ACS
Actividades de Construcción y Servicios

Environmental performance

Dragados Offshore:

Dragados Offshore has an Integral Waste Management System. The process begins with the correct identification of wastes at source and their subsequent identification as urban waste, toxic and hazardous waste, and inert waste. Specific management processes are then applied for each type of waste generated.

Within their facilities, there is a network of containers and tanks distributed among all the work areas for solid waste treated as urban waste. This waste is stored at source and is transferred to a dumpsite daily by authorized waste management companies.

The hazardous waste generated is temporarily stored at source and periodically transferred to the Hazardous Waste Storage Area.

With respect to inert waste, different stocking areas are defined for this waste, such as wood stock piles in assembly areas, and scrap and gas cutting remains. This waste is a by-product of manufacturing activities, and is sent to recycling plants for its subsequent reuse. Each type of waste has its own network of containers.

In 2005 4,689 tons of waste were treated, of which 1,876 were generated by Dragados Offshore, and 2,813 by subcontractors working within its facilities.


Eyra:

Eyra is the Group company specializing in wind power. It manages the operation of 14 wind farms with total installed power of 430MW that generated over 652 GWh in 2005 from this renewable energy source. If this electricity had been produced by a coal boiler (e.g. lignite), 611,000 tons of CO₂ would have been emitted as a result of the combustion of this mineral.