Sustainable development and energy

In a context of sustainable development and energy saving, there is a growing need for thermally efficient load-bearing materials in the renovation field and building construction. Such materials must exhibit sufficient mechanical strength and also thermal insulating properties. 

The rapid pace of development of our world over the last century has heen largely based on easy access to fossil fuels. These resources are, however, limited, while their demand is growing rapidly. It is also becoming clear that the scale of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions following the use of fossil fuels is threatening the climate of the Earth. This makes the development of sustainable production and energy solutions in industry, transportation, and households the most important scientific and technical challenge of our time. 

Will Ukraine choose the way for sustainable development in energy sector Draft Energy strategy of Ukraine for the period till 2030 and further prospect is being developed with big difficulties. Proposals to use RES envisaged rather moderate, but a number of leading specialists do not want to take them into account properly. Nevertheless development of RE has legislative basis in Ukraine. 

This section concentrates on the effect of changes in manufacturing economics with the attainment of progress toward sustainable development and steps that companies can take to remain competitive include improving energy efficiency and exploring new technologies and alternative feedstock. 

In today s economy, engineers must respond to the very important changing needs of industrial processes that aim to satisfy, at the same time, stronger constraints on raw materials, energy saving and environmental impact imposed by a sustainable development and the ever-increasing demand of consumers for new products with specific end-use properties. To respond correctly these requests, which are a little contradictory, process intensification appears to be a privileged path. 

WBCSD and lEA (2004) Sustainable Mobility Project Model , World Business Council for Sustainable Development and International Energy Agency, Paris. 

The zinc industry is engaged in a process to characterize zinc s contribution to sustainable development and to develop the future business plan for the International Zinc Association (IZA) based on the concept of sustainable development. As part of this process, we are initiating a program to characterize the benefits/contributions of zinc to the world. The results will be delivered in terms of material, economic, environmental and social performance. This work will explore zinc s contributions to safe and affordable housing, safer and more energy efficient vehicles, better infrastructure, agriculture, health, etc. 

The world primary energy consumption amounts to well over 300,000 Peta joules and over half of that is used as hot water, steam and heat. Only a few nuclear power plants are being used for heat applications (district heating, heat for industrial processes, and seawater desalination). Potential nuclear heat applications include enhanced oil recovery, petroleum refining, petrochemical industries, and methanol production from hard coal. The need for potable water in some parts of the world is large, vital for sustaining development, and ever increasing. Clearly nuclear heat and power production could play a major and important role. 

Catalysis conceivably provides the current highest contribution of chemistry toward sustainable development, and organometallic catalysis, in particular, promotes the use of carbon compounds and feedstocks for synthetic applications under milder conditions (energy saving) and superior selectivities (waste reduction), with resulting cost savings. 

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