We, as Tofaş, work together with our supply chain and FCA within the scope of combating climate change. We are aware that the energy efficiency and reduction of emissions that can be achieved in the production process are completely under our control and constitute the areas where we can make the fastest impact. For this reason, energy efficiency and emissions are the most important part of our environmental management. We fulfill our responsibility to reduce the risks of climate change by limiting our energy consumption and release of emissions from year to year.
The management of energy efficiency and emission issues in Tofaş is under the responsibility of Energy Guides Board, Tofaş Sustainability Working Group and Tofaş Sustainability Committee that report to the CEO on a regular basis. We monitor our energy efficiency and emission performance and improve it continuously in line with short-, medium- and long-term targets. We keep our emission values below the limit values determined by public authorities.
We support the transition to a low carbon economy through our studies on energy efficiency. We are continuing to reduce energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions with the projects we implement. Within the scope of WCM Energy Management Methodology, Tofaş launched a total of 116 energy efficiency projects in 2019. Considering the projects launched in the last quarter of 2018, the total number of energy projects implemented in 2019 reached 158. Most of the projects were carried out with very low investment costs (ROI<1) within the framework of Smart Solutions, LCA (Low Cost Automation), operational control techniques, and awareness activities.
In line with the production figures that decreased compared to the previous year due to economic reasons, there have been changes in the working shifts. The fixed energy consumptions and decreased daily production rates had an adverse effect on the energy consumption per vehicle (GJ/vehicle). Despite this adverse effect, our energy saving efforts yielded positive results, and we managed to keep the energy consumption per vehicle at 4.01 GJ/vehicle, whereas emission from production per vehicle realized as xxxxx. Improvement studies are continuing in line with our targets.
As a result of the studies carried out to reduce fixed energy consumption in the last two years, during which the automotive industry was adversely affected by economic conditions, the base energy level was reduced by 24% compared to 2017.
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions occur during painting applications, which is one of the main processes in automotive production. We managed to reduce the VOC emission weight per painted surface from 35.47 g/m2 (in 2014) to 32.8 g/m2 and continue our efforts to further reduce VOC emissions in line with our targets.
We support the transition to a low carbon economy through our studies on energy efficiency. We are continuing to reduce energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions with the projects we implement. We managed to achieve 48,975 GJ of energy savings and a reduction of 3,281 tons of CO2 emissions thanks to the projects implemented within the scope of WCM (World Class Manufacturing) Energy Management Methodology.