Power savings step by step
ELECTRICITY
Optimisation of reserved capacity
Fifteen-minute maximum control
Consumption layout in shifts
Purchase of environmentally friendly electricity
Purchase of electricity based on stock prices
Gradual replacement of lighting fixtures with efficient ones and other actions recommended by energy audit
Savings for 2011 – approx. 3.5 %
GAS
Optimisation of negotiated power
Fifteen-minute maximum control
Savings for 2011 – approx. 3.6 %
HEAT
Gradual transfer from steam to hot water heating
Cancelling of central heating and its replacement with economically and better options – bright ceramic gas heaters, production technology boilers, local gas boiler house
Estimated savings up to 15 %
Fuel savings in transition to compressed natural gas
Estimated savings approximately 40% of annual fuel cost
Environmental protection
Reduction of air emissions – modification of existing technologies, completion of filter to meet defined emission limits
Issue of IPCC – Integrated permit according to Act 76/2002 Coll. For both divisions of MOTOR JIKOV Slévárna
Regular training of employees
Closing down large sources of pollution, e.g. boiler house in MOTOR JIKOV Strojírenská (Soběslav)
Results of Environmental Inspection audits to prove correctness of actions
Environment surveillance is provided by an external company, which also secures waste disposal, new legislation application, training, control activities etc.
Human resources
Growth of investment in education and development
Social programs – defined in the Collective Agreement:
Working hours 37.5 hours per week
Convalescent week 5 weeks
Paid time off in the case of personal problems at work
Contribution to corporate catering
Contribution to pension insurance
Social assistance in exceptional serious cases (e.g. in case of accidents, natural disasters, financial emergency etc.)
Interest-free loans for individual housing construction, eventually for purchase of an apartment in private ownership
Contribution to children’s recreation