Eficiência energética dos equipamentos elétricos do setor administrativo da UTFPR Medianeira de acordo com o padrão de etiquetagem Procel

Abstract

Energy efficiency can be understood as generating the same amount of energy with the minimum of natural resources or as obtaining a service with less energy consumption, which can be acquired in two ways: technological innovation, with the acquisition of equipment that perform with the same task, but with lower energy consumption, or new ways of conducting the production process. Considering the increase of energy consumption in Brasil, it is necessary to adopt forms of energy efficiency in order to rationalize consumption and avoid waste, in this way, the objective of this research is to verify the energy efficiency level of the electrical equipment in the administrative sector of Medianeira campus’s UTFPR, through using the PROCEL labeling standard. From de results obtained, it was suggested to replace the less efficient equipment by equipment with the PROCEL seal through consumption analisys, and it can be concluded that it is possible to increase the level of energy efficiency of this block by exchanging less efficient equipment for more efficient energetically, bringing both economic and environmental benefits.