Energy Conservation and Energy conservation Planning

Though the principle of conservation of energy says that energy can neither be created
nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one form to
another. For instance, chemical energy is converted to kinetic energy when a stick
of dynamite explodes.
Here, Conservation of energy means total energy of an isolated system remains
constant; it is said to be conserved over time.
Energy conservation is the effort made to reduce the consumption of energy by using
less of an energy service. This can be achieved either by using energy more
efficiently (using less energy for a constant service) or by reducing the amount of
service used (for example, by driving less). Energy conservation is a part of the concept
of Eco-sufficiency.

Energy conservation reduces the need for energy services and can result in
increased environmental quality, national security, personal financial security and
higher savings. It is at the top of the sustainable energy hierarchy. It also lowers energy
costs by preventing future resource depletion.
Energy can be conserved by reducing wastage and losses, improving efficiency through
technological upgrades and improved operation and maintenance. On a global level
energy use can also be reduced by the stabilization of population growth.

Energy can only be transformed from one form to other, such as heat energy to motive
power in cars, or kinetic energy of water flow to electricity in hydroelectric
power plants. However machines are required to transform energy from one form to
other. The wear and friction of the components of these machines while running cause
loss of quadrillions of BTU and $500 billion in industries only in USA. It is possible to
minimize these losses by adopting green engineering practices to improve life cycle of
the components.
 Efficiency and Conservation are different but related. The terms energy
efficiency and energy conservation have distinct meanings:

Energy efficiency is- using technology that requires less energy to perform the same
function. Using a light-emitting diode (LED) light bulb or a compact fluorescent light
(CFL) bulb that requires less energy than an incandescent light bulb to produce the
same amount of light is an example of energy efficiency.

Energy conservation is -any behaviour that results in the use of less energy. Turning
the lights off when leaving the room and recycling aluminium cans are both ways of
conserving energy.

Energy Conservation Plan. The purpose of this policy is to introduce cost-effective,

energy-efficient technologies into County facilities and promote an energy conscious
culture that encourages prudent decisions with regard to energy consumption. Energy
conservation plan
 landscape planning for energy conservation
 energy conservation in residential buildings
 energy conservation in the oecd (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development)
 energy conservation behaviour
 energy conservation strategies
 conservation planning predicting rainfall erosion losses
 conservation planning soil erosion by water
 social and institutional barriers energy conservation