Let’s start with the 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 any of his actions are related to energy expenditure. Any person, any family, any community cannot do without energy consumption. For a long time man has been looking for new ways to convert energy for his own needs, and the technical advances he has made in the last two centuries have transformed his life beyond recognition.
Having gone through such a historical path and achieving such results,why you need to save energy? It may not be completely clear to the average person. There is an opinion in our minds - if there are funds and if energy consumption is paid for, then why save?
The energy crisis of the 1970s in oil-exporting countries reduced the volume of oil production. The reality of the energy crisis: cold storage, paralysis of some industry and transport, rising prices, cards for petroleum products. The fuel crisis has spurred the development and application of energy-saving technologies on a large scale. Energy-saving equipment and technologies in turn have contributed to the successful solution of environmental problems.
Today, overcoming the economic crisis requires more capital investment in the extraction of hydrocarbon fuels, which affects the constant rise in fuel and electricity prices. No matter how difficult economic transformations, the implementation of certain energy saving programs at the national level, it will certainly affect the individual. And in order to be ready to protect ourselves and create comfortable living conditions in our home, we need to deal with energy savings.
Motivational factors that motivate us to switch to energy saving:
- reduction of environmental impact;
- increasing the comfort of living;
- saving money;
- the amount of energy resources left to children;
- search and development of alternative energy sources.
Environmental pollution.
We save energy, reduce the impact on the environment.
Opportunities for the 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 energy consumption by several thousand times, and a significant portion of fossil fuels accumulated in the country over millions of years have been consumed.
Simultaneously with the increase in energy consumption, the environment is irreversibly polluted and the impact of the "greenhouse effect" increases, which causes irreversible consequences on 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 primary energy consumption, and therefore deal with 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 energy use. You don’t need to be an expert to realize that most of the potential for energy savings lies in our homes, apartment buildings and facilities.
Energy saving at home.
To create comfort and a healthy indoor microclimate, we are filling the fleet of household appliances. It is already estimated that up to 30% of energy per capita is consumed in the household. Almost every family has a refrigerator, TV, washing machine. Computers, dishwashers, food processors, electric cookers and other appliances are appearing more and more often in our apartments.
Therefore, affordable ways to save energy in everyday life have been developed. This, the use of new thermal insulation materials for insulation of walls, windows, doors, allows you to increase the temperature in the room by 2 - 3 degrees. C, without additional heat dissipation. The installation of automation and control systems in hot and cold water supply systems can reduce costs by up to 30%. By replacing incandescent bulbs with fluorescent and installing household electrical appliances of class (A, A +, A ++), energy consumption is reduced by 20% - 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 expenditure. Utility payments play an important role in the expenditure side of the family budget. The constant rise in energy tariffs and utility bills is causing alarm and concern in every family. Of particular concern is low-income families.
Depending on the family's income, today the payment for energy consumed ranges from 15% to 45%. Forecasts are not encouraging, gas and electricity prices will continue to rise. The cost of heat and electricity in our homes can be halved. Usually, the effort and money spent on saving energy in the household not only improve comfort and healthier indoor conditions, but also pay for themselves quickly and bring in the family budget.
So, considering the prices of refrigerators and most other home appliances on the market, it turns out that buying the most energy efficient appliances does not require additional costs.
To save money, you needto save energy. . .
We save energy and leave more energy resources for children.
As you live your life, try to leave more to your offspring than you get. This statement can be fully attributed to hydrocarbons: oil, gas, coal. Consumption of these primary energy sources, whose reserves are not being replenished, has grown very rapidly over the last two centuries and there is a risk of leaving our children less than we received. There is only one way to reduce hydrocarbon consumption - conserving energy and alternative energy.
Modern technologies, electronic systems for measuring and monitoring energy consumption, allow you to optimize costs and move to the formation of a "smart home". the control system selects the appropriate time for energy consumption. It is enough to set the control panel to keep the machines and equipment in operation. Then the control system will turn it on in the most favorable period, when the payment of electricity is lower (here we are talking about the difference in electricity priceat a two-tariff rate).
Houses under construction can use renewable energy: from wind farms, solar panels, etc. The European Parliament has adopted a resolution according to which all new buildings, starting in 2019, must have a zero energy balance. This means that all buildings under construction will produce from renewable sources as much energy as they consume. It is not far off the moment when the same resolutions will be adopted in the entire post-Soviet space.
By putting energy saving measures into practice, including everyday life, we strive to conserve our resources, saving them for our children.
We save energy, we use alternative energy sources.
And yet, why do you need to save energy - to gain time to look for and develop new energy sources - renewable, environmentally friendly and safe (wind, sun, biogas, biomass, earth heat, etc. ). Alternative energy sources are inexhaustible. The purpose of the search for alternative energy sources is the need to obtain from renewable or practically inexhaustible natural resources and phenomena. That is, if there is such a stage in the development of humanity when all the exhaustible sources - oil, gas, coal - disappear, then they will be able to use those sources if they procure at least the necessary technologies.
So it is necessaryto save energy.Saving energy is not only saving money and creating the necessary comfort, but also taking care of children and our planet. Each of us is a part of the planet and any action or inaction can affect the course of events.