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Implementation and Evaluation of Residential Lighting Projects in Brazil
Gilberto De Martino Jannuzzi, Vanice Ferreira dos Santos and Mara F. L. Bittencourt
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Departamento de Energia, Caixa Postal 6122, 13084-012 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Paulo Augusto Leonelli
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A./PROCEL Rua da Quitanda 196, 9o. andar, 20091-000 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ABSTRACT
The Brazilian utilities? efforts to implement and evaluate efficient residential lighting technologies programs are analyzed to accumulate knowledge for use in future endeavors. Although the programs were small-scale pilot projects, they were important to acquire more knowledge on more effective ways to conceive delivery mechanisms, and establish new relationships with customers, lamp manufacturers and retailers. The need to establish more rigorous evaluation methodologies for assessing the performance and results of residential lighting programs has become more evident to program managers and to the National Electricity Conservation Program (PROCEL) as they strive to incorporate lessons from the pilot programs into future large-scale energy efficient-lighting programs. This article first give a brief picture of the role of residential lighting, discuss the Brazil?s experience in residential lighting projects and report the main results achieved.
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