Manufacturing business saves energy - video transcript
In this Technical Fabric Services climate action case study video, learn how this Gold Coast manufacturing business successfully reduced its costs and greenhouse emissions with renewable energy and waste reduction initiatives.
Manufacturing business saves energy
[Lauren Agius - Product Development Manager, Technical Fabric Services]
Climate action to me is a way of thinking. It's about changing the way that we see things.
[John Agius - Managing Director, Technical Fabric Services]
Pulling together with other businesses as a community to reach our climate goals, as a country and as a planet.
[Lauren Agius]
Every business is very different, and the way that we approached climate action and sustainability was taking ourselves out of the box and thinking, okay, this is the way something has traditionally been done.
How can we look at this in a different light so that we can get a different result?
[John Agius]
Energy is a major input into the business, and whatever we can save also saves energy off the grid.
Our solar system was installed about 4 years ago, so 30% of our power comes from solar power.
Water coming in as town water, as a by-product of the process is actually heated and reused as hot water which saves us using new town water. So there's a huge element of energy saving there.
[Evangeline Agius - Owner, Technical Fabric Services]
With the greenhouse emissions, we've looked at all our waste. We've watched our processes so we minimise any rejections down, I think we're below 1%.
We have a company down the road who takes our cardboard and reuses them, and with customers, we actually now go pick up the cores, boxes and plastic and reuse that again.
[Lauren Agius]
It's really important for consumers these days to know that the products that they're buying, stands for something good. People want to feel connected to the things that they're purchasing.
[John Agius]
Don't just get caught into that mindset, that this is the way we've always done it.
[Lauren Agius]
Look at your business as a whole. Look at your supply chain. Look at your everyday processes.
What can you do in amongst everything that is really going to make an impact?
Watch the Technical Fabric Services climate action case study video.