Energy saving in Russia has great potential. The level of energy consumption in the country is such that its reduction by several percent will bring billions of rubles of savings. A set of energy saving measures is aimed at:
1. Identification of places and areas of activity where the greatest losses of energy resources occur, elimination of losses.
2. The use of energy -saving technologies.
3. Search for alternative energy sources.
For Russia, producing significant volumes of its own oil and gas and having their reserves, 1 and 2 points are relevant. The introduction of energy -saving technologies will reduce the energy intensity of domestic production and increase its competitiveness in the world market.
The problem of saving resources is concerned at the highest level. Since 2005, several energy conservation programs have been adopted, in 2009 the Federal Law “On Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency” entered into force. At the state level, the task was set by 2020 to reduce the consumption of fuel and energy resources by 35-40 %, and specific measures are provided in the fields:
1. Household (household energy saving). A ban on the production of incandescent lamps with a capacity of more than 100 watts has been introduced. A gradual rejection of this type of lamps in favor of energy -saving or LEDs is planned.
2. Housing and communal services. The energy conservation measures provides for the equipment of all residential premises by metering resources, the construction of energy -efficient houses.
3. APC. For certain business entities, federal law introduced a mandatory energy audit. This is an assessment of the object (enterprise in the complex, production of a particular type of product, building, etc. D.) from the point of view of its energy efficiency and the development of measures and recommendations to increase it. Energy Audit involves a complete energy examination, including using special equipment. Can be carried out on the initiative of the owner.
Problems of energy conservation in Russia.
Here we can call the overall waste and lack of mass culture of energy conservation. The population has no economic interest in energy conservation, because the state holds back the growth of tariffs for communal resources such as water and gas.
The formal approach to the energy audit of the object leads to the fact that its results are not used and the recommendations are not implemented. Often, enterprises and housing and communal services have no funds for investments in the re -equipment of the facility in order to minimize energy intensity.
