Sun Wind
The need for sustainable production processes and construction methods is considerable. Our goal is to actively contribute to the creation of sustainable buildings made of natural materials that will ensure a modern, comfortable and healthy living and working environment for their users for decades.
On the path to carbon neutrality, we are facing major challenges that we are tackling with a spirit of innovation and a wealth of ideas.
Energy is an important production and cost factor in the current production processes for tile products. We use various energy suppliers, including electricity and gas, and in the long term we aim to generate as much of the required energy as possible ourselves.
At present, we need 22,000,000 kWh of electricity annually in our plant. The first step we have taken is to install photovoltaic panels with a capacity of 4,718 kWp on our plant roofs, which generate about 5,350,000 kWh per year. We are continuously reducing our energy requirements through optimisation processes, such as in-plant heat recovery. In this case, the warm exhaust air produced during the firing process is discharged at the end of the roller kiln and conducted via pipes into the drying chambers, so that these do not have to be additionally heated. We also use this heat source to heat our plants.
One current major project is the construction of a company-owned wind turbine, which could generate 11,000,000 kWh of electricity annually. The project is currently in the planning and approval phase and is being implemented in accordance with the nature and species protection regulations. The planned turbine will be about 250 m high and have a rotor diameter of 160 m. The site is located within the industrial area on our site, a renaturalised clay field currently in agricultural use. Our own consumption would amount to about 85 per cent, the rest can be fed into the local grid. In the long term, we plan to use all the energy generated for production, supported by electricity storage systems.
Sun Wind
On the path to carbon neutrality, we are facing major challenges that we are tackling with a spirit of innovation and a wealth of ideas.
Energy is an important production and cost factor in the current production processes for tile products. We use various energy suppliers, including electricity and gas, and in the long term we aim to generate as much of the required energy as possible ourselves.
At present, we need 22,000,000 kWh of electricity annually in our plant. The first step we have taken is to install photovoltaic panels with a capacity of 4,718 kWp on our plant roofs, which generate about 5,350,000 kWh per year. We are continuously reducing our energy requirements through optimisation processes, such as in-plant heat recovery. In this case, the warm exhaust air produced during the firing process is discharged at the end of the roller kiln and conducted via pipes into the drying chambers, so that these do not have to be additionally heated. We also use this heat source to heat our plants.
One current major project is the construction of a company-owned wind turbine, which could generate 11,000,000 kWh of electricity annually. The project is currently in the planning and approval phase and is being implemented in accordance with the nature and species protection regulations. The planned turbine will be about 250 m high and have a rotor diameter of 160 m. The site is located within the industrial area on our site, a renaturalised clay field currently in agricultural use. Our own consumption would amount to about 85 per cent, the rest can be fed into the local grid. In the long term, we plan to use all the energy generated for production, supported by electricity storage systems.