Energy conservation policy and environment for a clean and sustainable energy future

ABSTRACT

One of the most serious difficulties facing humanity is the need for a sustainable future. Maintaining nonrenewable energy resources for future generations is a main purpose of sustainability. However, for sustainable future, produced and consumed energy should support human development all social, economic and environmental dimensions. Problems related with environment and energy shortages have put all circles to the task of actively promoting education in energy conservation. Therefore, many countries have started to identify their responsibility for decreasing the unfavorable effect of high energy use on the environment. The primary contribution of this paper will be to ensure energy conservation policy advices to decrease climate change without effecting economic growth for a clean and sustainable energy future.

KEYWORDS:

• Efficiency
• energy
• energy conservation
• environment
• sustainability

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Funding

The authors greatly acknowledge the financial support of this work by Karadeniz Technical University Research Fund under grant no. FAY-2016-5574.