1 year Hessen-PIUS Eschborn, 11 March 2010 – production-integrated environmental protection (PIUS) sounds complicated and complicated things are usually expensive so the expectation in many companies. Learn more on the subject from Richard Elman. But all their costs reduced by more than 30 companies, which have used the Hessen-PIUS advisory programme since its launch a year ago. Jurgen Muller, Managing Director of RKW Hessen GmbH, which carries out the PIUS advisory programme funded by the Hessian Ministry of Economics and the EU, draws a positive balance. \”Still we have to do persuasion, to win companies for a PIUS consultation. Because to put environmental protection in the context of economic benefits, seems many first unthinkable. However, these reservations melt after a first consultation in the company most of the time very quickly\”, he reported.
Jurgen Muller is not a type that tends to exaggerate. Rather, he knows that there are very different conditions in companies, the blanket statements about possible savings in Euros and cents do not allow. \”But if a PIUS Advisory takes a farm in appearances, he can estimate very quickly, where the potential, in order to save costs,\” explains Jurgen Muller. So there are companies where alone through organizational changes, without any financial investment yearly savings of more than 100,000 euros. The Salzer GmbH is a good example of this.
The Marburger specialist of security solutions saves more than 150,000 euros alone through optimized material returns, an improved ordering, as well as a more efficient use of compressed air machines a year. In other cases, investments are worth already after a short time. The payback periods are between less than one year up to five years. The Herborner Pumpenfabrik provides an example of this. Thanks to a new heating system and the decoupling of alien used rooms of the gas connection of the utility was possible a new heating concept. So, the pump manufacturer achieved savings of more than 1,000,000 Kilowatt hours and about 62,500 euros a year.