2017 Sustainability Overview | Prysmian Group

69 Collecting data to abate emissions Constantly monitoring Going on Relamping with LED Smart Metering launched in Italy We monitored regularly to check the effectiveness of health, safety and environment activities on greenhouse gas emissions. In particular we strengthened the process of collecting energy consumption data in order to track both direct and indirect emissions deriving, respectively, from production processes and the purchase of energy. In 2017, the Group confirmed the participation in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), Climate Change section, to contribute to the pursuit of the objectives agreed in the Kyoto Protocol. With the aim of extending energy efficiency initiatives to an ever larger number of units, the Group carried out in some European and non-European operating units new energy diagnoses to have an ever more complete, reliable and updated data base on energy consumption and its distribution. In 2017, 4 new energy diagnoses were conducted, for a total of 26 in about ten countries in the period 2015-2016. In 2017, the HSE function, in collaboration with an energy expert, completed the preliminary work and started the coordination of the operational phase of the "Relamping with LED", launched in 2016. The project concerns the replacement of traditional lighting with LED bulbs at some production units already undergoing Energy Audit as a priority, and includes the distribution to all the local organisations of specific guidelines. According to estimates, the expected savings range between 10% and 70% of current consumption for lighting only, depending on the sites. In 2017, following the setup work launched in 2016, HSE has planned the installation of consumption monitoring systems in the Italian operating units within the or the "Metering” project, aimed at measuring power consumption of production units. The project will be executed by the same general contractor in charge of the design and installation of LEDs. The system was launched at the end of 2017 in 6 of the 7 Italian units and will allow, as of 2018, a more precise and complete reporting of energy consumption, as well as savings obtained thanks to the energy efficiency projects. The "Metering" project will be completed in 2018 in the last Italian site and then gradually extended to other units of the Group.