KONE 2013 | CORPOR ATE RESPONSIBILIT Y REPORT
ENVIRONMENT
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Carbon footprint of our products
KONE’s environmental responsibility covers the
full life cycle of its products, from design and
manufacturing to maintenance, modernization,
and end-of-life treatment. KONE’s life cycle
assessment, carried out in accordance with the
ISO 14040 standard (ReCiPe method), shows
that our greatest environmental impact stems
from the energy consumed by our products
during their operational lifetime. By reducing
energy consumption we consequently reduce
the environmental impact of KONE solutions
during their operational lifetime.
Carbon footprint of KONE’s products, tCO2e
2011
2012
2013
Production of materials for products (calculated)
1,313,000 1,761,000 1,991,000
Lifetime energy consumption of products ordered
from KONE during the reporting year (calculated)
2,862,000 4,180,000 5,045,000
2011 excluding GiantKONE
Materials used, tonnes
2011
2012
2013
Manufacturing (calculated)
Metals (steel,
aluminum, copper)
349,000 470,000 532,000
Miscellaneous
9,400
7,800
5,500
Plastics
3,800
4,200
4,100
Glass
3,000
3,700
3,900
Packaging (calculated)
Wood
39,600
42,000
39,500
Carton board
1,300
1,200
1,100
Plastics
800
1,000
1,100
Office consumables (actual data)
Paper
400
400
600
Total
407,300 530,300 587,800
Calculations are based on Life Cycle Assessment data and products ordered from KONE
(2011: 85 k; 2012: 118 k; 2013: 137 k); 2011 excluding GiantKONE.
Setting new benchmarks for
high-rise
KONE’s new high-rise solution, KONE
UltraRope
TM
, will enable future elevator
travel heights up to 1,000 meters. The
solution cuts energy consumption by
15% for a 500-meter elevator ride.
When elevators travel higher in the
future, energy savings of as much as
45% will be possible for an 800-meter
elevator ride.
KONE UltraRope
TM
has been developed
and tested rigorously both in real
elevators and simulation laboratories
at KONE’s research and development
facilities in Finland. Since 2010, it has
been tested in operation at the world’s
tallest elevator testing laboratory,
KONE’s Tytyri facility built over 300
meters underground adjacent to an
active limestone mine. Read more on
p. 10–11.
