EH&S
facilities in mid-2009. Combined, TI’s facilities in
the region will make up the largest LEED
certified assembly/test sites in the world.
TSMC, another leading chip manufacturer,
has achieved LEED Gold certification for their
Fab 14, Phase 3 facility, based in Southern
Taiwan Science Park. The advanced facility
marks the first LEED certification in Taiwan and
also stands as the first 300mm manufacturing
high volume facility to attain the recognition. At
the 2008 ISMI Symposium on Manufacturing
Excellence Symposium, Arthur Chuang, TSMC’s
Director of New Fab Planning and Engineering
Division, described several significant
innovations gained through the application of
Figure 3: TI Clark institutional, or residential buildings. The “LEED LEED design principles, including 85% ultrapure
Assembly/Test, Building” designation and an appropriate water (UPW) reclaim rate and 20% reduction in
courtesy of Texas category or level of certification (Certified, Silver, operational energy consumption.
Instruments Gold, and Platinum) are awarded to buildings Electronics manufacturing will continue to
that meet LEED criteria. LEED credit areas focus establish benchmark performance to eco-friendly
on energy efficiency, water usage, sustainability manufacturing. End-to-end supply chain
of the site, construction materials, and indoor partnerships will engage all stakeholders, from
environmental quality. primary materials and equipment sources to end
LEED has emerged as an internationally users, in the quest for environmental excellence.
accepted benchmark for the design, The electronics industry will respond to the
construction, and operation of high performance challenge of ever-tighter environmental
sustainable facilities, or “green buildings”. Prior regulations with the same innovation that
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to LEED, there were no prevailing standards for ushered in the information revolution.
the design and rating of green buildings. LEED Tomorrow’s electronics manufacturing facilities
www
has changed that by defining a comprehensive will be designed and operated to produce
.eur sustainability rating and certification system for environmentally friendly products while using
oasiasemiconductor
buildings and by gaining growing recognition in precious resources responsibly and efficiently.
the press and in communities.
Texas Instruments’ Phase V Assembly/Test
building, in Baguio City, the Philippines, was James Beasley, who joined SEMATECH in
recently awarded a LEED Silver rating. 2003, currently serves as ISMI’s (SEMATECH
Achieving an industry first, this is the first LEED Manufacturing Initiative) ESH Technology
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Certified facility in the Philippines. The high Project Manager, with responsibility for ISMI’s
efficiency manufacturing operation follows the Green Fab and Sustainable Technology
completion of TI’s wafer fabrication facility in activities. Prior to joining ISMI, James worked
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Richardson, TX, which was the world’s first LEED as an Intel assignee (to SEMATECH) and is
Gold-certified wafer manufacturing facility. A credited with establishing the consortium’s
new TI facility, located in the Clark Freeport Supply Chain ESH Leadership initiative.
Zone in the Philippines, is expected to join the TI
network of LEED Certified manufacturing During his 27-year career in the
semiconductor industry, he has held positions
“Carbon emission reporting information will
in manufacturing; facilities equipment
engineering; specialty gas and chemical
definitely increase in importance in the future as management; and environmental, health, and
we’ve increasingly been seeing specific
safety (EHS). He currently serves as co-chair
of the Semiconductor Equipment Materials
requests from customers asking IBM to supply International (SEMI) EHS Committee.
or validate the GHG emissions inventory for its
Beasley is a LEED Accredited Professional
with the United States Green Building Council
operations and, in some cases, its entire supply
and a diplomat of the Institute of Safety and
chain operations.”
Systems Management at the University of
Southern California.
IBM (source: Carbon Disclosure Project, Supply Chain Report 2009)
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