ENERGY CONSERVATION

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Energy Conservation

Introduction

Energy is an important resource used by humanity in the day to day operations. It is proven beyond no doubt that all living thing in the world need energy while some of them produce it. Also, the sun is the overall source of energy that control fundamental processes like the hydrological cycle and photosynthesis. Over time, there has been a worrying trend in the utilization of energy resources with claims attached to the increasing population leading to increased demand of energy. As a result, the main category of energy resource under threat is the nonrenewable. And, the most explored energy resources happen to be the likes of petroleum, coal, methane gas, and wood related sources for the underdeveloped world. While this is the trends, it is also evident that both domestic and industrial utilization of available energy resource has not been efficient. Therefore, there is an urgent need to conserve the remaining available ones. In order to achieve this, substitution, improvement, and exploitation of greener and renewable source is recommended.

Types of Energy Sources (Renewable and Nonrenewable) Variant and numerous energy options have been categorized in two groups. The two major categories are the renewable and nonrenewable. Under renewable there are sources like solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, biogas, and biomass. These sources have the ability to produce more than the needed energy by the whole world. For example, the solar energy is capable of supplying energy 10100 more than fossil fuel. And, most of this renewable energy are cleaner thereby could save the world of adverse effects such as global warming (Haimes 25). Nonetheless, efforts to tap energy content of these sources have not been sufficient.

For the nonrenewable category, there are sources such as nuclear, fossil fuel, petroleum, and natural gas. They are the mostly preferred, but their sustainability is threatened. For example, it is feared that in the next hundred years to come, the oil reserve in the world will run dry. Other than that, the combustion of these sources for energy is associated with pollutants such as sulphur gases, chlorofluorocarbons, nitrogen gases, and both carbon dioxide and monoxide gases (Kreith and Yogi 45). Because they are not sustainable and the most utilizes worldwide, an issue of concern on conserving this category has raised eyebrows. For this reason, there is a need to devise means of tapping the renewable source while at the same time enhancing efficiency in their consumption (Haimes 36).

Energy Conservation Methods for Industries and Homes Conservation of any source of energy is a personal or organization initiative, but first, it is paramount to ascertain the amount of energy used for a particular period. In order to achieve this, energy Audit should be conducted. It is also worth noting that the methods of conserving industrial and domestic energy sources may differ slightly.

Under domestic energy conservation methods, there are two ways of doing it, which are enhancing the efficiency and reducing wastages (Tremblay 1). In order to achieve this, unnecessary and unused appliances should be switched off. Also, there is a need to substitute ordinary bulb with energy saver because these energy savers cost a few dollars, but they are capable of saving up to $50 during their life span. It is also recommended that during the day, windows and any opening in a room should be left open during the day for the utilization of natural light to illuminate the room other than electricity. For water heating, solar water heater is recommended. And, to conserve energy used for cooking, it is advisable to chop the food into small pieces and cover cooking pots while doing so (Mclachlan and Quispel 1107-1112).

Most industries prefer using energy sources that are sustainable and it is for this reason that production industries in most parts of the world fancy coal. However, regardless of the source, energy consumption in an industry is largely by machines. Therefore, to conserve it, all the moveable parts of a machine that are moved by energy should be well lubricated. The engine system of the machine should be serviced regularly. Again, the steam produced from the cooling system of the machine should be used to produce supplementary electricity (Combescure, Gravouil, and Réthoré 109-112). Most importantly, production should be done in massive quantities at ago to avoid turning on a machine in low peak production seasons.

Importance of Conserving Energy Rewards associated to energy conservation are numerous and incredible. To start with, the current state of global warming has been scientifically proven to be contributed by the use of most nonrenewable sources. Because of this, human race is threatened. Therefore, it means that efficient utilization of these sources will reduce their contribution on the issue. Another concern is on the cost of energy. Statistics by Haimes shows that the energy alone contributes about 45% of industrial production cost (67). Further, he reported that the application of the available conservation methods can reduce production cost up to 25%. In essence, energy conservation methods save the environment.Conclusion Undoubtedly, energy is the mover of lives on the universe. Therefore, in case of its short supply, the world will be at a comma and lives my cease to exist. For this reason, the call to consider energy conservation is a life saver and need to be answered promptly. Notably, consideration to diverge attention to renewable energy sources is also an option worth picking.

Works Cited

Combescure, A., A. Gravouil, D. Grégoire, and J. Réthoré. “X-FEM a good candidate for energy conservation in simulation of brittle dynamic crack propagation.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 197.5 (2008): 309-318. Print.

Haimes, Yacov Y.. Energy Auditing and Conservation: Methods, Measurements, Management, and Case Studies. Washington: Hemisphere Pub. Corp., 1980. Print.

Kreith, Frank, and D. Yogi Goswami. Energy Management and Conservation Handbook. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2008. Print.

Mclachlan, Robert I., and G. R. W. Quispel. “Discrete gradient methods have an energy conservation law.” Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems 34.3 (2014): 1099-1104. Print.

Tremblay, K.R. “Energy conservation in the home.” Energy Conservation in the Home. Version 10.610. Colorado State University, 21 Mar. 2014. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. <http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/consumer/10610.html>.