| dc.description.abstract | The world faces increasingly fierce and unpredictable climate change since the industrial revolution. Due to the global warming and the continuous ecological degradation, people are more aware of environmental protection. The green era has taken its place and the green concept has been integrated into new product designs. The new manufacturing process enables companies to achieve low energy consumption, zero pollution, as well as zero emission. It becomes the new direction of the market, and gradually become the guiding principle for enterprises to attain sustainable development.
In response to the current global environmental trends, the case companies were encouraged to promote eco-friendly factories, integrating internal processes from product design to manufacturing completion, reviewing each link individually and proceeding from the three major aspects of manufacturing, environmental design, green management and social responsibility in accordance with achieving resource efficiency, green manufacturing process, pollutant generation and end-of-pipe disposal functions, environmental friendly design, etc., with sustainable building design. It has been proved that the above practice can reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. The statistical case automobile company X plant has successfully reached energy saving and carbon reduction in the past three years, as results of saving approximately 1.96 million kWh, 82 metric tons of gas, 1,250 metric tons of waste, along with 7,700 tons of water in total. In addition to fulfilling corporate social responsibilities, it also contributes a considerable reduction in costs for the company, demonstrating the implementation of green factory will benefits the business. | en_US |