6 / GRUNDFOS SUSTAINABILITY PROGRESS REPORT 2015 Sustainable product solutions Every day, the world faces major challenges, such as climate change and resource scarcity. At Grundfos, we strive to help solve these challenges. We do so by delivering some of the most energy-efficient circulator pump solutions on the market, by producing solutions to help water-related problems and by improving the design and production phase of our solutions. help customers reduce their negative impact on the environment and in some cases create opportunities for providing water to people where it was not possible before. Grundfos Demand Driven Distribution is an intelligent solution where water wasted during distribution is minimised. Another example is Grundfos BioBooster. The BioBooster system enables customers to have decentralised wastewater treatment with water re-use. During COP21 in Paris, another Grundfos solution was in focus. The Grundfos LifeLink solution was honoured with the United Nations Climate Change Award, for its approach to sustainable water supply in Kenya and Uganda. Sustainable solutions For many years, Grundfos has been producing energyefficient circulator pumps. Besides giving a competitive advantage, we at Grundfos believe that by constantly improving and innovating our solutions we can help our customers and partners reduce their energy consumption. By 2015, sales of high efficiency Grundfos circulator pumps in the EU from 2005 to 2015, means accumulated savings of 4.5 billion kWh per year. This corresponds to the annual electricity consumption of 1,000,000 European households. However, it is not only in relation to energy consumption Grundfos makes a difference. Our water solutions also Design and product development Sustainability is something Grundfos believes should be an integrated part of doing business; and this includes the design and product development phase. We aim to incorporate environmental and social consideration to an even greater extent during the various stages in product development in 2016. To facilitate this integration, we have developed a Sustainable Product Solution Toolbox, which aims at enabling life-cycle thinking based on ecodesign best practices.
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