Let's start with a well-known fact that energy is the basis of life on earth. Energy has always played a crucial role in a person's life, as each of their actions is associated with the expenditure of energy. Any person, any family, any community cannot do without energy consumption. For a long time, man has sought new ways to convert energy for his needs and the technical advancements he has made over the past two centuries have transformed his life in unrecognizable ways.
Having traveled such a historic path and achieved such results,why do you need to save energy? This may not be entirely clear to an ordinary person. In our mind, there is an opinion - if there are funds and the energy consumption is paid, then why save?
The energy crisis of the 70s of the last century in the oil-exporting countries reduced the volume of oil production. The realities of the energy crisis: cold houses, paralysis of part of industry and transport, rising prices, cards for petroleum products. The fuel crisis has spurred the development and implementation of large-scale energy saving technologies. Energy-efficient equipment and technologies, in turn, have contributed to the successful solution of environmental problems.
Today, to overcome the economic crisis, more capital investments are needed for the extraction of hydrocarbons, which affects the constant growth of fuel and electricity prices. No matter how difficult the economic transformations, the implementation of certain energy saving programs nationwide, it will certainly affect an individual. And to be ready to protect ourselves and create comfortable conditions for living in our house, we have to deal with saving energy.
Motivating factors that motivate us to go towards energy savings:
- reduce the impact on the environment;
- increase the comfort of housing;
- to save money;
- the amount of energy resources left for children;
- research and development of alternative energy sources.
Environmental pollution.
We save energy, reduce the impact on the environment.
The possibilities of transformation and use of energy have transformed and improved the human condition beyond recognition. However, with new opportunities, we also have new problems. Over the past 100 years, humanity has increased its energy consumption by thousands of thousands, and a significant portion of the fossil fuels accumulated in the earth for millions of years has been consumed.
Simultaneously with the increase in energy consumption, the environment is irreversibly polluted and the influence of the "greenhouse effect" increases, which leads to irreversible consequences on the earth. This is evidenced by the increased frequency of floods, storms, tsunamis, earthquakes and droughts. Compared to the 18th century, carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere have doubled.
If we recognize that global warming is a reality, then we must change our attitude towards the problem of the consumption of primary energy resources, and therefore engage in real energy savings and maximum use of alternative energy sources, which means that it is necessaryto save energy. . .
Global warming is directly related to the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the fastest and cheapest way to reduce it is to improve energy efficiency in the use of energy. You don't have to be an expert to understand that most of the energy saving potential lies in our homes, residential buildings and structures.
Save energy at home.
To create comfort and a healthy indoor microclimate, we restock the household appliances. It is already estimated that up to 30% of energy per capita is spent in the household. Almost every family has a refrigerator, a television, a washing machine. More and more often computers, dishwashers, food processors, electric kettles and other household appliances are appearing in our apartments.
Therefore, affordable ways to save energy in everyday life have been developed. This, the use of new heat-insulating materials for insulation of walls, windows, doors, allows you to increase the temperature in the room by 2-3 degrees. C, without additional heat loss. Installing automation and control systems in hot and cold water supply and heating systems can reduce costs by up to 30%. Replacing incandescent lamps with fluorescent lamps and installing household appliances of class (A, A +, A ++) reduce energy consumption by 20% to 25%. To increase the comfort of your home, you need to save energy.
We save energy, we save money.
Each family forms its own budget, income and expenses. Utility payments play an important role in the expenditure side of the family budget. The constant rise in energy prices and utility bills worries and worries every family. This is particularly worrying among low-income families.
Depending on the family's income, today the payment for the energy consumed varies from 15 to 45%. Forecasts are not encouraging, gas and electricity prices will continue to rise. The costs of heating and electricity in our homes can be cut in half. Typically, the effort and money spent on saving energy in a household not only improves comfort and healthier indoor conditions, but also pays off quickly and benefits the family budget.
So, considering the prices of refrigerators and most other household appliances on the market, it turns out that buying the most energy-efficient appliances does not require additional costs.
To save money, you have toto save energy. . .
We save energy, we leave more energy resources for children.
During your life, try to leave more to your descendants than you have. This statement can be attributed entirely to hydrocarbons: oil, gas, coal. The consumption of these primary energy sources, the reserves of which are not replenished, have increased very rapidly over the past two centuries and there is a risk of leaving our children less than what we have received. There is only one way to reduce the consumption of hydrocarbons: energy savings and alternative energies.
Modern technologies, electronic systems for measuring and monitoring energy consumption, allow you to optimize costs and move on to the formation of a "smart house". The concept of "smart home" is an integrated information system that can be installed in the house and allows the control of household appliances. The control system itself chooses an appropriate time for energy consumption. Just configure the control panel to keep machines and equipment running. Then the control system will activate it in the most favorable period, when the payment for electricity is lower (here we are talking about the difference in the price of electricity at a two-rate tariff).
Houses under construction can use renewable energy: from a wind power plant, solar panels, etc. The European Parliament adopted a resolution that all new buildings, from 2019, must have zero energy balance. This means that all buildings under construction will produce as much energy from renewable sources as they consume. The time is not far off when the same resolutions will be adopted throughout the post-Soviet space.
By concretely implementing energy saving measures, including in everyday life, we strive to conserve our resources, thus preserving them for our children.
We save energy, use alternative energy sources.
And yet, why is it necessary to save energy - to save time for the research and development of new energy sources - renewable, environmentally friendly and safe (wind, sun, biogas, biomass, heat fromearth, etc. ). Alternative energy sources are inexhaustible. The aim of the search for alternative sources of energy is the need to obtain it from renewable or practically inexhaustible natural resources and phenomena. That is, if such a stage in the development of mankind occurs when all exhaustible sources - oil, gas, coal, disappear, then it will be able to use these sources if it at least stores the necessary technologies.
So it is necessaryto save energy.Saving energy is not only about saving money and creating the necessary comfort, but also about taking care of children and our planet. Each of us is a part of the planet and any action or inaction can affect the development of events.