Environmental care is seen by Bosch Thermotechnik as a vital corporate principle. It has the same priority as our product quality and the economic efficiency of our entrepreneurial activities.

Environmental care is an executive priority

Responsibility for environmental care is a key management task at Bosch Thermotechnik. The environmental protection officer reports directly to the top management of the local plant or site.

Environmental management means that everyone who is responsible knows their duties in environmental care, there are clear guidelines on environmental routines and targets. Each facility records and documents its processes, systems and their environmental impact. A CIP (Continuous Improvement Process) is in place too.

Environmental monitoring: planning, controlling and optimising

Under Bosch Thermotechnik’s environmental management system (EMS) each facility identifies the relevant environmental care data, which then becomes part of the company’s annual environmental report.
We keep energy and material records and hazardous material directories, and we identify the cost of our environmental care. Each facility regularly sets up its own catalogue of environmental targets.

How much water did a given facility need compared with the previous year? How much energy was used per product in manufacturing? How effective was the impact of environmental activities? To get to the bottom of such questions and to plan and control improvements, Bosch Thermotechnik has an environmental monitoring department.

Environmental care within each facility

Resources are used economically at Bosch Thermotechnik. Our standard measures now also include heat exchangers which reclaim heat from the outgoing waste gas. This heat is then fed back into the buildings.

In Aveiro, Portugal, for instance, the cases surrounding our gas heaters are powder-coated using a virtually zero-waste process. Another positive effect is that the use of coating powder instead of solvent-based paint helps to avoid emissions. Needless to say, this is also true of almost all other Bosch Thermotechnik plants and sites.

Research and development

Environmental protection already starts at the product development stage. Right from the start, our development departments take into account such factors as recyclability and banned substances, while seeking to minimise energy consumption, exhaust emissions and overall weight.

Great care is taken to avoid processes which may have a detrimental impact on the environment. Processes requiring critical cleaning and reconditioning processes are investigated and replaced with other processes wherever this is technically possible.

Environmentally compatible products

Bosch Thermotechnik products effectively help households reduce their energy consumption and CO2 emissions.

It is important to note that Bosch Thermotechnik’s contribution to the preservation of natural resources is not confined to the development of efficient heating systems. Building on our expertise as a systems supplier, we offer our customers intelligent integrated solutions which not only use renewable energies but also ensure an energy-efficient operation of the heating system at the same time.