Lara Ceramic Facility Project
The Lara Ceramic Facility Fuel Switching Project is validated and verified under VCS and Social Carbon Standards and involves a ceramic facility located in Cachoeira Paulista, a small municipality in Sao Paulo state in Brazil. For decades the facility used fossil fuel (heavy oil) to generate thermal energy for heating the units in the ceramic kilns. Pursuing a more sustainable form of business, the project involves the cessation of the use of the heavy oil with the substitution of renewable biomass such as rice husks, sawdust, wood residues and wood chips.
Environmental Co-Benefits
The reduction in air pollution resulting from the project has a positive effect on the biomes surrounding the facility - that of the Atlantic forest and Cerrado Biome.
The project insures the minimization of waste. The use of the biomasses creates very little residue; the majority of that which is created is reused within a mixture of clay and water which is applied to kilns doors to better seal them during the firing process. The remainder of the ash is donated as fertilizer for rice plantations. Any disposed of ceramic products are donated for reuse for grounding of lands and roads.
Social Co-Benefits
The project has allowed the generation of new jobs, and the improvement of working conditions. The facility also provides occasional donations to churches, social funds, schools and social entities.
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