Energy Conservation

With its unprecedented rate of industrial growth, Pakistan is also the contributor to growing global energy demand. By consequence, the Pakistan is also bearing the brunt of resulting negative economic, social & environmental impacts. Such as increased air & water pollution, waste disposal, floods & climate change.

The energy conservation has emerged as one of the major issues in recent years. Energy requirements in our country are increasing in a very rapid rate.

While efforts are being made to improve availability of various energy sources, there is still a continuing gap between demand & supply of energy. Conservation & efficient utilization of energy resources play a vital role in narrowing the gap between demand & supply of energy. Improving energy efficiency is probably the most profitable thing that can be done in short term.

Energy conservation is the quickest, cheapest & most practical method of overcoming energy shortage. It is found that there is major scope of energy conservation in electrical distribution system & in consumer’s installation.

The much saving would result in lowering power shortage considerably. By reducing consumption of energy through energy conservation also helps us to save precious fossil fuel like coal, gas & oil which are used by the generating companies to generate electricity. Also reduction of use of fossil fuel leads to reduction of emission harmful gases into the atmosphere.

Government is formulating new policies to reduce the trend of increased energy consumption & the associated green house gas emissions. They are introducing legislation to promote renewable energy use & adopting measures to increase investments in energy efficient technologies. But despite these worthy efforts, it is imperative that industry take concrete action now to prepare for a likely future for higher prices & emissions restrictions.