Global Compact International Yearbook Ausgabe 2010

Best Practice
Environment
• production of electricity is
expected to be around 635,000
kWh / year
• an estimated environmental benefit
in terms of savings of CO 2
emissions in the atmosphere of
around 350 tons / year
The new solar plant is part of the
“Green Building” project that was
finalized to make Rome headquarters
“carbon neutral” as well. The
“Green Building” project is going to
develop over 2010 through efficiency
improvements in the production
of electrical, thermal, and cooling
energy (tri-generation), installation
of a Building Management System
for confort of air temperature and
lighting inside the offices, and
consumption optimization as well.
This initiative, to be considered as
a pilot project, might be adopted
elsewhere.
In 2009, regarding the photovoltaic
plants in Service Areas, 15
plants with a roughly 767 kW peek
New photovoltaic plant of
Headquarters building in Rome
Total tons of CO 2
saved
due to Our initiatives
saved 2009 target 2010
Solar panel 133 1,396
LED lighting 411 2,120
TOTAL 544 3,516
power and a production of electricity
expected to be around 1,000 MWh / year
have been put in service. For 2010 the
company aims to double the installed
photovoltaic capacity with more plants
in the office buildings and Service Areas.
In 2009 the savings of CO 2
emissions was
133 tons, thanks to photovoltaic plants.
The 2010 target will be about 1,400 tons.
Regarding motorway network tunnels,
Autostrade per l’Italia has an energy
savings plan in progress. The project
involves the gradual replacement of
traditional high-pressure sodium lighting
with more efficient, permanent LED
lighting. This innovative initiative will
result in considerable energy savings and
a reduction in CO 2
indirect emissions of
about 40 percent and the lowering of
system maintenance costs while retaining
the required safety standards.
In 2009 a total of 6,378 lighting
installations were replaced, resulting
in a savings of CO 2
emissions of around
411 tons. For 2010 a further 10,766
LED lighting installations will be
installed and provide an annual
energy savings of around 4 GWh,
bringing an estimated environmental
benefit in terms of savings of
CO 2
emissions in the atmosphere
to around 2,120 tons.
Through the adoption of these
projects, the company joined the
Patto per l’ambiente, an agreement
signed in July 2009 between the
Environment Ministry of Italy and
11 large Italian firms. The agreement
provides for binding commitments
for emission reductions, exploitation
of environmentally-friendly resources,
the spread of high-efficiency
technologies, and diversification
of power sources. Strong environmental
benefits can be achieved by
initiatives to improve traffic flow
(i.e., network upgrades, spread of
automatic toll systems) and projects
involving motorway network users.
In 2009 Autostrade per l’Italia
launched its first project for carpooling
on highways. Carpooling is a
suitable alternative to traditional
mobility and involves using only one
car to transport people who share same
route. This results in significant environmental
benefits by reducing traffic and
increasing the economic benefits for the
passengers due to sharing of transport
costs (fuel, tolls, etc.).
The initiative, which involves customers
who travel the A8 and A9 highways
daily from Como and Varese to
Milan and back, both helps to reduce
levels of pollution and to improve traffic
flow on a particularly busy road affected
by construction work. The carpooling
project includes:
• a web platform to facilitate the
matching of supply and demand
• dedicated track toll
• a discount for cars carrying at least
four people
The website (autostradecarpooling.it) has
become in just three months the first
carpooling platform in Italy.
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