Industrias Cordero Y Chavarria

Industrias Cordero Y Chavarria is a textile mill in Costa Rica with a reported capacity of 203,599,999 USD. It spins, dyes and finishes textiles, leather or apparel using process steam. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 textile mills tracked in Costa Rica. It emits about 8,272 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,928 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38477724.

В контексте: как это предприятие сравнивается

На мощности 203,599,999 USD Industrias Cordero Y Chavarria — это примерно медианная textile mill в Costa Rica (203,599,999 USD). Подсектор: textiles-leather-apparel. Как textile mill, оно требует высокотемпературного технологического тепла (обычно 60–150°C) для основных промышленных операций — тепла, которое должно подаваться котлами, печами или прямым сжиганием, и потери через неизолированные сосуды и трубопроводы представляют потраченное впустую топливо. Съёмная модульная теплоизоляция может снизить эти потери на 80–96%, охладив поверхность оборудования до ≤45°C, с окупаемостью часто менее 2 лет. Текстильные фабрики используют технологический пар для крашения, отделки и сушки, часто требуя строгого контроля температуры во время длительных циклов — постоянные потери тепла снижают прибыльность.

Сравнение производительности и интенсивности CO₂ рассчитано на основе данных промышленных объектов Climate TRACE; роль сектора основана на инженерных справочниках.

What 8,272 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 Costa Rica

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

Local climate

Industrias Cordero Y Chavarria sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 9.4°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 #1 largest of 2 textile mills in Costa Rica by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Agua Caliente Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 442,367 t CO₂
• Calcetines Fieles S.A. (New Location) · Textiles · 8,272 t CO₂
• RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery · Refinery
• Quebrada Honda Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 271,857 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 9.35522, -83.67341. 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 3,000 MWh/yr (≈ 600 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.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

• Japan JCM (Joint Crediting Mechanism) — Japan co-finances diffusion of decarbonising tech incl. INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY in partner countries, in exchange for carbon credits. Channels: MOEJ model projects, ADB trust funds, NEDO demonstrations.
• UK International Climate Finance (ICF / ODA) — ~GBP 6bn ODA over 3 yrs; industrial-decarbonisation flows via Climate Investment Funds (CIF) - Clean Technology Fund.
• Green Climate Fund (GCF) + ADB / World Bank / UNIDO — Concessional finance & grants for industrial energy efficiency. E.g. GCF $200M ADB-led India Green Finance Facility; World Bank FP071 'Scaling Up Energy Efficiency for Industrial Enterprises in Vietnam'; ASEAN ACGF energy-efficiency revolving funds incl. SMEs.

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

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