To support their ambitious carbon reduction targets, this multinational company installed Combined Heat and Power (CHP) at their facility in Termoli, Italy - supported by Centrica Business Solutions, in partnership with Eni gas and electricity.
Founded in 1665 in Paris, Saint-Gobain made its debut by creating the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles - thanks to a perfect blend of artisanal tradition, industrial logic, and technological innovation.
Today, they’re present in 72 countries with 167,000 employees. In Italy, it operates with 36 sites and around 2,200 employees, with a clear focus on the sustainable construction sector.
Gaetano Terrasini, CEO of Saint-Gobain Italy, said “Many of the materials we design and produce help our customers to build more energy-efficient buildings. But sustainability is a fundamental goal for the entire Group. So much so that, internationally, we intend to commit to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050”.
In line with this commitment, they embarked on an energy efficiency project at their manufacturing plant in Termoli, Italy, which covers an area of 30,000 square metres and can produce up to 24 million square metres of plasterboard per year.
Inaugurated in 2002, the manufacturing plant in Termoli employs around 70 people. It has already implemented numerous sustainability initiatives, including obtaining the ISO 14001 certification in 2003, and an innovative smart lighting project that saw the adoption of LED lamps and intelligent management systems.
After a highly competitive tender launched by Saint-Gobain, which saw participation from all major global cogeneration plant manufacturers and leading utilities, Centrica Business Solutions won the project in partnership with Eni gas and electricity.
The Combined Heat and Power (CHP) unit was designed, built and financed entirely by Centrica Business Solutions on a turnkey basis, and we’re now also responsible for its ongoing maintenance. The installation is capable of covering 78% of the site's electricity needs, thanks to the efficient recovery of all self-produced thermal energy.
“The Termoli plant is another of our facilities that has embarked on the path of cogeneration serving the plasterboard drying process,” says Terrasini, “and, in Centrica Business Solutions, we have found a professional and expert partner, with great agility”.
“We chose Centrica Business Solutions because they demonstrated great flexibility and operational speed, but were also willing to engage with our processes and share the project risks with us” Gaetano Terrasini CEO, Saint-Gobain Italy
Saint-Gobain Italy has reduced their methane gas consumption, which has been achieved by recovering thermal waste from the cogeneration process and using this in their plasterboard drying ovens.
It’s also made them more energy efficiency and reduced the operational costs of the Termoli site. The CHP delivers guaranteed CO2 savings of more than 2,000 tonnes per year, equivalent to the absorption capacity of 100,000 trees.
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