A Texas-based semiconductor fabrication plant goes green in a bid to save energy. It is the Texas Instruments’ (TI), whose newest plant now being built claims that it will require 20 percent less energy per unit of production!
When the facility reaches full production, the plant situated in Richardson, Texas, are expected to save energy worth $4 million annually. To make the plant effective and energy-efficient, many energy saving techniques were deployed in it with help from the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI).
While reporting on it, the ‘Electronic Business News’ of 04/14/06 writes,
The biggest energy savings come from an efficient cooling system, which will circulate chilled water through the plant for air conditioning, dehumidification and equipment cooling while collecting excess heat to produce hot water and, when necessary, warm the facility. The innovative heat-recovery system replaced four out of the six boilers that normally would have been required for heating. The remaining boilers won’t be used much once the fab’s manufacturing tools are up and running, because the tools are expected to generate more than enough heat to warm the carefully insulated facility.
Via: Treehugger
