Best Practices

Dormitory

Solar water heater and Heat pump

Installing a solar water heater and heat pump in the dormitory, reducing carbon emissions by more than 30 tonnes annually.

Ningbo Helong New Material Co., Ltd.
Wood Plastic Composite Manufacturing Industry

Air-to-Water Heat Pump

Replacing their natural gas combustion chamber with an air-to-water heat pump, which absorbs heat energy from the air. After passing through a compressor, the heat energy is then directly transferred to water. This method of heating water has lowered their carbon emissions by more than 30 percent.

Super Performance Textile (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry

Solar energy thermal hot water system

Provide hot water to the dormitory and production line

ZhongShan Yida Apparel Ltd.
Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry

Solar energy street light

Replace grid electricity with natural energy

ZhongShan Yida Apparel Ltd.
Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry

Solar PV panels

A 0.75MW solar PV system with 3,010 solar panels was installed in 2014 to supply electricity to production lines. The system generates a total of around 700,000 kWh annually, amounting to about 13.5 per cent of Nexus’ total power consumption and lowers the company’s carbon emissions by 530 tonnes annually.

Nexus Electrical (Jiaxing) Limited
Electrical Appliances and Houseware Industry

Waste water recycling system

Recycling waste water from washing processes and the dormitory and reusing it as toilet flushing water, saving up to 600 tonnes of water annually

Maxturn Apparel Company Limited
Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry

Greening the factory

Large-scale greening in the factory and providing an area on the rooftop for a staff garden, indirectly lowering carbon emissions and enhancing staff environmental awareness.

PY Garment Manufacturing (Rongxian) Company Limited
Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry

Electric induction cooker I canteen

Using electric induction cookers in the canteen thus reducing carbon emissions.

Shenzhen Hong Tao Non-Woven Fabric Co., Ltd.
Textile Industry

Improve heating facilities in the dormitory

By replacing boiler’s heating with more energy efficient heating facilities in the dormitory, adding new solar heating panels and heat pumps, installing new environmentally friendly insulation pipes for reducing heat loss. These facilities, in addition to carbon emissions reduction, also save $60,000 RMB in fuel consumption and reduce sulphur dioxide by 28 kg annually.

Jun Wei Apparel Co., Ltd.
Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry

Collection of rainwater and wastewater from water-cooling systems

Installing water tanks to collect rainwater and wastewater from water-cooling systems. The collected water is used for flushing toilets, watering plantations and other functions. The system can collect 5,000 m3 of rainwater annually.

Cerie (Cambodia) Garment Co., Ltd.
Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry

Using reusable metal trays instead of single-use plastic bags as food containers

Encouraging staff to use reusable metal trays instead of single-use plastic bags as food containers and instructing hawkers around the factory to only use metal trays, saving 3,000 plastic bags a day.

Cerie (Cambodia) Garment Co., Ltd.
Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry