Vitorino Da Silva Coelho, S.A.

Vitorino Da Silva Coelho, S.A. is a textile mill in Portugal with a reported capacity of 108,392,857 USD. It spins, dyes and finishes textiles, leather or apparel using process steam. By capacity it ranks #19 of 112 textile mills tracked in Portugal. It emits about 2,714 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 633 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38475735.

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عند 108,392,857 USD، يكون Vitorino Da Silva Coelho, S.A. حوالي متوسط textile mill في Portugal (108,392,857 USD). القطاع الفرعي: textiles-leather-apparel. كـ textile mill، يتطلب حرارة عملية مكثفة (عادة 60–150°C) لعملياته الصناعية الأساسية — حرارة يجب توفيرها بواسطة الغلايات أو الأفران أو الاحتراق المباشر، والخسائر من خلال الحاويات والأنابيب غير المعزولة تمثل وقود مهدر. يمكن للعزل المعياري القابل للإزالة أن يقلل هذه الخسائر بمقدار 80-96٪، وتبريد الأسطح إلى ≤45°C، مع فترة استرجاع غالباً أقل من سنتين. تستخدم مصانع النسيج بخار العملية للصباغة والتشطيب والتجفيف، غالباً ما تتطلب تحكماً دقيقاً بدرجة الحرارة على فترات تشغيل طويلة — يؤدي فقدان الحرارة المستمر إلى تآكل الأرباح.

مقارنة السعة وكثافة CO₂ محسوبة من بيانات منشآت Climate TRACE الصناعية؛ دور القطاع بناءً على مرجع الهندسة.

What 2,714 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest textile mills in Portugal

Reported capacity (USD), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Local climate

Vitorino Da Silva Coelho, S.A. sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 40.9°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #19 largest of 112 textile mills in Portugal by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Fromageries Bel Portugal S.A. - Fábrica De Vale De Cambra (Ci) · Food & Beverage · 136,557 t CO₂
• Nestlé Portugal - Fabrica De Avanca (Ci) · Food & Beverage · 136,557 t CO₂
• Avisabor - Indústria Agro-Alimentar, Sa (Ci) · Food & Beverage · 136,557 t CO₂
• The Navigator Company - Cacia Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 173,570 t CO₂
• Montifibras, Lda · Textiles · 2,714 t CO₂
• Progado - Sociedade Produtora De Rações, S.A. · Food & Beverage · 298,824 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 40.85115, -8.4824. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A textile mill like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: dyeing vessels, stenters/dryers, steam lines, hot-water & boiler house (surface/process temperatures around 80–200 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

effectively industrial laundries/dyeing - steam & hot water; 500-3000 MWh typical.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 1,400 MWh/yr (≈ 280 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

EU: funding & obligation

Obligation. Under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (Art. 8), large undertakings (>250 staff or >€50M turnover / >€43M balance) must run an energy audit every 4 years or operate a certified energy management system (ISO 50001).

Funding. National energy-efficiency grants and white-certificate schemes typically apply — check the local programme.

EED Article 8, transposed nationally. Confirm current national terms.

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