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Money back through the window


The Money back through the window (MBW) project is one of the most successful programmes of the KÖVET Association for Sustainable Economies. In 2002 we started to collect case-studies from companies to prove that money spent on environmental protection is not „money thrown out the window”, rather a good investment that pays back in a short period, and gives economical advantages to environmentally aware companies. In the first year we documented 44 measures from 12 companies that brought environmental and financial benefit at the same time. The case-studies were published in a case-study book called „Money Back through the Window” in Hungarian. Since 2002 we have been gathering these case studies annually, publishing a case-study book every year. As a result of the so far 6 years survey we collected 262 measure from 56 different organizations with a total saving of 58.8 million euro! (60 of these measures from 16 companies have been translated to English with IVF funding.) Measures like these can be found at any company.

The results of the Money back through the window program in the past six years:


  Measures
Since
Enviromental improvement
 Total investment
 Total annual operation cost
 Total annual saving
 Average payback period

262 measures,
with environmental
and financial
benefits from

56 organizations

employing
108 people

giving 29,1%
of
industrial manufacturing

Earliest: 1991
Latest: 2007
The 56 organization saves at least
so much resources annually:
MATERIALS:
1 510 litre cleaning agents
503 000 litre fuels
5 tons of ammonia
788 tons of solvents
539 tons of alkali

ENERGY:
668,4 GWh energy
56 million m3 gas
VÍZ:
19,7 million m3 water

In addition, less waste and pollution is generated every year, by:
WASTE:
410 000 tons of non-hazardous waste
51 000 tons of hazardous waste
AIR POLLUTION:
11 500 tons of hydrocarbons
5 000 tons of nitrogen oxide
229 tons of carbon monoxide
475 000 tons of carbon dioxide
18 000 tons of sulphur dioxide
456 tons of dust
95 "washed fruits on the table"
- these needed no investment at all
0 €, only reorganization
 213 200 € (2900 € average)
 12.8 million € (134 000 € average)
 immediate
106 "low hanging fruits" - with a payback period of less than 3 years
 20.6 million € (200 000 € average)
 2 million € (15 600 € average)
 20.3 million € (180 800 € average)
1 year 2 months
61 "high hanging fruits"
- often million euro investments, with over 3 years payback period
 177.6 million € (3.1 million € average)
 2.3 million € (25 600 € average)
 24.4 million € (412 000 € average)
8 years 1 month
Total 58.8 million € saving!



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