Environmental Initiative
of the Year
WINNER: Mitsubishi Electric Green Gateway Initiative
WINNER of this year’s brainchild of the UK company, 6. Decision support tools – systems allows it to halve its
Environmental Initiative went breaks down into 10 making sustainable energy consumption. HSBC
to Mitsubishi Electric for its components: specification processes easier now plans to invest £16m to
Green Gateway Initiative, a 1. Replacement of old and help identify, monitor and replace equipment in 800
continuous and building equipment to encourage the compare CO
2
output in older stores, which could equate to a
process which seeks to active replacement of ageing equipment. CO
2
reduction of 10,200
highlight ways in which the non-inverter driven ac, much 7. Installation and system tonnes providing operation
UK can achieve a reduction of of which is still using R22. commissioning – maintaining cost savings for the bank of
more than 3 million tonnes of 2. To motivate people to think the highest standards of onsite £2.2m per annum.
CO
2
per year by 2016. of sustainable installation and Mitsubishi Electric’s sales
The Green Gateway solutions in terms commissioning which are team has started adding an
Initiative, which has been of whole life key to extra quote to all submissions
recognised by the European costing, not just effective, highlighting the additional
Commission and given capital outlay. energy cost of a heat recovery system.
Mitsubishi Electric a partner 3. Promoting efficient Sales have grown significantly,
status in the sustainable heat pumps for performance. but more importantly is that to
energy Europe campaign, has heating – over 8. Better date over 4,823,476kg of CO
2
two central aims: 300% more maintenance – have been saved equating to
• To demonstrate the role efficient than recognising savings for these customers of
that modern heating and modern gas that even simple more than £668,709.
cooling equipment, properly boilers. exercises can As a manufacturer of ac,
specified, controlled and 4. improve Mitsubishi Electric has
maintained can and should Promoting performance. declared itself against the idea
play in reducing energy free 9. Using simple of a rapid growth in residential
consumption in the built cooling control strategies ac. Instead it is focusing on
environment and heat and automation developing green ideas for
• To demonstrate that recovery can significantly heating, which accounts for
modern ac products can to reduce energy over 70% of domestic energy.
answer the needs of modern minimise the consumption
life in the most energy energy used to cool and heat 10. Residential – Free seminars
efficient way. buildings by maximising free technology now exists The company has backed its
The initiative has allowed cooling and recovering wasted which can support the Code words up with action by setting
Mitsubishi to enter new areas heat. for Sustainable Homes. up free seminars on low carbon
such as advanced controls and 5. Improved specification and HSBC, supported by solutions and by publishing
hot water heating, both in the design to ensure that Mitsubishi Electric has guides on a whole host of
commercial and residential requirements are targeted examined the use of legislation, building regulations
sector. towards sustainability as too equipment in three branches and industry issues.
The company’s Green many systems are over or and found that changing old Mitsubishi Electric
Gateway Initiative, which is the under specified. equipment for modern 01707 282880
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