Enviromental Performance
During 2016, we achieved a significant reduction in power consumption,
in all restaurants of the Group, simultaneously maintaining the customers’
wellbeing and increasing productivity. The new units were created from
scratch having in mind the level of energy consumption, and the old units
were renewed to become more energy efficient. Likewise, several actions
were implemented to reduce the consumption of electrical energy, at diffe-
rent levels, such as:
Electricity
• The uplamping program was maintained, consisting in the gradual re-
placement of the existing lighting solutions with other more efficient, such
as LED lamps, ECO bulbs, electronic ballasts or presence sensors. The use
of LED bulbs has several benefits: average lifetime of 50 thousand hours,
lower consumption of electricity due to its technology, emission of levels
of luminance identical throughout its lifetime and instant lighting even
at low temperatures, allowing the use in cold cabinets and rooms. With a
longer life span, fewer bulbs need to be recycled; the absence of mercury
and other hazardous materials avoids the soil and river contamination,
and most of its components can be recycled. In the restaurants of the
Ibersol Group, this technology is used in decorative lighting (ads, menus,
drive) and in the direct replacement of halogen and fluorescent bulbs. In
sum, this is a choice with a reduced environmental impact and with less
maintenance costs.
• The plan On/Off continued to be implemented, aiming to raise awareness to
the rational use of energy. The implementation of the plan led to the reduc-
tion of power in peak hours, through the implementation of measures, such
as pre-heating of the equipments in off-peak or full periods, interruption of
the equipments operation when they are not being used, and reduction of the
temperatures in equipments that cannot be turned off. Some other actions
implemented were to turn off storage water heaters using automatic timers,
and place light sensors to turn off the lights in places distant from the pre-
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