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In 2022/2023 we carried out an internal energy audit programme. The process involved reviewing all industrial installa-tions used for production and storage, as well as those in office and social buildings. The audit covered: > lighting installations, > compressed air installations, > ventilation and air conditioning, > exhaust installations, > central heating and domestic hot water installa-tions. The audits were carried out by a qualified team and persons responsible for the operation of the individ-ual installations. On that basis, measures were taken to reduce energy consumption while maintaining the required opera-tional parameters and meeting the appropriate crite-ria for respective technological and production pro-cesses. Various technical solutions and organisational changes were introduced to ensure the installations are switched off when no longer in use. Among other things, old lighting was replaced with new energy-saving LED solutions. As part of an installation review programme, 18 audits were conducted across all production areas and loca-tions. As a result, approximately 200 inspections of the work and operation of individual installations were carried out. Around 100 energy-saving measures were analysed in depth, representing 50% of the technical and organi-sational changes. The most interesting and effective of them include: > reducing the pressure of the compressed air network from 8.5 to 7 bar, resulting in shorter operating times of compressors in area CP08 and both painting lines at the Metal Production Plant; > replacing fixed-displacement with variable-displacement compressors at the Metal Production Plant and the Office Furniture Factory. INTERNAL ENERGY AUDITS Click to see table – GRI 302-1 In 2022/2023, we also carried out investment projects to replace lighting in our plants: > Wood Processing Plant, Solid Wood Department – annual energy savings of around 20%; additionally, replacing all external lighting resulted in savings of PLN 25,000 per year; Office Furniture Factory, drilling area – replacing 100 lamps resulted in energy savings of around 40% per year; > Office Furniture Factory, drilling area – replacing 100 lamps resulted in energy savings of around 40% per year; > Metal Production Plant, CP20 department – upgrad-ing the lighting system to one controlled by daylight intensity sensors. The average monthly energy consumption in the modernized area went down from 10.058 MWh to 6.900 MWh. 132 Table of contents