Fuel Switching Project in the Brazilian Cerrado biome, São Paulo state (Irmãos Fredi Ceramic)

Description: Irmãos Fredi ceramic is a small facility that produces red ceramic products such as tiles and structural blocks. Irmãos Fredi ceramic was one of the first in the industry to eliminate the use of old growth forests in the region and have switched to more sustainable forms of energy such as renewable biomass from reforested, eco-friendly wood, such as algaoba wood, grown from sustainable management areas, and residues from cashew trees, bamboo husks, rice husks and/or others.


Project Type: Fuel Substitution
Location: Presidente Epitácio, São Paulo state, Brazil
Quantity: 306,421 tonnes CO2e total
Accounting period: 10 years
Operator: Sustainable Carbon
Standard: SOCIALCARBON + VCS
Supported by: Sustainable Carbon (Brazil)
Entry created: 2nd March 2010
Last updated: 9th June 2010
   
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