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56 Changing environmental needsProtecting the climate, reducing costs.Shifting to environmentally friendly forms of energy andusing energy more efficiently are major activities in theHSE management of the HARTMANN GROUP. To helpprotect the climate and save valuable resources, we useintegrated energy management.Energy consumption or energy efficiency of our plants and processes areimportant success indicators for our energy management. Therefore, wehave started to collect these indicators throughout the Group and presentthem in a coherent way. The goal is to monitor the development of consumptionindependently of changes in our Group of companies. In 2010, energyconsumption in the HARTMANN GROUP* was about 160 million kilowatthours.Related to sales, we have gradually reduced energy consumptionsince 2007. This development shows the effectiveness of our measures toimprove energy efficiency and reduce CO 2 emissions from our plants andprocesses.Development of energy consumptionrelated to consolidated salesin the HARTMANN GROUP*, in kilowatt hours;index basis : December 31, 200713012011010090802007 2008 2009 2010100 192.1 182.9 82100 107.5 121.8 127.4kilowatt hours/consolidated sales consolidated sales* 32 production, logistics and administrative sites; of these in Europe: Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain,Italy, Austria, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary; of these outside Europe:China, India, South Africa, USASaving potential grows with state-of-the-art technology –and we use itWhether lighting, heating, hot water, air-conditioning or cooling, compressedair, motors, or office equipment and facility management – innovativeconcepts and technologies provide great energy saving and efficiencypotential in all these areas. To assess this, HARTMANN has conductedcomprehensive analyses since 2008 and launched a Group-wide energysaving program including carbon dioxide balance. Ralf Kienzle, Head ofHealth, Safety, and Environment Management, emphasizes the necessity of asystematic approach: “The various locations have already launched effectiveenergy-saving projects in the last few years. What we need now is a methodologicalapproach. Therefore, we seek to combine all energy programs in theHARTMANN GROUP and provide a Group-wide carbon dioxide accounting.This also provides the basis for Group-wide controlling to control themeasures and evaluate their effectiveness.”“Year of Energy” opens new energy chapter at KOBAt our subsidiary KOB, the world’s largest manufacturer of elastic medicaltextiles, the Year of Energy 2009 was a great success: “In our yarn dyeingplant, we were able to reduce energy consumption by half compared to theprevious year,” Heiko Wehner, Managing Director of KOB Medical Devices(Germany) GmbH, said happily.To counteract the increased world market prices for energy, KOB declared2009 the Year of Energy and put into place a comprehensive series ofmeasures to further systemize the various energy-saving measures. The focushas been on implementing the new European standard DIN EN 16001 forenergy management systems. From evaluating the situation through potentialand detailed analyses to energy controlling, all processes were reviewedand new concepts realized.