The Energy Efficiency and Asset Management Committees of the National Association of Passenger Rail Operators (ANPTrilhos) held the first meetings to monitor the execution of the activities of the energy efficiency and asset management studies that will be developed with non-refundable financing by the USTDA – U.S. Trade and Development Agency. The members participated in the meetings in person and by videoconference.
The groups are composed of specialists from Brazilian operators who will participate, together with ANPTrilhos, in monitoring the execution of all study activities, which are part of the Cooperation Agreement signed between USTDA and ANPTrilhos. The studies are expected to be carried out within a year.
The ANPTrilhos Energy Efficiency Committee is composed of:
• Antonio Chalita de Figueiredo, from Metrofor;
• Cleber Correa, from Trensurb;
• Davi Lamas Vital, from Trensurb
• Glauco Fernandes Lopes, from Metrô de São Paulo;
• José Afonso, from VLT Carioca;
• Jose Luiz Redondo de Oliveira, from ViaQuatro;
• Carlos Alberto Santos Antonio Junior, from ViaMobilidade;
• Juliana Santa Barbara Carvalho, from CCR Metrô Bahia;
• Raimundo Mattos Filgueiras, from CTB;
• Roberto Giuliani, from Metrô-DF;
• Silvio Rubens Zarth Junior, from CPTM;
• Vinicius da Costa Nunes, from Trensurb;
• Vitor da Silva Chagas, from SuperVia; and
• Yasmin Grassi, from MetrôRio.
While the Asset Management Committee has the participation of:
• Danilo Freires do Nascimento, from Metrô São Paulo;
• Debora Araújo, from VLT Carioca;
• Fabio Resende, from MetrôRio;
• Fernando Cesar Cornely, from Trensurb;
• Francisco Dalvo Pereira Fideles, from Metrofor;
• Izabel Cristina G. de Souza Amaral, from SuperVia;
• Juliana Reis, from MetrôRio;
• Leonardo Barreiros da Silva, from CTB;
• Leonardo Valentini, from ViaMobilidade and ViaQuatro;
• Luiz Antonio de Mesquita Pezerico, from Trensurb;
• Marcos de Albuquerque Herd, from MetrôRio;
• Marcos Tadeu Coto Silva, from Metrô-DF;
• Paulo Ricardo Lima Lomando, from Trensurb;
• Sérgio Barbosa, from CPTM; and
• Tiago de Matos Garcia, from CCR Metrô Bahia.
“Brazilian operators are constantly looking for solutions to improve the efficiency of their systems and USTDA’s technical assistance program with ANPTrilhos will help plan and implement a series of investments for better energy efficiency and to optimize systems maintenance, improving the management of metro-railway networks throughout Brazil”, explains Roberta Marchesi, Executive Director of ANPTrilhos who led the group meetings.
