Deutsche Telekom Summary

Brief Description of Deutsche Telekom:

Deutsche Telekom is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. In 2008 Deutsche Telekom had revenues of €61.7 billion and employed 235,000 people. Visit Deutsche Telekom's Web site for more information [1].

Deutsche Telekom is a member of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change Business Environmental Leadership Council, a group of major companies that demonstrate leadership by establishing and meeting greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; investing in more efficient products, practices and technologies; and supporting domestic and international action to acheive cost-effective emissions reductions. Read the guiding principles [2] of the Business Environmental Leadership Council.

Target:

Reduce energy use by 15 percent from 1995 levels by 2000.

Reduce energy use by 3 percent from 2001 levels by 2004.

All Business Environmental Leadership Company Targets [3]

CEO: René Obermann

What Deutsche Telekom Has To Say About Climate Change:

"The stabilization of the global climate is one of the most challenging environmental tasks of the new century for our society and also for the business community. Healthy business requires a healthy environment.

"We follow a double strategy as far as global climate change is concerned: On the one hand we are implementing wide-ranging measures for increasing the energy efficiency in our own business, and on the other hand we are offering our customers telecommunications services that can substitute for energy- and material-intensive functions."

- Dr. Heinz Klinkhammer, Member of the Board of Management, Deutsche Telekom

Energy Efficiency Initiatives

Success Stories Summary:

Deutsche Telekom launched a new product to reduce the energy consumption for its heating systems by a total of 15 megawatt hours in 2007.

Buildings summary:

Deutsche Telekom’s electricity demand is partially met by cogeneration plants.
Deutsche Telekom launched a new product to reduce the energy consumption for its heating systems by a total of 15 megawatt hours in 2007.
Deutsche Telekom performed energy audits of 160 of its office buildings as a first step towards targeted optimization of its heating systems.
Deutsche Telekom is upgrading energy efficiency in ventilation and air conditioning technology by more than 50 percent by the application of highly efficient fans, load-dependent air volume control and modern measurement and control technology.

Internal Operations summary:

Deutsche Telekom has optimized air conditioning systems, as well as switching and transmission technologies.
Deutsche Telekom has replaced conventional heating systems in smaller technical buildings by using waste process heat generated from IT operations.
Deutsche Telekom has developed energy teams at branch offices that develop, analyze, evaluate and implement optimization measures.

BELC Abstracts

Residential & Commercial Abstract:

Deutsche Telekom [4] is a member of the Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC), the largest U.S.-based association of companies dedicated to business and policy solutions to climate change. Deutsche Telekom is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. In 2002 Deutsche Telekom had revenues of €53.7 billion and employed 256,000 people. Deutsche Telekom uses cogeneration to reduce energy consumption at facilities, and uses innovative technology to increase energy efficiency of heating and cooling systems on location.