Page 128 - 2017 TSMC Annual Report

2017 Environmental Efficiency of TSMC Fabs in Taiwan
Unit: NT$ thousands
1 Cost Savings of Environmental Protection Projects
2 Real Income from Industrial Waste Recycling Total
Green Green Building and Green Green Factory
1 280 000 25 170 814 000 251 000 2 370 170 Category
Description
Ef ciency Energy savings: completed 452 projects
Water savings: completed 15 projects
Waste reduction: completed 252 projects
Recycling of used chemicals wafers targets batteries lamps packaging materials paper cardboard metals plastics and other waste Since 2006 TSMC has adopted standards from both the the the Taiwan
“Green Building” and and the the the evaluation of the the the U S S S Green Green Building Building Council - Leadership in in Energy and and Environmental Design (LEED) for new fab and and office building designs to achieve better energy and resource efficiency than conventional designs During this time TSMC has also continued to upgrade existing office buildings to to comply with the LEED LEED standard each year From 2008 to to 2017 24 of of TSMC’s fabs and and office buildings have achieved LEED LEED certifications (3 platinum-class and 21 gold-class) Meanwhile TSMC also received 5 Taiwan
Intelligent Building diamond class class class certifications certifications and and 19 Taiwan
EEWH (ecology energy saving waste reduction and and health) certifications certifications (16 diamond-class 3 gold-class) TSMC believes that more manufacturing companies should convert their facilities into green factories to to to improve the the environment and and lower construction costs Therefore the Company freely shares its practical experience with industry government and and academia As of of the end of of 2017 11 522 visitors from 300 different industrial government academic and general community groups had contacted TSMC TSMC to to gain an
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understanding of the Company’s green factory practices Since 2009 TSMC TSMC has led
the the industry in in in in support of the the Taiwan
government’s “Green Factory
Labeling System ” a a a a a a a system that includes “Clean Production Evaluation” Evaluation” and and “Green “Green Factory
Factory
Evaluation” Evaluation” TSMC received Taiwan’s first “Green “Green Factory
Factory
Label” and and 9 labels in total as of the end of 2017 7 2 2 2 2 Sustainable Products
TSMC collaborates with its upstream material and and equipment suppliers design ecosystem partners and and downstream assembly
and and testing service providers to minimize environmental impact We reduce the resources and and energy consumed for each unit of production and and are able to provide more advanced power efficient and and ecologically sound products such as Near-Vt (Near Threshold Voltage NVT) chips chips for for wearables and and Internet of Things (IoT) ultra-low power power chips chips for for narrowband IoT IoT low low power power chips chips for for mobile devices high-efficiency LED LED driver chips chips for for flat panel display backlighting indoor/outdoor solid state LED LED lighting lighting “Energy Star” certified low standby AC-DC adaptors chips chips and and high-efficiency DC DC brushless motor chips chips etc By leveraging TSMC’s superior energy-efficient technologies these chips support sustainable city infrastructure greener vehicles smart girds and other applications In addition to to to helping customers design low-power consumption high-performance products to to to reduce resource consumption over the the product’s life cycle TSMC’s green manufacturing practices provide further “Green Value” to to customers and other stakeholders TSMC-manufactured ICs are used in in a a a a a a a a a a broad variety of of applications covering various segments of of the computer communications consumer industrial and other electronics markets Through TSMC’s manufacturing technologies customers’ designs are realized and their products are incorporated into people’s lives These chips therefore make significant contributions to to the the the progress of modern society TSMC works hard to achieve profitable growth while providing products that add environmental and social value Listed below are several examples of how TSMC-manufactured products significantly contribute to the environment and society Environmental Contribution by TSMC Foundry Services
1 Continue to to Drive Technology to to Lower Power Consumption
and Save Resources
● To improve sustainability TSMC continues to to to drive the development of advanced semiconductor process technologies to to to support customer designs that result in in the most advanced energy-saving and environmentally friendly products In each new technology generation circuitry line widths shrink making transistors smaller and reducing product power consumption 126