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Environmental Conservation Activities

Environmental policy for Nisshinbo Mechatronics

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Basic Philosophy

We aim to achieve business growth and development with due regard for the global environment through “business activities in harmony with nature”.

Action Guidelines

(1) Reduced environmental impact

We actively promote the development, manufacture and sale of products that are useful for improving the environment, such as photovoltaic cell manufacturing equipment, and contribute to reducing the environmental impact as well as making efforts to save energy, reduce waste and prevent pollution.

(2) Legal compliance

We make every effort to ensure that all our corporate activities comply with both Japanese and foreign laws and regulations and other applicable requirements agreed by the business site concerned.

(3) Continuous improvement

We set up our own environmental objectives and goals and do our best to achieve them, while continuously reviewing environmental policy and striving to improve our environmental performance.

(4) Increased awareness of environmental conservation

We encourage all of our employees to bolster their environmental awareness through the provision of environmental education and awareness-enhancing activities, in order that each employee can implement environmental conservation activities by themselves through active participation in society.
We disclose environmental information to our neighborhood, and seek to establish a genuine relationship of mutual trust.

Case Study on Environmental Conservation Activity

Environmentally sensitive architectural design

Various ideas have been incorporated to enhance energy-saving efficiency and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the plant assembling photovoltaic module manufacturing equipment that was completed in April 2009.

Examples of energy-saving efforts

  • Adoption of a double-layered corrugated roofing method to the roof for better thermal insulation
  • Incorporation of skylights to provide natural daylighting
  • Automatic dimming lighting controls within the plant
  • Installation of transparent photovoltaic panels at the front entrance
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Environmentally friendly air-conditioning equipment

For air-conditioning controls within our plants, we implement measures with careful consideration to the worksite environment, to avoid simply adding or upgrading coolers and heaters.

For example, we have put in place an effective cooling system using an “axial flow fan” which requires less electrical power than air-conditioning equipment. The axial flow fan pushes the cooled air generated by the air-conditioning units towards the working area. At the same time, the fan pushes the heat generated from equipment within the work area towards the ceiling, then the heat will be discharged outdoors. In this manner, the ambient temperature of the work area can be reduced effectively.

Environmentally friendly air-conditioning equipment

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