Conservation and Energy Efficiency

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Conservation and Energy Efficiency

• Hannah Stewart Sarah Kim
• per. 4 APES

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What is conservation?

• Energy conservation refers to efforts made to
  reduce energy consumption.
• this applies to all aspects of life,
  transportation, residential life and business.
• Benefits
• leads to financial benefits typical US family
  overspends on heating, electricity, etc
• reduces air pollution

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How does it work?

• buy products that aim to be more energy efficient
• use less

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What does it best suited to do?

• Conservation is applied to many major
  residential/commercial programs
• appliances (National Appliance Energy
  Conservation Act)
• transportation
• water heating
• lighting
• heating/cooling

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How realistic is Conservation?

• Conservation is entirely realistic due to the
  oncoming energy crisis.
• Residential energy intensity, measured as
  delivered energy used per household, declines
  about 27 from 2005 to 2040.
• From 1950 to 2011, energy intensity in the United
  States decreased by 58 per real dollar of GDP

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Will we be applying conservation in the near
future?

• We will most definitely be applying conservation
  in the near future as it is the only viable
  option for human beings.

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Advantages and Disadvantages

• Disadvantages
• using less means having less
• it is more expensive to find renewable resources
  and apply them
• Advantages
• we get to save the world from disaster!
• finding renewable resources means conservation of
  the environment for generations to come.