Below waste!

Unlike our parents and grandparents, our choices today cause more environmental impacts than 30, 40 or 50 years ago. There is a natural tendency for the use of electricity obtained from renewable sources such as wind, sun and water. Or the biomass obtained by burning sugarcane bagasse, for example. This paradigm shift, intensified after the electricity rationing in Brazil in 2001, is consolidated in Brazilian society and has contributed to creating a new culture in terms of consumer awareness in the country.
This is what is worrying hundreds of companies worldwide. How to continue producing, generating jobs and income, without exceeding aggression barrier to the planet? What is the equation of sustainability ensures that development, well-being, quality of life and preservation of the environment and living conditions in nature?Even without being able to completely divert attention to the problem, Brazil realized that should prioritize the effort to clear pollution and the emission of greenhouse gases, preserving ecosystems, using the concepts of energy efficiency, either by substitution of sources polluting and non-renewable for other clean and renewable alternatives.The situation took worrying dimensions as the waste of energy in Brazil reaches US $ 10 billion a year, approximately 10% of all energy generated in the country, according to calculations of the federal government. A more specific comparison shows that the waste is the size of the generation of five-sized nuclear power plant Angra 3, with 1,400 MW of installed capacity.A waste of emblematic case is that of inefficient refrigerators. These facilities account on average for 22% of a utility bill, but the most efficient acquisition models facilities bump in price. Refrigerators with the seal Procel A (most economical) are invariably the most expensive. The replacement of the old refrigerator for an efficient model may represent a consumption saving of almost 3%, which is equivalent to the average monthly expenditure on the iron or the stereo system.Some electricity distributors in Brazil, including those of CPFL Energia, are sensitive to this reality. Thousands of refrigerators are being replaced in many cities in São Paulo coast and interior, benefiting the people of lower income. The idea is to remove the old refrigerator, which consumes more energy, exchanging it for an efficient model at no cost to low-income client.Another initiative with this objective involves the donation of thousands of efficient light bulbs, delivered to the poor in kits with three units, and the replacement of showers for more economic models, which use solutions that alleviate the use of electricity. These three actions cause the electric bill of a residence can be reduced by up to 80%. We are talking here of course of low-income units.For all that, the first results are beginning to be perceived in electricity consumption bills. To complement this logistics, a small army of technicians and specialists covers the poorest regions taking tips and rational use of guidelines for electricity. This practice, a true work of ants, has contributed to instilling new attitudes on a client not always used to avoid waste, most often through ignorance.The Brazil, among other challenges facing the people of the culture of waste, and is willing to overcome this obstacle. Companies electric utilities and the general population have a firm commitment to facilitate this task, having as parameter a better world for all.


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