2024-07-18

2024-05-21“ASPRELA + SUSTENTÁVEL” PROJECT EHANCED THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

To build an urban ecosystem based on energy and environmental sustainability, by demonstrating the combination of innovative ...

2024-05-17“ASCEND” project presentation to the Executive and Municipal Ecosystem

Porto Energy Agency (AdEPorto), as leader of the national consortium of the "ASCEND" project, made up of the main local partn...

2024-05-17“SOLAR CARS RACING”, 2024 EDITION, WILL START NEXT WEEK!

“SOLAR CARS RACING”, 2024 edition, will happen as early as next week, in the context of the initiative “AT THE SPEED ​​OF THE...

2024-02-16“MATOSINHOS CARBON NEUTRALITY 2030”: BUSINESSMEN MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL

In November 2023, another work session took place in the context of “Matosinhos Neutralidade Carbónica 2030” project, in the ...

Porto Energy Hub

Porto Energy Hub is an innovative European project that was born within the scope of the Horizonte2020 program to mitigate en...

Energy and Comfort for All

Energy and Comfort for All aims to characterise and mitigate energy poverty in the Metropolitan Area of Porto North of the Do...

Asprela + Sustentável

“Asprela + Sustentável” is a multidisciplinary project created with the goal of helping the city of Porto to mitigate climate...

SPARCS

The SPARCS project, funded by the Horizon 2020 programme, aims to create a network of sustainable, positive energy and zero c...

Eyes Hearts Hands Urban Revolution (EHHUR)

The EHHUR (EYES HEARTS HANDS- Urban Revolution) project aims to develop and test a methodology that will support cities in th...

PROLIGHT

The PROLIGHT project mainly targets European urban areas and has the main objective of achieving a decarbonised future econom...

ASCEND

ASCEND (Accelerate positive Clean Energy Districts) aims to accelerate Positive, Clean Energy Districts (PCED) for the transi...

Porto Solar

The Porto Solar project aims to implement solutions for energy production from solar renewable sources in buildings of the Mu...

À Velocidade so Sol (At the Speed of Sunlight)

At the Speed of Sunlight is an initiative promoted by AdEPorto - Porto Energy Agency, through an experimental activity, in pa...

Annual Energy and Emissions Report

The characterization of energy and endogenous energy use within the AMP-ND and in each Municipality provides up-to-date knowl...

Porto Solar Metropolitano

The Porto Solar Metropolitano project provides for the implementation, in the buildings of the Associated Municipalities, and...

Renewable Energy Communities

AdEPorto has been developing the concept and applicability of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) in its territory, following...

The protocol "Accelerator for the Energy Transition" foresees the development of new innovative technology solutions for dece...

Public Lighting

The development of LED technology, associated with a drop in prices, has provided an increased ability to implement energy ef...

Public Lighting Master Plan (Plano Diretor de Iluminação Pública - PDIP)

The PDIP is a normative and structuring document for Public Lighting management that allows the quality of the provided servi...

Applications

AdEPorto provides support for the use of national and European funds, dissemination of the most relevant aspects, timely clar...

Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

The Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy is an initiative launched by the European Commission, joined on a voluntary basis...

Observatório de Energia (Energy Observatory)

Under the scope of its action for energy sustainability within the AMP-ND, AdEPorto - Porto Energy Agency uses the Energy Obs...

SoWhat

The SoWhat Project aims to develop and validate an integrated software for auditing industrial processes planning and simulat...

ATELIER

AdEPorto integrates the European project ATELIER through direct support to the Municipality of Matosinhos. Financed by the Ho...

POWERYOUTH

POWERYOUTH is a project, financed by the LIFE Programme, which intends to involve and capacitate young people in the context ...

CLIMATEFIT

CLIMATEFIT is a project funded by the Horizon Europe Programme which seeks to combat the lack of resilient financing, by prov...

Equipment

The use of appliances in households represents about 15 % of energy bills

Cooling Equipment

Cooling equipment is the type of electrical appliance that consumes the most energy because it works continuously.

Dishwashers, Clothes Washers and Dryers

Did you know that if you reduce the dishwasher temperature from 65 ⁰C to 55 ⁰C you can save around €10 per year?

Electricity Bill

Use a simulator to choose your energy supplier.

Oven

Each time you open the oven door this causes an energy loss of at least 20 %

Cooker

These measures reduce cooking time and energy consumption

Microwave

Use the microwave to cook small meals instead of the oven.

Iron

Use it only when there is a large amount of ironing to do;

Water Heating

Choose a heat pump because they are more efficient.

Lighting

For each LED lamp, savings amount to EUR 3/year per hour of daily use.

Thermal Comfort - Home Heating and Insulation

Indoor heating is responsible for the largest share of energy use in the home, and therefore deserves special attention!

Waste

Reuse and recycle waste using recycling points [ecopontos].

Water

An immersion bath consumes four times more water than a shower; and for every additional minute in the shower, you consume ab...