Savings of 70% for Aeris Factory

Reducing production costs is one of the goals of any company, but reaching a savings target and also contribute to a sustainable environment was an essential task to the Aeris Energy business.

The company, located in the Pecém Industrial and Harbour Complex in Ceará, builds wind turbine blades and is aware of its role in the renewable energy industry. The Energy Efficiency project developed by Enel ensured savings of 70% in energy expenditure.

To use energy in an efficient way the use of equipment that consume the most energy was analysed, with a goal of implementing optimisation opportunities in the electricity costs. To this end, one of the main changes was replacing sodium vapour bulbs for LED lights.

The 350 LED reflectors installed in the factory’s industrial sheds reduced costs and improved the company’s process quality.

The old lighting consumed 400W, while the new ones consume less than half: only 150W. Furthermore, the loss of luminosity intensity of LED lamps is much inferior to that of the sodium vapour lights, which means they have higher durability and no maintenance costs.

The energy solution also contributed to non-conformities and improved the comfort for employees.

“As the lighting improved, our staff members perform their tasks with a lower rate of errors and, as a consequence, cause fewer defects in the final product, the wind turbine blade,” claims the director.

Another advantage of the Energy Efficiency project, according to Bruno Lolli, is the possibility of financing the investment through energy savings.

Companies like Aeris help to achieve the innovation and socio-environmental responsibility of the new age of energy production for Brazilian industry. And Enel X’s energy services transform the desire for change into beneficial realities for customers, employers and employees.