Good Practice: Sustainable Design of a new manufacturing facility - Pharmaceuticals, Ireland

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Setting

Country: Ireland
Location: Cork
Project start date: Q1 2007
Project end date: Q1 2008
Technology keywords: Energy management, Industrial technologies, Heat recovery & storage
Host sector: Manufacturing Industry
Ref: SETatWork Good Practice #1

Objective of the Project

To reduce energy consumption of new manufacturing facility prior to construction.

Technical Summary

Applying a three-step methodology for Sustainable Design of a new biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, resulted in comprehensive possibilities for improving energy performance of future manufacturing. A baseline study revealed the energy consumption if the facility was build as defined in the conceptual design. The operating costs related to consumption of water and energy would then be 1.765 mill €/year.

The total annual emission of CO₂ related to operation of the facility in the baseline scenario is 10,180 tonnes CO₂/year, of which 2,450 tonnes are direct emissions at the site. The remaining emissions are indirect emissions related to consumption of electricity.

From the baseline study, a few important focus areas were defined and 27 individual saving initiatives were assessed. It is important to state that the identified saving potential has been achieved by applying solely technology and solutions widely used in other manufacturing within pharmaceutical industries.

The aggregated saving potential of the savings identified is estimated to 82% of the operating costs compared to the baseline consumption. The reduction potential of direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions are 90% compared to the baseline. However, as some initiatives are related the full potential is not achievable.

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Environmental and Social Benefits

(Estimate of) Greenhouse Gases abated (in metric tons of CO₂-equivalent):
Annual:
Up to and including 2012: 18400 tCO2-equivalent
Up to a period of 10 years: 92000 tCO2-equivalent
Up to a period of 15 years: 138000 tCO2-equivalent

Economic Data

Capital Costs: €771000

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SETatWork: Sustainable Energy Technology at Work (2008-2010) : Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries : Energy Efficient Technologies : Energy Management Systems : Heat Generation, Recovery and Use : Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning : Manufacturing Industries : Sustainable Design

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