The strong growth on the world's photovoltaics markets puts the spotlight firmly on sustainability: resource-sparing production and environmentally-considerate disposal are the touchstones of entrepreneurial ethics.
CORE RESPONSIBILITY: HARNESS NATURE – AND PROTECT IT.
Our environmental strategy, which is designed to bring long-term benefits, includes the creation of a cyclical economy. AVANCIS is a founding member of the European Association for the Recovery of Photovoltaic Modules AISBL, known as the PV CYCLE, an initiative set up by European photovoltaics manufacturers in which used solar modules are voluntarily taken back and reconditioned. Even before production commences, AVANCIS has also signed up to an environment monitoring schedule. The international environment management standard ISO 14001, with its globally-acknowledged requirements on an environment management system, is thus a fundamental part of our company.
CIS TECHNOLOGY: BENEFITING THE ENVIRONMENT TOO.
Compared to thick-film production, CIS production offers a system-related environmental advantage: a 50% shorter energy payback time and a significantly lower number of production stages. What's more, since the production process - from the delivery of the substrate glass to the ready-to-use module - takes place on a single production line, environmentally burdensome transportation is avoided.
The result: our environmental indicators significantly out-perform all the legal threshold values.
