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RECOPEANNUALREPORT2014
Solar panels and efficient lighting
The Terminal located in International Airport Juan Santamaría has an
innovative perimeter lighting system, comprised of 24 solar and environmentally
friendly lamps, which contributes to the reduction of the carbon print. These lamps do
not use electricity supplied and invoiced by ICE to RECOPE, but work on solar energy
and batteries that charge automatically.
This project was developed by the Engineering and Maintenance
Departments and the Distribution and Sales Management, headed by Engineer Luis
Carlos Calvo and Electroval Telecomunicación y Energía.
Also, in June the implementation of the pilot project of natural lighting
in the precision workshop at the refinery was completed, which is comprised of an
area measuring approximately 600 sqm and involved the installation of 25 tubular
skylights (skylight), with 0W consumption.
This plan is replaced power consumption during the daytime with
artificial lighting, consisting of 28 metal halogen lamps, 300 W each, meaning a total
of approximately 8400W of electrical power.
The Sun-Dome Tubular Skylights system consists of high impact
polycarbonate domes installed on the roof of the building, capturing sunlight which
is transmitted through the reflectors inside aluminum / silver tubes and prismatic
diffusers. These equipment saves energy that use sunlight to replace the artificial
lighting in spaces such as warehouses, office buildings, workshops, etc.