A conscientização da população, a modernização da iluminação pública nas cidades e os programas de redução de impostos para equipamentos eletroeletrônicos mais eficientes devem economizar cerca de 5 bilhões de kWh em 2009, um aumento de 10% a 15% no volume economizado em comparação com 2008 . The estimate is the Procel (National Program for Energy Conservation).
Energy consumption should increase 6.8% in 2010 compared to 2009, according to the Energy Research Company (EPE) published on the Official Energy.
According to the report on the program in 2008, published in November, the economy last year reached 4.3 billion kWh, or about 1.1% of total consumption in the year.
No ano passado, o Procel investiu R$ 45 milhões no programa. The economy has contributed to delay the construction of new power plants with installed capacity of 1,000 MW, which would require investments of U.S. $ 2.9 billion.
The economy in 2008 was 11% higher than that recorded in 2007. The use of more efficient light bulbs in street lighting and increasing the products labeled Procel were responsible for the increase.
The program included last year about 2,400 equipment models manufactured by 132 different companies.
Since 1986, the first year of the program have saved 32.9 billion kWh, equivalent to 8.4% of electricity consumption in the period.
Source: Journal of Sustainability
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