Use of renewable energy sources

If we consider how electricity is produced from other fossil fuel sources, the energy generated by a renewable energy plant, installed on the company’s roof, has a significantly higher productive value. In fact, official data provided by electricity distribution companies indicate that for every kWh generated from fossil fuels, 2.56 kWh is consumed. This means that only 39% of the energy contained in the fuel is actually converted into electricity, while the remaining 61% is wasted as heat.

The self-production of renewable energy therefore brings enormous advantages: more kilowatts of energy produced and actually available, and the elimination of CO2 emissions into the environment. Thanks to these green investments, Cadorin achieves a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere equivalent to 1045 tons/year.

CADORIN has been generating thermal energy for over 20 years with the re-use of wood residues obtained from production.

A highly technological plant allows for the production of 3 MILLION Kw a year by means of a heat generator operated with the processing waste of the production activity itself (wood chips). The system contributes to a saving of carbon dioxide C0₂ emissions of -620 tons a year, with a final balance of C0₂ emitted = ZERO. This is possible thanks to the fact that the C0₂ emissions generated by the combustion of wood residues are offset by the carbon dioxide absorbed by the plant during its life cycle.

CADORIN, as a self-sufficient company in terms of energy and thermal properties, autonomously meets all the needs of the entire production cycle:

• heating the entire premises through a technological installation in a low temperature floor, which also enables the correct environment humidity to be maintained for the storage of the raw material;
• heating the cells of the drying ovens, the gluing installations and the varnishing ovens.

The energy produced in this way helps to reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports and to diversify the sources of energy supply, as well as enabling the pursuit of the objectives set in the context of international climate treaties.

The excess wood shavings are converted into pellets for sale.