Energy Management and Audit Report 1) Introduction For over the past few years‚ the planet Earth is being damaged by human activities. Buildings play a major role in that. They contribute to approximately 40% of the greenhouse gas emissions globally. Over the past 30 years‚ 10% of the ice burgs have been melted due to the rising temperature of Earth. The rise in temperature is caused by greenhouse gas. Therefore‚ green building is important today. Green building has both positive and negative
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Energy[edit] Aralvaimozhy railway station in Kanyakumari District with a view of wind farm Starting from the second quarter of 2010‚ the total energy demand in Tamil Nadu state is increasing exponentially[citation needed] and the state government is helpless to cut off power supply to an vast extent to the consumers. The complete state (except Chennai city‚ the capital) suffers a power cut for more than 11 hours a day. The city of Chennai only has 2 hours of power cuts a day.[citation needed]
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Wind Energy Wind energy is a free‚ renewable resource‚ so no matter how much is used today‚ there will still be the same supply in the future. Because the wind energy is also the source of the clean‚ and non- polluting‚ electricity. Wind energy is friendly to the surrounding environment‚ as no fossil fuels were to generate electricity from wind energy. Wind Energy is a viable industry that has become energy source. The energy generated from wind is clean and efficient. The wind energy industry
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I will be informing you about nuclear energy. Prior to giving this information‚ let’s look at some history. Ancient Greek philosophers were the first to come up with the idea that matter is made up of invisible particles. The Greeks called these invisible particles "atoms"‚ which is Greek for invisible. Scientists studied this idea in the 18th and 19th centuries. After many experiments physicists found out that atoms contain a large amount of energy. Ernest Rutherford‚ a British scientist
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Wind energy • Energy from wind power is becoming an increasingly significant source of energy • (considering that the price of oil is getting dearer) 1. this specially so for oil deficient developing nations like India which meet their energy needs by importing oil. 2. providing fact and figures analyze the opportunities and challenges that wind energy companies face in setting up wind farms in India. ▪ Also do u think wind energy is viable if the government decide
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This rings true when talking about energy drinks. These products promise to provide heightened awareness‚ more energy‚ more endurance some even reference to the consumer you will have wings. So when consuming these products what are you really drinking? Do they provide the energy boost they promise? Are they harmful? Should the FDA do more investigating into the safety of these so-called energy drinks? These are questions I had going into this as a consumer of energy drinks myself‚ I was interested
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A global energy crisis is defined as any great shortfall in the supply of energy to an economy. Energy is oil‚ electricity‚ or other natural resources like coal and natural gas. When the energy supply to an economy becomes endangered or scarce‚ prices raise to record highs. This paper will cover historical events that caused energy crises in the past‚ recent events that affect today’s energy prices‚ and what is being done and proposed to lessen the United State’s dependence on some forms of non-renewable
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Energy Drinks The use of energy drinks in the United States has increased more than the controversial consumption of regular sodas. According to Coca-Cola executives‚ profits from energy products since 2005 through 2008 will total $540 million‚ compared with $210 million for regular soft drinks‚ $130 million for bottled water and $290 million for sports drinks (Warner). So what is it about this drinks that make them more popular than our pure and vital water? The answer is very simple; our hectic
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For thousands of years‚ religions the world over have extolled the benefits of meditation and quiet contemplation. In Islam and Catholicism‚ Judaism and Buddhism‚ Hinduism and Taoism‚ and in religious practice from the Americas to Africa to Asia‚ the value of sitting quietly‚ using various techniques to cultivate stillness or focused attention of the mind‚ has been well recognized. The goals of religious meditation extend far beyond its potential physical health benefits and also extend beyond the
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Student Professor English 101 10 October 2010 Obama’s Domestication of Energy The United States of America is the world’s biggest consumer and producer of energy. It is also the world’s biggest net importer of natural resources (Shaffer‚ “The United States” 135). The domestication of energy is the production and consumption of energy from resources found in the home country. Domestic energy can occur from petroleum reserves on public and private lands‚ from using hydraulic fracturing of shale
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