the area on which it is built. 350,000 m2 of weed area and 22,000 m2 of natural wetland in the facility are protected. This wetland which is on an important bird migration route, become the only place where migratory birds stop, which cannot find another spot to rest in the region because of industrialization. http://www.fordotosan.com.tr/ Turkey’s Sustainable Development Report: Claiming the Future • 59