SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2016
paration and cooking zone whenever they are empty.
• In order to reduce reactive energy, we implemented four capacitor batte-
ries in units that did not have reactive energy compensation, and also re-
viewed the settings of the capacitor batteries that were already operating.
Equipments
Cooling Equipment
• Reduction of the number of the times the equipment doors are opened,
repair of warped doors and replacement of the insulation rubbers, since the
ice building in the interior of the refrigerator works as an isolating material
and makes cooling more difficult.
• In the cooling equipments we installed ECubes, as a measure to promote
energy efficiency. These passive equipments are placed in the probes of
the refrigeration and freezing rooms to avoid temperature variations due
to the opening of the doors, which leads to a better stabilization of the
equipments and also of the temperature of the products stored, but also
it contributes to the reduction of the number of times the compressors
start up, thus extending its service life and reducing the consumption of
electrical energy.
• Acquisition of equipment of class A+++ for electrical efficiency.
Harness of solar energy
Solar Photovoltaic Energy
Several proposals were analysed for an investment in Solar Photovoltaic
Energy for Self-consumption. With this project we aim to supply electrical
energy through solar energy, to reduce the consumption of energy in peak
hours and in full hours, and consequently reducing the power in peak
hours.
At the photovoltaic units already installed, we achieved a consumption of
11,687 KWh, avoiding the emission of 3.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
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