An active contribution
The location of the company inspires the entire team to make a contribution to reducing environmental pollution. Surrounded by mountains and meadows, design composite has relied on the most modern techniques of ecological construction during the building of the new production facility in Salzburg's Pinzgau region. The measures implemented have resulted in a positive energy balance and made it possible to save a calculated CO² emission equivalent of 140 tonnes per year.
At Design Composite, the proportion of renewable energy at the site is already 95% (Scope 1 and 2 according to the GHG guidelines).
design composite – green facts
At the company's new premises all sustainable heating and hot water generation for the factory and administration building were utilized. The aim was to make the best possible use of all natural and production-related energy sources. Thus the use of conventional heating systems it is not necessary. Within the scope of the production process work is constantly being carried out to reduce wastage. In cooperation with suppliers old panels are taken back and can be recycled and reused. However due to the very long life cycle of design composite products a lot of time elapses between the manufacture and the recycling of the products.
Circular economy.
Design Composite has been working intensively for several years on alternative and fully recyclable monocomposite panels. The first series products have already been launched.
Solar energy.
Electricity from our own 200+ kW photovoltaic system is fed into production. The company also relies on electromobility and LED technology.
Heat recovery.
The heat energy obtained from the system is used via the heat distributor to:
- Room heating of the administrative building by means of underfloor heating
- Space heating of the production building by means of concrete core activation
- Air preheating of the ventilation and extraction systems
- Hot water production
Climate & energy.
At Design Composite, the proportion of renewable energy at the site is already 95% (Scope 1 and 2 according to the GHG guidelines).
