EFICIÊNCIA ENERGÉTICA NO SETOR INDUSTRIAL

Abstract

It is well known that modern society faces, in recent years, the scarcity of natural resources, a fact that demands a critical and behavioral approach on the conscious use of energy sources, especially electricity, which has become essential due to the lack of other renewable sources of energy, leading to harmful impacts for its generation, among which we can cite the requirement of an extensive area for the construction of hydroelectric plants, which often are not performed in accordance with current environmental standards, causing environmental degradation. In this sense, it has been observed that the demand for electric energy presents a high growth, while the natural resources for its generation are limited. The great current challenge of the sector is to supply this growing demand without major impacts on the environment, making it necessary to invest in alternative energies, which present greater energy efficiency and the establishment of awareness policies regarding the rational use of available energies. The present work, through the methodology of bibliographical research, aims to build a systematic approach on the subject with the purpose of presenting the points of energy waste in the industrial sector, which can be solved with energy efficiency practices, as well as to propose alternatives to stimulate its conscious use, presenting simple solutions from medium to long term that involve from behavioral changes to the replacement of old and less efficient equipment by more modern ones with low power consumption.