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Procel Stamp Eletrobras turns 20

08/01/2014

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The Procel Eletrobras Energy Saving completed in December , 20 years of creation. Over these two decades , the use of equipment with the Seal by Brazilian society has provided a savings of about 60 million megawatt-hours ( MWh ) , enough to serve more than 30 million homes for one year energy.

Only in 2012, Eletrobras Procel helped save 9 million MWh , equivalent to the energy generated over a year for a 2,150 megawatt hydroelectric plant . The investment cost to build and provide a plant with this capacity is R$ 3.5 billion . This power savings also helped prevent more than 600 tons of CO2 equivalent were emitted into the atmosphere , similar to the amount released by almost 210 000 vehicles a year greenhouse gases .

The Procel is granted to 36 categories of equipment that are part of the Brazilian Labeling Program , INMETRO . The most efficient equipment within the category are awarded the Seal . Among the best known of the population are refrigerators and freezers , air conditioners , washing machines and electric motors . Annually, over 40 million of equipment holders Procel Eletrobras are marketed in the country .

Over the years , work to consolidate the Procel Eletrobras included the training of over 20 laboratories for testing the energy efficiency , deployment of centers of excellence in various regions of the country , besides the publication of a vast technical material directed at professionals and engineering students interested in the subject and architecture. Learn more about the Procel and the National Program for Energy Conservation ( Procel ) in Procel Info site .

 

 

Source : tnsustentavel

 

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