Energy Conservation
Should we start to think about how we can reduce the amount of Energy we consume?
According to Business Dictionary Energy Conversation is a
"Reduction in the amount of energy consumed in a process or system, or by
an organisation or society, through economy, elimination of waste, and rational
use.
What is energy conservation?
Everyone
talks about conserving the energy but what do we mean when we say we have to
conserve our energy. It means as the definition describes it, the reduction of
the amount of energy a system or process uses. Mainly natural resources that we
know are non-renewable. Once gone there is no way we can replace it or even if
we can replace it, it will take a long time.
Each
day we rely on energy to make our lives more comfortable and easier. Our lives
are more enjoyable and productive because of energy. For example when the
temperature goes low outside, we immediately on our heaters to warm the house.
This is using energy for our benefit. But it’s time we realize that we are
starting to take the power of energy for granted. We are starting to use it too
much that now it’s just like wasting it. Most of us forget that while energy is
there in abundance, it is still limited. And if we want to keep our way of life
the way it is now, we should stop to think that what we do might just be getting
us closer to having no energy, making life harder for us.
Starting
to conserve our energy will help us have more energy in the future. Energy
conservation is also important because it affects the climate. More use of
energy equals more harmful damage to our environment which will basically kill us all including the fauna and flora of our planet earth. So use energy wisely.
Ways to conserve energy
Energy
conversation is important so that’s why we should learn about the potential
ways that we can help us save our planet and also maintain our lifestyle in the
future. It depends on us basically on the types of decisions we make that will
help our younger generations in the future. Energy won’t conserve by itself. It
can if we don’t use it but we need it so there are some ways where we can help
it to save. For example using energy efficient light bulbs instead of tube
lights. Energy efficient light bulbs require less energy to perform the same
function as a tube light does.
Turning
off all electronic devices when they are not is use. Even energy efficient
light bulbs. If they are not used when not needed it will save more energy.
Also fixing leakages can help greatly because we might think that a little leak
is alright but the USGS Water Science School has devised a calculator that
can show how much waste leakages can give.
We
tend to turn on the air conditioner to accommodate our skin temperature but we
should only use it when we really need it. Other things like HVAC and WaterHeating, Kitchen and Laundry Appliances, Lighting and Home Electronics also use up a lot of
electricity which we need to consume.
Recent
reports from the EECA Energy Efficiency and Conservations Authority has told us
that New Zealanders are improving their energy efficiency habits
Accepting
a better lifestyle of energy saving will help us live an even better life in
the future.
There are
various ways where we can help reduce our carbon footprint in New Zealand. New Zealand
has devised a plan more like an energy strategy that
shows us about what is happening in New Zealand with our energy from the year
2011 to 2021. This gives us assurance that something good is happening for our
country.
“The
Household Energy End-Use Project (HEEP) was a long-term study with the
objective to measure and model the way energy is used in New Zealand
households.
Open
the HEEP Energy and Temperature Data tool to
explore data collected in the Household Energy End-use Project (HEEP) from
1999-2005.
The
project was funded continuously by the Building Research Levy and at various
times in various ratios by FRST, EECA and others and was the most thorough
investigation of the way that energy is used in New Zealand homes since the
1970s.”
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