Wienerberger India has announced that it has gone a step further in its endeavour to achieve sustainability in production by switching to natural gas from conventional solid fuel for the brick kiln firing process at its factory operations in Kunigal near Bangalore. This conversion will help to reduce carbon emissions by more than 40%, bringing higher efficiencies and enhancing product quality.
This announcement follows the commitment made by the company in December 2019 on the occasion of its 10th anniversary in India. One of the key investment plans outlined was the conversion to natural gas as a fuel to enable the manufacturing of Porotherm Perforated Clay Blocks. Porotherm Smart Bricks are 60% lighter than conventional walling material, thus allowing substantial savings on structural cost due to a reduction in dead load. This also allows for faster construction and ease of handling.
Wienerberger AG is consistently pursuing projects that involve converting to low-emission energy sources wherever possible. In 2020, the target was for the production process in India to be converted from coal to natural gas in line with Wienerberger’s corporate philosophy of providing sustainable solutions to all stakeholders.
On this endeavour, Monnanda Appaiah, Managing Director, Wienerberger India, said that this change in technology will almost eliminate the particulate matter emitted from the kiln during the firing process. “We are certain that our Kunigal factory emission norms will match world-class norms in emission and would be substantially better than the emission norms laid out as per the Indian environmental standards”.
The company has already rolled out its new Sustainability Strategy 2020+, which will provide the basis for the sustainability program from 2021 onwards. Decarbonisation will be one of the three central action areas.
The Kunigal factory affirms the usage of robotics and state-of-the-art technology and has extremely energy-efficient manufacturing processes. The factory is also highly equipped with a full-fledged in-house laboratory and product development facilities. The latest technology for the new installation (gas firing) is provided by Beralmar Technological S.A., a European company (Spain), specialised in the manufacturing of firing and drying equipment for clay roof tiles and bricks.
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