Bayer
MaterialScience starts the construction of the first “EcoCommercial
Building” in India
Climate Protection through zero
emission commercial building
Greater Noida, May 7, 2008 –
Bayer MaterialScience laid the foundation for its first “EcoCommercial
Building” in Greater Noida, near New Delhi today. “We
are setting a further milestone of our contribution to climate
protection”, said Patrick Thomas, CEO of Bayer MaterialScience
AG, at the groundbreaking ceremony. “Together with partners
we have developed and are now realizing a unique zero-emission
building concept for the commercial sector.” The new
building will be used by BayerMaterial Science as an office
and for exhibition purposes.
The “EcoCommerical Building” is a lighthouse
project of the integrated, Group-wide Bayer Climate Program
launched at the end of 2007. By various integrated measures
the company steps up its efforts to further reduce CO2 emissions
at its production facilities and develop new solutions for
climate protection and for dealing with climate change. .
According to the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change of the United Nations, residential and commercial
buildings accounted for nearly 20 percent of man-made greenhouse
gas emissions, indirect emissions from centrally generated
electricity or district heating included. The energy used
in buildings for heating, cooling, air-conditioning, lighting
and building services engineering, accounts for the bulk of
these emissions.
Bayer MaterialScience is a major supplier of raw materials
and finished products for the building materials industry.
A key benefit of these raw materials is their contribution
to higher energy efficiency in buildings. Saving energy is
one of the simplest and most cost-effective ways of cutting
greenhouse gas emissions. This enables the company to make
a significant contribution to climate protection.
Using Bayer polyurethane insulating materials and its own
solar power unit, this administration building will be energy
self-sufficient, and will require 70 percent less electricity
than is customary in this region. The special feature of this
concept for zero-emission commercial buildings is that it
can be adapted to the earth's various climate zones and shall
therefore also be implemented in other regions of the world.
Used worldwide, these and other Bayer products open up huge
potential for saving energy and thus for cutting emissions
of greenhouse gases. This is the guiding principle of the
EcoCommercial Building initiative – for climate-friendly
building and climate protection.
India is a fast-growing market that is important to Bayer
MaterialScience, making it a key location for the company.
The Company feels that it is the ideal place to set an example
in terms of climate protection with a new kind of building
concept and, at the same time, show how theory can be put
into practice. Construction work will take around one year
and Bayer MaterialScience expects that the building will be
commissioned by the middle of 2009.
More information on the “EcoCommercial Building”
concept as well as the Bayer Climate Program is available
at:
www.climate.bayer.com
About Bayer MaterialScience:
With 2007 sales of EUR 10.4 billion, Bayer MaterialScience
is among the world’s largest polymer companies. Business
activities are focused on the manufacture of high-tech polymer
materials and the development of innovative solutions for
products used in many areas of daily life. The main segments
served are the automotive, electrical and electronics, construction,
and sports and leisure industries. At the end of 2007, Bayer
MaterialScience had 30 production sites and employed approximately
15,400 people around the globe. Bayer MaterialScience is a
Bayer Group company.
Contact
Ms. Mandira Viegas, Sr. Manager –
Corporate Communications,
Bayer Group in India
Tel.: +91 22 2571 1234
Fax: +91 22 2570 5938 / 5940
E-mail: mandira.viegas.mv@bayer-ag.de
