Conserving energy and water through recapture and recirculation of hot UPW

Speakers from Samsung, Intel, SCREEN, and FTD Solutions speak about why the semiconductor industry's resource consumption is dramatically increasing, as well as the water-energy relationship and other interrelated priorities which impact decision-making about sustainability.

A discussion about semiconductor facilities’ environmental footprint in relation to water consumption, energy usage, and site selection considerations.

Enabling Advanced Semiconductor Yield via Proactive Technology Management - an overview of the IRDS research work and future roadmap, as well as SEMI standard and future focus areas.

The semiconductor industry has increasingly ambitious sustainability goals. Eco efficiency goals are sometimes difficult to achieve in tandem with each other. For example, high water recovery requires more energy and chemicals. Additional energy also requires more evaporation water in the cooling towers. A modelling tool will be introduced to study scenarios to keep water and energy efficiency in balance and what impact it has on other boundary conditions. Improvements will require a different mindset in the future since potential solutions are multi-disciplinary and require cooperation of many different stake holders in the fab.

Unprecedented demand for semiconductor products is compelling the construction of larger, more complex facilities which consume increasing quantities of energy and water.