KYOCERA Receives Japan Environment Minister's Award for Record 8th Consecutive Year
12 Dezember 2017 - 2:07PM
Business Wire
Award cites energy conservation efforts at
Hokkaido Kitami manufacturing plant and community-based
environmental awareness activities
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today announced that
its Hokkaido Kitami Plant has received Japan’s 2017 Environment
Minister’s Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity, in the
“implementation of countermeasures / dissemination” category.
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525kW solar power generating system at
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This represents a record eighth consecutive year that Kyocera
has received the award, following many other environment-related
honors worldwide — including Mexico’s highest award for
environmental excellence for two consecutive years, and the City of
San Diego’s annual recycling award for 17 consecutive years.
Established in 1998 by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment, this
award is presented every December in observance of Global Warming
Prevention Month to individuals and groups that have shown
remarkable achievements in the prevention of climate change.
Environmental Programs
1. Solar energyRooftop and ground-mounted solar power
systems at Kyocera’s Hokkaido Kitami Plant provide a combined 640
kilowatts of generating capacity. The systems generate
approximately 787,154 kilowatt hours (kWh) per year, enough
electricity to power approximately 240 typical households*1 ― while
offsetting about 530 tons of CO2 emissions annually.
2. Energy conservation measuresThe Plant is promoting
energy efficiency through the implementation of new equipment such
as modular chillers and LED lights, as well as reusing the exhaust
heat from its production equipment such as furnaces or cooling
chillers for building/office heating. In addition, the Plant
installed heat-exchange equipment to recover the waste heat from
hot water used to clean products. As a result of these conservation
activities, the Plant has achieved annual energy reductions of
about 710 tons of CO2 emission. Moreover, employees receive ongoing
environmental instruction, including how to conserve energy during
high-consumption summer and winter months, and how to segregate
waste. All education efforts aim to increase employees’
environmental awareness and help prevent global warming.
3. Community-based environmental activitiesSpecially
trained Kyocera employees visit local primary schools and provide
hands-on “Eco-Lessons” for environmental preservation and energy
conservation. In 2017, a total of 441 students took part at eight
primary schools in Japan. Other community activities include an
eco-event at the Hokkaido Kitami Plant’s summer festival and
neighborhood clean-up activities for employees.
Past Japan Environment Minister’s
Awards Received by Kyocera
2010 Awarded for high-output solar module (category:
technology development / product) 2011 Awarded to Shiga Gamo and
Shiga Yohkaichi Plants (category: countermeasures) 2012 Awarded to
Fukushima Tanagura Plant (category: countermeasures) 2013 Awarded
to Kagoshima Sendai Plant (category: implementation of
countermeasures / dissemination) 2014 Awarded to Kagoshima Kokubu
Plant (category: implementation of countermeasures / dissemination)
2015 Awarded to Shiga Yasu Plant (category: implementation of
countermeasures / dissemination) 2016 Awarded to Kyoto Ayabe
Plant (category: implementation of countermeasures /
dissemination); and, awarded for the residential-use solid oxide
fuel cell (SOFC) co-generation system, ENE-FARM Type S (category:
technology development / product)*2
*1 Based on average annual use of
3,254.4kWh per household.
*2 Kyocera, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., Aisin
Seiki Co., Ltd., and Noritz Corporation were jointly awarded.
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About KYOCERA
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO; TOKYO:6971;
http://global.kyocera.com/), the parent and global headquarters of
the Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959 as a producer of fine
ceramics (also known as “advanced ceramics”). By combining these
engineered materials with metals and integrating them with other
technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier of industrial
and automotive components, electronic devices, semiconductor
packages, solar power generating systems, printers, copiers, and
mobile phones. During the year ended March 31, 2017, the company’s
consolidated net sales totaled 1.42 trillion yen (approx. USD12.7
billion). Kyocera appears on the “Top 100 Global Innovators” list
by Clarivate Analytics and is ranked #522 on Forbes magazine’s 2017
“Global 2000” list of the world’s largest publicly traded
companies.
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