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Kronospan Luxembourg, pioneer in the sustainable development sector.

Kronospan Luxembourg S.A. is aware of its corporate responsibility towards future generations and has an ongoing commitment to continuous improvement of the environmental efficiency of its products and manufacturing processes.

Within this context, in June 2012 Kronospan and its partner, the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, launched the project "Factory of the Future: Demonstration of wood panel manufacture with a near zero environmental footprint", as part of the European LIFE+ programme.

In recent years, Kronospan has made considerable efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its production site in Luxembourg. The ultimate objective is to create a semi-autonomous factory with a very low environmental impact.

The purpose of this project is to take a significant step towards this objective by demonstrating that, by combining best practices, it is possible to create a production plant with an extremely small environmental footprint. This includes very low consumption of energy and water from non-renewable sources, and very low greenhouse gas emissions.

Objectives of the LIFE+ “Factory of the Future” project

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reduction in the use of fossil fuels for the production of thermal energy
Kronospan will replace fossil fuels with its own timber sub-products from the manufacture of panels.
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reduction in current CO2 emissions from fossil fuels
By optimising processes, reducing losses and increasing total energy efficiency the project partners will obtain a drastic reduction in CO2 emissions.
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reduction in tap water consumption
The collection and storage of rainwater, recovery and recycling of water from the production process and reduction of losses will result in sustainable water consumption.

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