RINNAI AIMS FOR NET ZERO BEFORE 2050
RINNAI HAS RELEASED ITS GLOBAL “ INNOVATION MANIFESTO ,” WHICH PLOTS A PATH TOWARDS NETZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050 , WITHOUT NEGATING QUALITY IN PRODUCT DESIGN , INNOVATION AND CUSTOMER VALUE FOR MONEY
Rinnai ’ s “ Innovation Manifesto ” is formatted into four segments : Background to Carbon Neutrality ; Initiatives and Directives to Realize Low-Carbon and Decarbonized Society ; Reducing CO2 Emissions from Business Activities ; and finally : Investing in Carbon Neutrality .
Says Rinnai UK Managing Director Tony Gittings , “ It is a statement of firm commitment by Rinnai concerning environmental issues and the need to accept collective responsibility . We must do this - there is no Planet B . Rinnai is taking action to ensure that it is carbon neutral as soon as is realistically possible across its global estate . We are a business based on engineering excellence and are employing technological creativity to achieve the targets . It will mean , in the UK that we begin to offer a wider range of products to enable our customers to achieve their own carbon reductions and eventual neutrality .”
Within the manifesto Rinnai present a truthful appraisal of carbon emissions from production , products in use and procurement phases . Rinnai has identified these three areas as requiring targeted action to achieve reductions in emissions .
Accumulated data reveals 95 % of these emissions are produced during the working life cycle of a Rinnai product ; the remaining 5 % occur throughout procuring materials , manufacturing , transport and disposal .
The Rinnai Manifesto details plans to halve emission created by Rinnai products and manufacturing processes by 2030 . Technological innovations that allow hydrogen gas mixes to be applied to Rinnai products will assist in our mid-term ecological ambitions .
By 2050 further developments in this field and full-scale international hydrogen energy transition will enable Rinnai products to be manufactured and accept 100 % clean energy . Rinnai products will be entirely clean from the obtaining of materials through to disposal of merchandise .
Rinnai is actively assisting international hydrogen development . Combustion tests on 20 % - 30 % hydrogen gas blends are being carried out on existing products in the UK , US and Italy .
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