O Cummins Brazil Engine Laboratory (BTC), located in Guarulhos (SP), is establishing itself as a A leading center for industrial sustainability, technological innovation, and energy efficiency..
Since 2022, Cummins has implemented a series of initiatives aimed at decarbonization, automation and to use of clean energy sources, in line with its global strategy Destination Zero™.

The first major breakthrough was... modernization of the chiller system, responsible for cooling the water used in engine test climate control. With investment of US$ 480 thousand, The project replaced old equipment with newer models. high efficiency, renewed more than 400 meters of piping and implemented a digital system for continuous control and monitoring.
O Coefficient of Performance (COP) the system went up from 1.5 to 5.5, allowing a 91% reduction in electricity consumption, elimination of 46,000 tons of CO₂ per year and a annual savings of R$ 2 million. The next step involves... integration with sensors, artificial intelligence and predictive maintenance.

Subsequently, BTC went on to... generate your own clean energy with the installation of a 57.2 kWp photovoltaic solar power plant, composed of 104 panels of 550 Wp. Operating on the model zero grid, the plant fully supplies the laboratory, with an estimated generation of 61 MWh/year, equivalent to the consumption of 22 low-income housing units and to CO₂ savings of 5 tons per year. The investment in this phase was... US$ 230 thousand.

In addition, the laboratory implemented regenerative dynamometers in four of the nine test rooms, technology that reuses the energy generated by the engines under test., making these rooms energy self-sufficient and with net zero energy consumption.