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The CZFB makes public its environmental commitments for 2011
23/12/2010
December 23, 2010
The industrial area of the Zona Franca, one of southern Europe's largest industrial areas, may be the first area of such pioneer in commit themselves to reduce the use of natural resources and foster a new culture of industrial environmentally respectful. The consortium of the zone Franca Barcelona (CZFB), entity that manages this polygon, has decided to make public their commitment to energy efficiency and its natural resources through a program of environmental management setting targets for waste management and reduction of water and energy consumption for the year 2011 and thatIn addition, it undertakes to make dissemination of good environmental practices among the tenant companies of the polygon.
For the next year, the CZFB becomes the target of 3% water consumed in the common areas of the site (in the year 2009 were consumed 102,000 cubic metres of water in irrigation and cleaning work) through the remote management of irrigation and the optimization of the cleaning of the 26 miles of streets and the 80.700 square meters of green areas which manages the CZFB. Currently, these tasks are carried out completely with water, do not use of mouth, from the table and work is underway to use reclaimed water from the sewage treatment plant in el Prat.
On the other hand, also it has fixed the aim to reduce 3% the energetic consumption for the lighted up in these 26 km of streets of the polygon, where will carry out proofs of road lighting by LED, measure that can reduce the annual energetic consumption, that in the year 2009 was of 1.600.000\1kW\2h. Likewise, through the Platform of Serveis of the Polygon, the Consorci will boost the adhesion of the companies arrendatarias to the service of collected and management of conjoint waste for all the polygon, will boost the installation of photovoltaic plates in the ceilings of the industrial bays and also will facilitate the provision of courses of learning and communication in the environingingment between the companies of the polygon.
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Consorci ZF Internacional, S.A.U. - Salón Internacional de la Logística y de la Manutención
