Energy efficiency

We associate climate protection and resource conservation not only with the production of energy, but also with its use. Efficiency Glossary is of the essence here, too. Our Germany-wide media campaign entitled “An Idea from RWE” promotes products and services with which our customers can significantly reduce both energy consumption and costs. The campaign is part of the energy efficiency programme we launched in the spring of 2007 to which we intend to allocate €150 million. The programme includes a free “energy check” for city halls and municipal properties, which we have been offering to all the communities in our German supply areas since the beginning of 2008. There is a similar initiative for hospitals and other welfare institutions. This is encouraging widespread building modernization projects. Moreover, we help our municipal partners realize savings in street light operation by retrofitting street lights with energy-efficient light bulbs. We also strive to be a role model in terms of energy efficiency ourselves and we are currently working on steps to reduce energy consumption in our own buildings. We also want to be trailblazers with our vehicle fleet: We will gradually replace some 10,000 vehicles with low-emission and low-consumption models. Be it compact cars or vans, in the future, we will only buy vehicles bearing the certified environmental “Eco Test” seal. In so doing, we want to lower our vehicle fleet’s CO₂ emissions by 20 % by 2012.