...Learning Ways to Deal with Energy Conservation Talesha Binns SCI/275 November 10th-2013 Shannon Gumtau Learning how energy conservation really works Over the past nine weeks, I have learned some wonderful things about science. Things like Different kinds of environmental issues, conservation vs. preservation and different resources plans for the environment. From all the reading and my own research, I decided to do my final project on energy conservation because this is something we are dealing with on a daily base and we need to know how to make things better not only for the environment but for ourselves as humans. My plan within this paper is to educate people on ways to conserve energy. Some atmospheric issues when dealing with energy are things like driving, heating and cooling your home, What is Energy Conservation Energy conservation is something very important and the issues we are having with it should not be taking likely. Let us define energy conservation. Energy conservation (According to “Energy Conservation" (n.d.)) “Energy conservation refers to reducing energy through using less of an energy service. Energy conservation differs from efficient energy use, which refers to using less energy for a constant service.” energy needs to be conserve so that we can protect our environment from certain changes, and to save what resources we have now for our upcoming generations. I feel that this is when our renewable sources kick...
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...Energy Resource Plan SCI. 275 February 2011 Energy Resource Plan Energy conservation, the process of lessening or stopping the amount of usage one previously indulged in to ensure future use. People consume non-renewable energy at a fast pace. A tremendous amount is wasted unnecessarily. Wasting energy is an issue of serious concern to humans and the environment. Both are affected by the excessive energy use and have a dependency on energy resources. Some cultures use a bare minimum of energy to function. The Amish culture does not allow any use of electricity in accordance to their spiritual beliefs. The practices of the Amish are considered too extreme for normal society and their habits. However, this culture has flourished for hundreds of years. Society has developed a serious dependency to using electricity, natural gas, coal, and fossil fuels, or non-renewable fuels. These amenities are no longer luxuries; they are an essential part of daily life for the multitude of humankind. Unfortunately, these natural resources are vastly depleting and cannot be replenished. This is why it is necessary to conserve resources for future generations. Many people do not fully understand the differences between renewable and non-renewable energy resources and why it is so crucial to conserve. Non-renewable resources are unable to rejuvenate themselves. They do not grow or reform. Once they are depleted, there will be none thereafter. Renewable energy sources are: solar power...
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... “Energyconservation refers to efforts made to reduce energy consumption. Energyconservation can be achieved through increased efficient energy use, inconjunction with decreased energy consumption and/or reduced consumption fromconventional energy sources” ("Energy conservation," 2011). The twotypes of energy are renewable and nonrenewable. Renewable energy sources areconstantly renewed or restored and include wind (wind power), water(hydropower), sun (solar), vegetation (biomass), and internal heat of the earth(geothermal). On the other hand, nonrenewable energy sources are naturalresources that cannot be replenished. Fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coalare the most commonly used types of non-renewable energy. However,non-renewable energy sources are being depleted at a rapid rate. In fact, (dueto this depletion) there may not be enough non-renewable energy sources forfuture generations. Additionally, (in this paper) I will discuss methods toconserve energy, save money, and help the environment as well. Because fossil fuels (such as oil,gas, and coal) are the most commonly used types of non-renewable energy, I willfocus on these types of non-renewable energy sources. “World energy consumptionhas increased every year since 1982, with most of the increase occurring indeveloping countries” (Berg, & Hager, 2007). “Additional energy demands inhighly developed nations may be met by increasing the energy efficiency ofthings like appliances, automobiles, and home insulation”...
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...PM 592 COURSE PROJECT John Lawson, Mathew Freeman ENERGY EFFICIENCY INSTALLATION BUSINESS VENTURE PILOT PROJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS: Item | Page | 1.0 Executive Summary | 2 | 2.0 Project Description | 2 | 2.1 Major Activities | 3 | 2.2 Resources | 3 | 2.3 Project Milestone | 4 | 2.4 Assumptions | 4 | 2.5 Project Deliverables | 4 | 2.6 Constraints | 4 | 2.7 Risk Management | 5 | 3.0 Work Breakdown Structure | 6 | 4.0 Cost Estimates | 8 | 4.1 Cost Estimation Assumptions | 8 | 4.2 Cost & Contingency Estimation | 9 | 5.0 Financial Analysis | 11 | 6.0 Project Schedule | 12 | 7.0 References | 12 | 1.0 Executive Summary This project is a pilot project for the development of a business venture to promote the installation of energy efficiency and conservation features into homes to save home owners money through the reduction of monthly energy bill. The objective of the project is to install energy efficiency features into a home of about 2500 square feet in Atlanta, Georgia and expected to be completed within 5 months at an estimated cost of $96,558.21, using a three point estimation; and achieve about 50% savings in energy usage. The expected benefits include: * Reduced utility and maintenance costs * Increased home comfort * A healthier and safer indoor environment * Improved building durability * Ultimate increase in home value The project will begin on April 16, 2013...
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...Kaitlyn Carter HMGT 5540 Spears 2.19.14 Case 1: Lee, Hsu, Han, and Kim Introduction The emergence of the green movement into the hospitality industry has become significant, and implementing environmentally friendly practices into an organization has become a strategy for future success. Organizations have begun to execute a green management style in order to assist in the decreasing of the environmental impact by the hospitality industry, as well as to promote an eco-friendly establishment to their expanding eco-friendly guests. According to Lee, Hsu, Han, and Kim (2010) green hotels are properties whose managers are determined to apply green practices that save water, save energy, and reduce solid waste, while also helping cut costs, and educating guests on ways to help conserve the earth’s resources. Since the introduction of green management into hospitality practices began in the 1990s, there have been dozens of studies dedicated to green management and its influence on corporate social responsibility, green hotels, green consumerism, and socially conscious consumers, (Lee et al., 2010). However, research focused directly on the perception of green hotels from the viewpoints of hotel guests, and how it influences the guest’s image of the hotel and customer loyalty. Thus, Lee, Hsu, Han and Kim (2010) focused on researching the development of a green hotel image, the influence on behavioral intentions, and strategies to develop a strong corporate image for a green...
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...Dave Galvin Gail Gensler Gail Savina Anne Moser December 1995 Revised June 2001 Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County King County Water Pollution Control Division 130 Nickerson St., Suite 100 Seattle, Washington 98109 (206) 263-3050; haz.waste@metrokc.gov Prog-3(12/95)rev.6/01 Introduction Have you ever tried to get a smoker to stop? A kid to start wearing a bike helmet? An aerosol user to switch? Changing behavior is both art and science, and much can be learned from others’ attempts to change behavior that can make our work more effective. A project team at the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County, Washington, spent several months in 1995 reading behavior change literature from energy conservation, recycling, health education and other fields, looking for insights. We distilled many of the principles found in the literature into workshops for staff, hoping to make their efforts to change business’ and the public’s hazardous waste behavior more effective. At the workshops, we presented some key behavior change principles, a panel shared their insights, and staff worked through an exercise to learn how to apply the principles to their work. This report summarizes our findings and includes examples from field experience. A key insight from the project is that information alone is not enough to change behavior. As government workers, we often try to solve a problem by creating a brochure, believing that “if we build a brochure...
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...Conservation and efficient use of energy in industry has for a long time been a priority of the government on India. In anticipation of enactment of federal legislation on energy management for industry, the state of Government of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and other Southern States, made energy audits mandatory for large-scale energy consuming industries. So among industrial consumers, the aspect of energy conservation is gaining due importance of the realization that “Energy Saved is Energy Produced and that too at Economical Cost”. This paper shares the experience of the authors on energy conservation projects carried out in a textile industry situated in Tamil nadu state. Economic and efficient measures of energy conservation have been followed subject to budget constraint and the effects of such measures were realized through reduction in energy cost with the added advantage of environmental safety. 1. Introduction Today, energy and environment are two areas that have sought the greatest attention at the international level. With the issue of the global environment, becoming as important as never before, energy particularly its conservation in industries, has become the main target for all parts of the world that has to be achieved as soon as possible. Textile industries are found to be energy-intensive [4% energy cost in total input cost[ compared to other industries like chemical, food, computer manufacturing, etc.. and hence extensive research has been focused on such industries...
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...Green Buildings: Better Quality of Life Design of buildings for sustainability – Case study presentation Prof. Bernard V. Lim JP Principal, AD+RG Architecture Design and Research Group Limited Professor, School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Hong Kong Community College The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Client: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Project Manager: Campus Development Office, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Project Architect: AD+RG Architecture Design and Research Group Ltd. Architectural Collaborators: AGC Design Ltd. Wang Weijen Architecture Acknowledgements Received - Green Building Award 2008 Merit Award in the New Construction Category. by Professional Green Building Council - Highest BEAM (Building Environmental Assessment Method) rating of Platinum by HKBEAM Society. (The first educational building in Hong Kong to achieve such rating) Acknowledgements Received - Finalist in “World Architecture Festival 2008” in Barcelona on October 2008 - one of the 12 Finalists in the Learning Category and is the only Hong Kong architectural practice in this Category. 0.0 Project Brief (I) Introduction The Project is a high-rise 19-storey institutional building for the Hong Kong Community College. It aims at providing a dynamic and interactive space for youth education while incorporating the sustainable design considerations and construction techniques into the building. 4...
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...Community Collaboration Participant Identification on Osan Air Base, South Korea INTRODUCTION Transforming the way the community at Osan Air Base, Korea, views its use of energy—including creating policies to promote recyclable and renewable energy is critical to promoting sustainment, saving money and preserving our community resources. The goal of this project is to develop sustained changed towards behavior and attitudes of current energy consumers at Osan AB. Research indicates in order to achieve sustained behavior change the organization must be educated and properly motivated to be willing to change their convenient patterns of behavior. By targeting collaborative groups for imparting knowledge in this field, the future consumers and decision makers can be prepared to play a meaningful role in energy conservation through their better habits and behavior. Currently the Republic of Korean government pays 41% of the US operating costs in Korea. This Host Nation Support assist with utilities, cost of land, and the overall cost of doing business in a foreign country for approximately 8000 active duty, civilian and dependent personnel assigned to Osan AB (usfk.mil, 2012). U.S. military bases in Korea are experiencing exponential growth as more families are moving to the Korean in an effort to normalize tours to improve readiness, increase continuity by keeping troops in place longer and reduce lengthy family separations. As the standards of living increase so...
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... The Outdoor User Content for Section 2 A. Objectives B. Avoiding Survival Situations C. Planning for the Outdoors - Control Plans 1. Climate Control 2. Time Control 3. Energy Control D. Trail Techniques and Conserving Energy in the Outdoors E. Physiological Needs of Humans – The Basic Information F. Principles of Clothing Design G. Clothing Materials H. Coatings and Films I. Insulation J. Summation and Final Reflection K. Resources Objectives 1. Participants should understand the importance of adequate and safe planning in conducting any outdoor recreation or learning experience, and that capability of having “good judgement” is a cornerstone to planning. 2. Gain an understanding and need for developing appropriate plans prior to conducting outdoor adventures. Have the ability to create a plan for an adventure. 3. As a outdoor user we can do things to minimize energy loss and therefore allow our experience to be safer. 4. Participants will have a better understanding of dressing and selecting clothing systems for the outdoors. A. Avoiding Survival Situations and Conserving Energy 1. Stay out of potential survival situations • measures of "preventative medicine"; prevent loss of energy or being placed in situations which drain energy from the body; • understand basic skills or as Petzoldt refers to the "must knows" -- fire building, cooking, planning, route finding...
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...ENERGY ANALYSIS (EA) Introduction Energy analysis basically determines the energy implications of actions so that alternatives can be compared in term of their energy consequences. Since many impacts can be interpreted in energy terms and since measurements can be made in uniform energy units, the method can viewed as grand index approach to evaluation. The term energy approach was adopted in 1970s by an international group to refer to work previously call energy accounting, energy budgeting, energy costing and energy system analysis. Three roles that EA can play in evaluation * EA is a comprehensive method which can be used instead of the CBA for evaluating public actions, especially those having significant environmental consequences. * EA should be used as a comprehensive method to evaluate alternative plans for energy conservation and development.’ * EA as an evaluation tool for assessing energy resource implications of energy conservation and development programs and projects. Therefore the three methods can be reduced to EA as a comprehensive evaluation method versus EA as a tool of for measuring limited set of impacts EA as A Comprehensive Methodology The importance of energy as a measure of value is underscored by the view that energy is the most fundamental limiting factor on all human action. NOTHING CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT ENERGY. All work requires it as a driving force. Odum- in the affair of forests, seas, cities and human beings, the potential energy...
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...Energy Management – Trends towards holistic thinking in Management While the notion of thinking holistically has been around for a long time, Allan Savory is one of the first to develop a step by step process for holistic decision-making. His method can be used by individuals, families, communities, organizations, businesses, government agencies -- anyone or any group that needs to make a decision. This method first helps the decision-makers identify all the important people and resources relating to the issue at hand, especially those that are very often forgotten. The next step is to bring these elements together into a new "whole", represented by a short "statement of purpose". With this broad holistic goal in place, the group has a benchmark by which they can measure their future decisions. A subsequent testing phase reaches back to often ignored considerations to make sure that none are being forgotten. Successful energy management goes beyond simply knowing which equipment to buy and how to properly set controls. Effectively managing the energy performance of advanced education facilities requires a holistic approach. This method takes a broader perspective and looks at the whole energy management picture, including the organizational, technical and behavioural aspects. It also requires a broad organization-wide commitment to continuously looking for ways to improve. This article outlines eight key areas critical to successful energy management, using examples and case...
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...Demand Side Management Working Group on Power for 12 Plan th Chapter 5 DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY & ENERGY CONSERVATION 5.0 INTRODUCTION Improving the efficiency with which energy is used to provide economic services meets the dual objectives of promoting sustainable development and of making the economy competitive. Energy Efficiency & Conservation has also assumed enhanced importance with a view to conserve depleting energy resources. Over the past one decade energy efficiency in India has been increasing at a good trot, and energy intensity declined by about 20-25%. Yet there are places where energy efficiency opportunities continue to exist largely because of a range of market failures, information, risks and split incentives. This has led the Government of India through the Energy Conservation Act and the Bureau of Energy Efficiency to launch several programs. The Energy Conservation Act (2001) is the most important multi-sectoral legislation in India and is intended to promote efficient use of energy in India. The Act specifies energy consumption standards for equipment and appliances, establishes and prescribes energy consumption norms and standards for designated consumers, prescribes energy conservation building code for efficient use of energy in commercial buildings, and establishes a compliance mechanism for energy consumption norms and standards .Large scale energy savings can be realized through strengthening of the existing policies, schemes...
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...P141018 Introduction and Overview 1. What is Energy Efficiency? Energy Efficiency means “Delivering the same, with less (or more with the same). 2. Importance of Energy Efficiency - What does Energy Efficiency has to offer? • Limit demand growth • Increase energy security • Climate change mitigation • Additional non-energy benefits for economy and society By improving energy efficiency, cost of the energy system needed to power home or Institution or Industry can be reduced. Becoming more energy efficient is an important first step to reduce our impact on the environment. Energy efficiency is also a non-controversial issue, improving efficiency means encouraging innovation and technology, creating jobs, reducing our dependence on non-renewable resources, and saving money 3. Global Perspective OECD Countries OECD Countries through energy efficiency address the risks of climate change, an increasing number of countries, mainly from the OECD, have embarked on ambitious programmes, with energy efficiency often as the main pillar. Energy efficiency enables countries to alleviate the financial burden of oil imports on their balance of trade and also improves energy supply security [pic][pic] 4. Developing Countries In developing countries the energy efficiency enables a reduction in overall investmentinto energy sector and will help to make the best use of assets to improve the energy access. Improving efficiency in use of electricity has...
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...Constructing Change: Energy Efficiency and India’s Buildings Sector “The urban sprawl is creating unique challenges and opportunities related to natural ecosystems. As a result, policy makers need to think innovatively about a range of issues from land-resource planning to broader ecological and energy implications. The resulting challenges include reducing pollution, increasing biodiversity, managing peak energy demand and cost, heat-stress health implications, and ensuring an adequate supply of water and nutrients.” Radhika Khosla February 21, 2012 In 2008, for the first time ever, the urban population of the world outnumbered that of the rural. This visible trend has escalated over the last couple of decades; projections suggest that by the end of the twenty-first century, 80 percent of the world’s population will live in cities (which occupy 0.05 percent of the Earth’s surface). Rapid urbanization is creating vast opportunities through an unprecedented demand for the construction of buildings, which already account for more than 30 percent of India’s total electricity consumption. In line with expanding development, the country’s buildings sector is expected to increase five-fold from 2005 to 2050. India is at a unique crossroads where two-thirds of the commercial and high-rise residential structures that will exist in 2030 are yet to be built. Implementing energy efficiency in buildings that are being constructed in the next ten years thus presents a singular...
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