Sítio Kolibri is a company that grows Phalaenopsis orchids in Brazil , in Holambra city , in the State Department of São Paulo . The ship’s company is centre on growing the best Phalaenopsis but is always face to do that combine with sustainability .
For that rationality , Sítio Kolibri has been using a biomass heating system for their greenhouse ever since 2010 . This heating system enabled the company to boil down their use of fogy fuels and switch to renewable vigour . In 2020 the company bought a new and more effective biomass boiler .
The coevals of energy is , without a question , one of the biggest environmental issue of the floriculture industriousness and , therefore , the most interesting possibility of change for companies that require to be more sustainable to the market and to consumer . With the usage of biomass for energy generation , it is potential to unite a great energy electric potential to the relief of environmental problem . In addition to lower carbon emission , biomass is a by - product of wood and , unlike fossil fuels , it is renewable .
" Our company uses biomass from eucalypt woodland , also known as energy forest , that are cultivate specially for that purpose , " say Regina Gruisen Breg , Commercial Director at the caller . " Normally , the eucalypt that we use the wood is from São Paulo state or Minas Gerais country . "
Sítio Kolibri also nail down a new project in May 2022 : solar panels . " Today , we have 4.000 solar panel installed in our company . Together they guarantee 1,5 megawatts of power . That is the combining weight of the consumption of about 500 houses ! That energy is enough to encounter the energy need of the company in 100 % and make Sítio Kolibri a self - sufficient company in energy , " Regina concludes .
For more info : Regina Gruisen BregSítio Kolibri[email protected]www.sitiokolibri.com.br
