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about Leolux
Sustainable business activities
Reducing energy consumption
"Lights off when you leave the room,” read an advertising slogan of the 1970s following the report from the Club of Rome. At Leolux that is completely normal. Using less energy is the simplest way to ease the burden on the world around you. So we have installed sensors in our warehouses that switch the lights off automatically when there’s nobody there. Simple but effective.
Heat recycling
The Leolux production facilities are heated with residual heat originatingfrom the neighbouring water treatment plant. This realises a CO2 reduction and saves Leolux the costs of natural sources of energy. On an annual basis this delivers a saving equivalent to the annual consumption of a hundred homes. The heat that Leolux now uses is released by the process in which sludge is dried and recycled in a state-of-the-art plant. This provides the hot water Leolux uses to heat its buildings and supplies heat for production processes. For this engagement, Leolux was awarded an environmental forest by the “Limburgs Landschap” environmental organisation, a symbolic forest consisting of four walnut trees.
Wood, leather and foam: the key ingredients
Leolux chooses materials that minimize the burden on the environment. Our wood, for instance, comes from regions that guarantee sufficient replanting, and our leather is produced using the latest techniques. The foam parts are produced without use of CFCs and where possible they are cast in dies, a process that results in practically no waste. Conscious choices are not always the easiest. But they are decisive to the environment in which we and our children will be living for the decades to come.
Employing environmentally friendly technologies
New technologies are making it ever easier to spare the environment: the traditional two-component lacquers have largely been replaced by water-based lacquers and coating powders. Not only is that better for the environment, because it minimizes emissions (from the chimney), but it also safeguards the health of the Leolux workforce, and extra health precautions are now necessary only at a single place in the lacquering department. Like the lacquers, the glues used are also water-based wherever possible. Chemical components that used to be needed have become superfluous. Good air replenishment is a requirement for all departments to protect the health of the employees and the climate within and without the Leolux walls.
Materials recycling
Leather, foam, lacquer and film: all materials that are used at Leolux and whose residues are ideal for recycling. The foam produced from precious oil is processed into new foam that is still perfectly good for various applications. Leolux sells waste wood, and leather residues that cannot be used for repairs are sold to buyers who make wallets or cushions, for example, out of them. Packaging materials and plastic components are fully recyclable.
Environment and transport
The logistics at Leolux are organised such that the number of trips can be kept to a minimum. We do everything we can to ensure that trucks run full, wherever possible also on the way back. Apart from the Leolux seating ideas, our drivers also take furniture with them of other brands that are built in the Leolux plants. By doing so, Leolux minimizes the burden on the environment and the road network. It also saves a good deal of miserable time spent in traffic jams and fuel costs.
