“Energy saving” and “Energy efficiency” are two completely different concepts. We can define using less energy as “Savings” and using energy more intelligently as “Efficiency”. Energy saving is a behavior that leads to less use of energy. Turning off the lights when you leave the room and throwing aluminum and cardboard boxes into recycling bins are ways to save energy. Energy efficiency is the development/use of technology and software that need less energy to perform the same function. Energy efficiency refers to the reduction of energy consumption per unit service or product amount without causing a decrease in the standard of living and service quality in buildings, and the quality and quantity of production in industrial enterprises. Developing countries, in energy policy; aims to provide economic growth, energy security and environmental protection together. Energy is one of the basic inputs of production. Production, on the other hand, is a necessity that ensures the existence and quality of life of human life.
However, the following problems are faced with the use of energy;
Natural resources are running out fast,
The environment is polluted
The climate is changing
High costs are incurred for energy.
At the same time with energy consumption, the world is faced with serious environmental problems such as the warming of the earth. For health, environmental and economic reasons, strategies are being developed to reduce air pollution. Parallel to this change process, the concept of “sustainable development” in industrial strategy planning and projects has become increasingly important.
Unconscious energy consumption has brought about the efficient use of energy resources, as well as the search for the prevention of important environmental pollution caused by throwing all kinds of solid liquid and gaseous wastes into the nature without treatment. Energy efficiency has an important place in the solution of environmental and economic problems caused by the increase in energy consumption.
Energy efficiency is to use energy in the most correct way without any reduction in production, comfort and workforce, and not to waste it. Doing the same work using less energy or doing more work with the same energy. Energy efficiency is basically the work done to identify unnecessary use areas of energy, to minimize or completely eliminate waste. It is not a reduction or restriction of energy supply, it is a reduction of the energy consumed per product, not the amount of energy used.
The producer, who reduces the energy costs, will increase the competitive power in the national and international arena by producing the same amount of goods or services with less energy or more goods and services with the same amount of energy.
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For energy efficiency, the following issues need to be evaluated as a priority;
Recovering the energies thrown into the environment in various ways as per the process
Design, process improvement and smarter use
Preventing unwanted leaks
Changing applications that cause huge energy loss
Enabling maintenance, increasing efficiency, fast and adequate replenishment, etc.
Efficient use and management of energy, the importance of which has gained increasing value especially with the development of the industrial sector in recent years, has become the most important issue of almost every business, and has turned into an important structure in the building sector, and this structure has also been shaped by legal regulations. The process, which started with the regulation on energy management in the industry published by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
Efficient use of energy for both the environment and the sustainability of businesses, energy managements that become effective as a result of both national and international legal regulations and contracts; It has become a necessity to collect and evaluate data in order to improve the efficiency of energy in its areas of responsibility, and to implement some studies that can use energy more efficiently by carrying out projects and studies for areas caused by inefficiency.
Energy is one of the most important inputs for the economic and social development of countries. Energy is one of the most important problems of our time, due to the rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves such as oil and natural gas, which meet a significant part of the world's energy needs, the depletion of the ozone layer due to the rapid increase in energy consumption, and the fact that greenhouse gas emissions threaten human life.