Sustainable building design and construction
Delivering value to our customers in the most effective and efficient ways possible is fundamental to us. As SKF is expanding to meet the constantly evolving needs of our diverse global customer base, we are constructing new manufacturing and warehouse facilities in different regions.
Irrespective of the location, we have made the commitment that all new facilities must be designed and constructed to world-class standards in terms of environmental performance; and we do so by adopting the US Green Building Council’s (USGBC®) ‘Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design’ (LEED) standard for all our major constructions.
Certified facilities
In December 2015, SKF had received 15 LEED certificates for buildings around the world:Europe
- Manufacturing, Chodov, Czech Republic (Platimun) press release
- SKF Solution Factory, Gothenburg, Sweden (Gold)
- Manufacturing, Tver, Russia (Gold) press release
- SKF Solution Factory, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France (silver)
Asia
- Logistics centre, Shanghai, China
- Office, Pune, India (Platinum) press release
- Manufacturing, Dalian, China (Gold) press release
- Office, HQ Shanghai, China (Gold)
- Manufacturing, Jinan, China (Gold) press release
- Manufacturing, Ahmedabad, India (Gold) press release
- Technical Centre, Bengaluru, India (Gold) press release
- Manufacturing, Mysore, India (Gold)
Americas
- Office, HQ Lansdale,PA, US (Platinum) home page
- SKF Solution Factory, Cleveland, OH, US (Gold)
- SKF Solution Factory, Birmingham, AL, US (Gold)
SKF Sustainable Factory Rating (SFR)
Because LEED is a generic standard, inevitably it does not cover all the environmental issues specifically related to typical SKF manufacturing processes. As the financial, environmental, social impacts of these processes can be significant, the company is developing an SKF specific category – referred to as the ‘Sustainable Factory Rating’ (SFR) which will follow the format and general approach outlined in LEED, but addresses specific SKF process related aspects. The criteria are grouped in 11 categories:- Health and Safety
- Process Media and Process Pump Systems
- Compressed Air Systems
- Process Cooling / Heating
- Metering, Monitoring and Targeting Capability
- Pollution Control
- Process Waste Management
- Manufacturing Equipment
- Water
- Heat Treatment
- Commissioning Phase
All major constructions to be undertaken by or for the Group are required to apply SFR in conjunction with LEED.