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Green stimulates user account to offset emissions from energy use

01/07/2015

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Green stimulates user account to offset emissions from energy use File / Agency Brazil

New project in the country, created by the Energy Company of Ceará (Coelce), the Enel Group, encourages customers to seek a way to offset emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from electricity consumption. The Green Account, as it is being called, is part of Ecoelce program, which encourages the exchange of recyclable material discounts on energy bills.

The coordinator of the Environmental Division of Coelce, Sergio Araujo, said on Tuesday (6), in an interview to Brazil, the importance of consumers to know that when consuming electricity, are also emitting CO2, "in this moment the thermal plants are operating at full capacity in Brazil. "The idea, he said, is that there is "awareness of the importance of electricity consumption properly, without waste, while environmental awareness to make recycling".

Araújo recalled that currently takes a lot more to Earth than its capacity for renewal.

Coelce did a study to know the rate of reduction of energy consumption during recycling. In the case of aluminum, for example, it was found that to produce one kilogram (kg) of product are issued ten kilograms of CO2 and recycling of aluminum, are spending about 300 grams. "There is a huge difference to recycle and produce. It is this difference between traditional production and which is recycled which we consider to offset customer CO2 emissions, "he said.

The exchange can be made by bonus on electricity bills with recyclable material such as aluminum cans, iron, plastic, glass and metal. If the customer consumes energy efficiently, without waste, and leads to the posts made available by the distributor all you can recycle, it will come to offset emissions. "The Green Account is an environmental education project," said the coordinator.

Corporate trade and industry already have access to the initiative since May last year, and the residential customer low voltage started to participate in the project last month. "The approximately 3.5 million customers of Coelce already have the information as emit CO2 in the energy bill, and know they can make by recycling."

John Felix Alves, Set resident New Metropolis in Caucaia in the metropolitan area of Fortaleza, recyclable waste exchange for discounts on electricity bills in Ecoelce, and ten months ago paid the power bill with garbage. "Now, with the new Green Account, and help my pocket, I will further help nature", expressed. "He pays more than it consumes," noted the coordinator of the distributor of the Environmental Division. The conscious consumption shown in the energy bill as the customer offset their emissions by 100%. "We expect it is closer to 100%," he said.

Sergio Araujo said the Green Account project was developed through the energy efficiency program Coelce, but is available to be copied by any other company in the industry that wants to replicate it.

The Ecoelce program was awarded by the United Nations (UN) as one of the most important projects for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The program has benefited 430,000 clients, collected about 18 tons of waste and granted R$ 2.3 million in bonuses on energy bills. Currently, Ecoelce has 102 collection posts in Ceará, including the capital, Fortaleza.



Source: Agency Brazil

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