Page 12 - ESG report

Energy
Savings
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Dams recognises that it has a responsibility to help protect the environment
wherever it has an opportunity to do so, to be a responsible neighbour, and to
provide a comfortable environment for its employees to work in.
In 2024, we are due to install solar panels on our manufacturing site and
distribution centre. Solar panels work by converting solar radiation into electricity,
with inverters to convert the electricity generated from DC to AC. With our
£700k investment, we’re installing 2,360 solar panel modules with 9 inverters to
generate our own renewable electricity, with over 20% of our site demand then
coming from solar power, and an estimated annual carbon saving of 172 tonnes.
Generator
surface area
4,299 m²
System Size
885 kWp
Environmental
upgrades
One of the measures we’ve recently improved
is our dust & fume collection system in our
manufacturing facility by applying technology
and controls from our partners Ecogate. Air
quality, electricity use, noise levels - all of them
are improved.
100% of electricity from
green sources in 2022
In the past year we have also invested heavily in
safety including major upgrades to fire alarms
& smoke detection systems, machine upgrades
to include new guarding & electronic safety
devices, and more frequent checks of our mobile
plant & work equipment resulting in improved
repairs & maintenance.
We’ve overseen a reduction
of 53% of our total Scope 1 and 2
kg CO ²
equivalent emissions in our
manufacturing operations since 2019
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