Description of Eco Action
Please select only ONE: Year-long activity (Period Indication: on going since 2013 )
Title of Activity: SSMC Eco-Garden by Gardening Interest Group
No. of Participants: 8 Gardeners. The garden is open to all 1600 Staff of SSMC to enjoy and relax.
Target Group: Staff (Please specify for others: )
Details of the Activity: SSMC Wafer Gardens was officially opened during SSMC EHS week in Q3 2013. The idea to have a garden was inspired by a visit to SSMC’s adopted school. Our CEO, Jagadish & the Management Team also wants to cultivate the culture where our employees are actively supporting the preservation and conservation initiative within SSMC premises. A group of colleagues came together and built the garden in less than 2 months. The garden is located at the side gate of SSMC, facing our Pasir Ris community. Today, this group of colleagues are known as the Gardening Interest Group. This interest group represents our team spirit towards sustainability as well as a love for nature. The gardeners create their own fertilizer by composting the unwanted fruit juice pulp from SSMC cafeteria! In Aug 2014, the “fruits” of SSMC Eco Garden was recognized by the Singapore National Parks, and we were much honored to receive the Bronze award certificate presented by Mr. Kenneth Er, CEO of National Parks at Gardens by the Bay. The garden also went on to win the Best Community in Bloom (CIB) Show Garden and Best Innovative Garden Design in 2015 during the SG50 CIB awards. There are more than one dozen of plants, fruits & veggies that are growing in the garden and the plot of gardening land has expanded to double its initial size with the passion and effort from the interest group. Some of the garden harvest include lady fingers, papaya, bitter gourd, long beans, sweet potatoes, bananas, pandan leaves, chilli & herbs of all sorts.
Garden Interest Group
Description of Eco Action
SSMC has embarked on the journey of conservation and reduction since 2002 with the aims to reduce energy and water consumption, waste generation and CO2 emission.
Table below illustrate the various projects that SSMC has worked on over the years as our conscious effort to be “environmental friendly”.
Measures to conserve resources / SSMC building is designed and constructed to world class standard in energy usage. An energy audit has been conducted in 2006 to identify the processes that consume the most energy. Programmes and projects were planned to focus on reductions of processes identified thereafter.Energy conservation initiatives
i. Awareness among the staffs to switch off lights/computers after work
ii. Implement energy efficient air-con – auto switch off after work
iii. Replacement of all lighting to energy efficient lights
iv. Regular learning and sharing with Parent Companies for advanced energy saving technologies
v. Monthly monitoring on energy and water usage for improvement opportunities
vi. Annual stack air emission and monthly waste water monitoring adhere to local legislations
Energy Saving Projects
i. Chiller water system optimization programme reduced energy consumption by 605,900 kWh annually since implemented in 2003.
ii. Clean room pressure reduction project reduced energy consumption by 2,557,300 kWh annually since introduced in 2005, a further annual reduction of 589,000 kWh since 2012.
iii. Chiller control system optimization reduced energy consumption by 1,728,000 kWh annually since 2007.
iv. Replaced type T8 to T5 fluorescent lights within main plant and admin building, reduced energy consumption by 502,987 kWh since 2011.
v. Optimized through MAU system control valve upgrades, reduced energy consumption by 131,400 kWh since 2011.
vi. Improvements to optimize scrubber performance reduced energy consumption by 50,000kWh since 2012.
vii. Acid Exhaust diversion project reduced energy consumption by 1,030,037 kWh annually since 2006.
viii. Switched off 21 units of electrical static transfer switches of uninterruptable power supplies, reduced energy consumption by 45,245 kWh since 2013
ix. Fluorescent lamps retrofitted with LED units in 2014, reduced 1,375,293 kWh per year
x. Implementation of energy saving initiative by switching off Kitchen mechanical system, 4 units of television sets and partial lighting in the cafeteria. Reduce energy consumption by 44,190 kWh
xi. Conversion of UPS flywheel conversion to voltage sag protection in 2014, reduced energy consumption by 919,800 kWh.
xii. Replacement of existing vacuum pumps with energy efficient models between 2014 and 2016, expected reduction in energy consumption by 3,650,730 kWh.
Water Saving Projects
i. Among the best Fabs in Singapore that recycle 70% of water.
ii. Increased water reclaim from wafer fabrication process which reduced 157,680 m3 water consumptions annually since 2003.
iii. Reuse and reclaim of AWR (Advanced Water Reclaim) and AOR (Advanced Organic Reclaim) reduced annual water consumption of 113,800 m3 and 37,400 m3 since 2005 and 2006 respectively.
iv. Other various water saving projects introduced since 2003, reduced annual water consumptions by 324,747 m3.
v. Recycling of reused water at Local Scrubber, saved up to 12,000 m3 and 415,000 m3 of water annually since 2006 and 2012 respectively.
vi. Improvements to Wet Bench, APM and HPM reclaim system reducing water consumption by 200,020 m3 annually since 2013.
vii. Increase reuse water for local scrubber systems reducing water consumption by 7,300m3 annually since 2014
viii. HF waste water reclaim project and Organic waste water reclaim improvement project in Oct 2015, reduced Newater intake 890 m3/day (324,000 m3 per year)
ix. Reclaim water from Fluoride waste water discharge saved 131400m3/year
x. Tank Farm Cooling Tower conversion to reuse water saved 70080m3/year
Measures to protect or enhance natural environment / i. Even when no regulatory requirement in 2000, SSMC installed central Volatile Organic Carbons (VOC) abatement system to reduce VOC emission.
ii. Special abatement at point-of-use (local scrubbers) installed to reduce specialty gases to be discharged into central abatement system.
iii. First wafer fabrication plant in Singapore to adopt NEWater as 100% process water since 2003.
iv. Manufacturing process change by replacing high Global Warming Potential (GWP) gas to low GWP gas – annual Perfluorocarbon (PFC) gas reduction up to 70 kTon.
v. Increased performance of exhaust scrubbers in 2 phases in 2011 to optimize treatment before emission to environment through stacks.
vi. Exhaust diversion for 15 Photolithography tools from acid exhaust to VOC exhaust to optimize treatment before emission to environment through stacks.
vii. Qualified alternative chemical to fully phased out Perfluorooctane Sulfonates (PFOS) in 2010
viii. Hazardous chemical usage reduction (e.g. N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone or NMP) by shelf life extension.
ix. Finished products test to ensure hazardous substance free (e.g., Halogen, Lead, Mercury).
x. Paper usage reduction – default double side printing, use of electronic forms, secure password printing
Plans for continual management of environmental impact / i. Implemented paper recycling programme throughout the company from 2003 onwards, recycle up to 13 tonnes of papers.
ii. 100% recycling of paper carton for wafer cassettes, reduced up to 8400 kg paper carton.
iii. Recycling of used metal spare parts and metal scraps with our vendors. Total scrap recycled is 78678.4 kg between 2013 & 2015.
iv. Continual improvement projects to replace chemicals with less hazardous alternatives:
a. Wet bench idle flow optimization for water usage reduction
b. Wet bench process flow optimization for water usage reduction
c. Heat Pipe System for Fab Make Up Air Unit for energy reduction
d. Substitute Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) with deionised water for cleaning process since 2006, annual IPA waste reduction up to 103,280 litres.
e. Reduced Mercury lamp usage by extending lifetime in 2007, annual savings of 33 lamps
f. Reduced Tungsten slurry waste by dilution, annual reduction of 65,368 litres of waste.
g. Reduced PolyEtch and H2SO4 consumptions by lifetime or life count extension in 2008, annual savings of 6,000 and 12,000 litres of PolyEtch and H2SO4 respectively.
h. N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP) reduction by lifetime extension and life cycle reduction in 2009 and 2011, annual reduction of 5,500 litres and 500 kg of NMP.
i. Eliminate IPA cassette cleaning process in wetbench
j. Reduce fluoride discharge 500 tonnes annually
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