Efficient energy use

Energy Consumption At Alpha Drugs energy consumption can improve dramatically. Currently, the only measures in place to decrease energy consumption are turning of computer monitor and half the lights at one location. Though, the server needs to stay running, there are opportunities to turn of or put to sleep the other computers and electronic products in the pharmacies The lights at the pharmacies currently stay running 356 days a year due to the inability of security camera to record with night vision or pick up low levels of light. Additionally, the current lighting at both locations is old fluorescent lighting that utilizes 40 watts, which is currently the least optimal type of light bulb available in the marketplace. Likely one of the largest consumer of electricity at the pharmacies is the outdated air conditioning and heating units. It is recommended from the Getting Green article by Wick in the Pharmacy Times that pharmacies update old equipment to new energy efficient ones and adopt energy saving heating and cooling practices, however it may be difficult to change due to the property being leased. Waste Disposal Currently the city of Anaheim, in which both Alpha Drugs pharmacies reside in,…

led to the increased use of fossil fuels. Given the country’s many problems the government has had limited success in the implementation of policies designed to offset the increase in fossil fuel. (Key Climate Changes and Risks) India is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Current projections show that there will be a 1.7-2 degree C increase in mean temperature by 2030. Areas in central and western India, which are especially drought-prone, would be extremely affected by this. The mean…

These requirements affect 170 companies operating 200 large energy consuming premises and are requirement to develop an energy efficiency improvement plans annually. Electronic companies were also advised to adopt an alternative to NF3. A system made by Linde, splits NF3 into fluorine and has no global warming risk. However, the system required an upfront investment that smaller manufacturers might shy away unless it becomes a compulsory requirement under government policies (Patel-Predd,…

After environmental sustainability, more weight is put on social sustainability followed last by economic sustainability. The amount of promised actions to reduce carbon emissions, increase dependency on green energy, and other environmental initiatives could have negative effects on achieving economic sustainability if only temporarily. Annapolis needs to change large parts of their infrastructure in order to meet their desired environmental goals which costs large amounts of money, could cause…

choose energy saving residences or products. United Nations Environment Programme suggested that building codes and appliance standards are the best ways to increase energy efficiency. On the other hand, professor Murakami puts the emphasis on policies and influencing society. Murakami concluded by setting multiple regulations to set emissions quotas per households and per building it would be beneficial for Japan as a whole. A popular and effective practice in Japan is the “name and shame”…

With the fate of the world in our hands these jobs are important, and important jobs generally pay more. Green jobs are said to pay significantly better than their blue collar counterparts. An article written by the Center of American Progress shows a thirteen percent increase in wages for green jobs (DiPasquale,1). That totals to be a substantial amount of money that I myself know many families could use to improve their financial situations. Being a new job sector allows for growth and…

down at the screen. Often when I am in that position, I find myself scanning the environment to see people scramble in a rush to plug their phones in before it hit 0%. When I see people perform such actions, I often wonder, where does the electricity come from to charge those mindless media consumption devices? Here in Oregon, my home State which is known for constant rain, the electricity comes from a wide variety of resources such as coal and petroleum to nuclear energy. Renewable resources…

measures are necessary to create market conditions for efficient equipment and also to drive consumer choices towards long term cost effective energy efficient options. The main objective of any measure should be to speed up the development and deployment of energy efficiency in various sectors of the economy (Eusterfeldhaus and Barton 2011). In the New Zealand economy, Transport sector with 35.24% was the highest energy consuming sector which was followed by industrial sector with 30.96%. Other…

Energy Consultants, LLC is a small startup company specializing in residential energy audits and like any company have some strengths and weaknesses. The company has one employee and started with performing one audit per week which after two weeks increased to around five energy audits a week throughout southeastern Connecticut. Energy Consultants LLC works very hard in doing their job well. They do this by keeping up with the latest trends and technology by attending training seminars and…

come to realize everything has an impact on the way this world works and many of those impacts are causes of human-environment interactions. Before reading this book, I had a basic concept about energy and the main complexities that came with it. As humans we have created a web of relationships that form our complex society and allows us to function efficiently, however, it is that connected that strains global energy needs. The smallest of changes could have a butterfly effect on something…