Our resource and energy management? Simply brilliant!
At our Delbrück site, we monitor and manage energy consumption in production, logistics and administration. To this end, we use, amongst other things, combined heat and power units, LED lighting with daylight and presence-based controls, a photovoltaic system and groundwater cooling in selected areas of the buildings.
In logistics, too, we ensure that our transport capacity is utilised as efficiently as possible: this is why a Bette lorry may return with crates of mineral water or other goods after delivering baths. Where the route and load allow, we make any spare load capacity available to regional logistics partners. This helps to reduce empty runs and make better use of existing transport routes.
Technology that uses energy more efficiently.
This is due in no small part to Mark Becker, our energy manager, who keeps a close watch over our production. So how can a medium-sized company be run energy-efficiently? "By using clever technology," he explains.
At our Delbrück site, we use combined heat and power plants that generate both electricity and heat for our operational processes. This combined energy generation enables us to use the energy we consume more efficiently. Or LED technology. Over a decade ago, we fitted LED lights in all our production halls, warehouses and offices. But that wasn't enough for us. And so we adjust these lights according to the daylight. And when there's no one in the room, the light automatically switches itself off.
Our LED lighting alone enables us to save the following in our two logistics halls:
With the power of sun and water
On our rooftops, we generate solar power using our own photovoltaic system, which we use directly to power our operational processes. And in many areas and offices, we use the cooling power of groundwater instead of air conditioning. In summer, for instance, we use it to regulate the temperature in our showroom. These are just a few of many examples of how we are reducing our energy consumption here in Delbrück.
Twelve pallets of mineral water instead of five baths
We also think ahead when it comes to our transport operations. Once our Bette lorries have delivered the bathroom units, we use any free loading space – where the route allows – to carry goods for regional logistics partners on the return journey. This means that on the way back, we may be carrying food, steel, machine parts or even mineral water. This helps to avoid empty runs and makes better use of existing transport routes.
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