At our Target group facilities, energy efficiency is a cornerstone of our environmental policy.  We continuously improve energy efficiency in our manufacturing facilities in the following ways:

Lamp choice and lighting upgrades.  We are currently upgrading the hi-bays in our manufacturing facilities from Mercury Vapor to Quartz Induction lamps.  These lamps are highly efficient and have a long usage life.  Our production lines are lit with T8 fluorescent tubes.  Our office space is lit with a combination of LED lighting, compact fluorescent lighting and fluorescent tubes.

Equipment upgrades.  We have replaced many of our older die casting machines in 2007; newer equipment is more energy efficient.  Most of our die casting will be fed from central melt furnaces, which is a more efficient use of energy than melting ingot in many different side pots.  These energy efficiency gains effectively reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that are emitted as a by-product of petrochemical refining and electrical power generation.