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- Energy management
- Introduction
- Global warming
- Australia's greenhouse gas emissions
- Drivers for change
- Key policy & regulations
- Industry leadership
- Energy management principles
- Energy measurements
- Collecting energy data
- Transmission & distribution loss factors
- Calculating greenhouse gas emissions
- Key energy use areas
- Energy efficient methods
- Safety
- Motors, pumps and fans
- Energy efficient lighting
- Heating, cooling and solar
- Acknowledgements
Key Energy Use Areas
2. Lighting Lighting accounts for:
Lighting therefore provides a key opportunity to implement energy efficiency through:
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3. Motors, pumps and fans In Australia, more than 1.7 million three-phase electric motors run in industrial and commercial facilities. This equates to 28% of the country’s electricity use. |
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Every organisation runs at least one motor, if not hundreds or thousands, to drive pumps, fans, air compressors, conveyors, refrigeration equipment and other equipment requiring motive force. The energy consumed by these motors costs Australian industry close to $3 billion per year and produces thirty-seven (37) million tonnes of carbon dioxide through the burning of fossil fuels to produce the electricity. The selection of energy efficient pumps, fans and motor is another opportunity to save businesses many thousands of dollars in running costs and produce lower greenhouse gas emissions. |
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4. Heating/cooling and solar Heating and cooling typically accounts for up to 40 percent of businesses’ energy bills. Significant energy savings can be made when constructing a new building through:
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Solar energy is also being used extensively for both water heating and energy efficient building design practice where it provides both light and heat directly from sunlight. These energy use areas are discussed more extensively in the section titled Heating, cooling and solar power. |
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