Saving energy is a business
The company TAISI-JOSÉ Mª LÁZARO SA is a family owned SME placed in the city of Calatayud (Zaragoza – Spain) dedicated to the manufacturing of candied fruits, fruits in syrup, confitures and fruit fillings since the beginning of the 20th century. The company has participated in different events organized by the Confederación de Empresarios de Aragón (CREA) and as a result of that, they contacted the Network office to know more deeply those Enterprise Europe Network services that can help the company to develop its internationalization process. CREA presented EEN services to TAISI and also, informed them about the Optimes project in which CREA is partner. The company is very interested in the introduction of new technologies related to the environment improvement in order to minimize the impact of its activity into the environment and to become more energy efficient. Therefore, CREA put in contact with one of the Optimes Environmental Services Providers that fit company´s needs. The ESP visited the company facilities and both companies came into an agreement to perform an environmental and energy audit. After a deep audit, the ESP suggested a range of solutions for each area of improvement. The main two objectives were the reduction of the electric consumption in the production and distribution processes, and in other hand, the reduction of Greenhouse gas emissions. The solution adopted to reach both objectives was the change of the boiler for a new one more efficient and that uses Natural Gas instead of Fuel oil, and also the change of the combustion boilers. Natural Gas has a higher calorific value than the Fuel oil (25% more) and therefore, the company needs less electric consumption due to the power reduction. Besides, the new fuel and the new boiler are cleaner than the previous used. Therefore, TAISI will able to get an important reduction on its electric consumption, to be more energy efficient and to reduce its environmental impact. And what is more, this process will allow the company to be more competitive. “Energy efficiency solutions help companies to reduce their environmental impact and also to improve their productivity. These aspects make them more competitive in national and international markets”, remarks Jorge Alonso, Head of the International Relations Department of CREA.