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Energy Management
D
ifferent businesses have quite
different energy use profiles
and scale. Our
Manufacturing
operations use significantly less
diesel when compared to our
Plantation Division
but source
much of their energy from
electricity. Recognising that one
size does not fit all, the Group’s
Engineering team has been, and
continues to identify, test and
refine methods and look for
opportunities, however small the
scale, to reduce the Group’s energy
usage. For instance, replacement
of less efficient lightings and
HVAC (heating, ventilation, and
air conditioning) maintenance
and optimisation completed
during FYE2019 for the Group’s
headquarters in Kuala Lumpur will
reap an estimated energy-saving
of 236,400 kWh per year. This is
equivalent to the average annual
electricity used by 29 households*.
There are plans to expand the use
of solar energy at the Group’s oil
palm plantations in this current
financial year.
*Source: US EPA calculator
Improving our energy efficiency
not only reduces the use of natural
resources and emissions of CO₂ and
other pollutants but also potentially
lowers costs.
Division
Diesel
(L)
Petrol
(L)
Grid Electricity
(kWh)
Solar
(kWh)
Manufacturing
6,513
1,100
2,731,166
-
Plantation
1,591,037
47,141
41,049
-
Head Office
-
6527
1,532,768
34,952
Grand Total
1,597,551
54,768
4,304,982
34,952
Total Energy Consumption (TJ)
Plantation
63.17
Manufacturing
10.12
Head Office
5.87
Total energy consumed by
the group
79.16
Terajoule
(FYE2018: 95.00 Terajoule)
Note : “Head Office’’ energy consumption includes the entire building’s tenants.
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