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Energy, the one word substitute for electricity, oil, gas, and water, makes the basis of day-to-day operations in a home, in an establishment, or an industry and hence has become the basic need for electrification of homes and cities, to run machines or vehicles. It may also define as a power that enhances the ability to work and move objects. In view of the above, it has become absolutely essential to find measures to optimize its usage because it is imperative to reduce consumption of nonrenewable resources without hindering the work outputs. This is what it defines as energy saving measure (ESM). It has to be worked for different equipment individually because of different technologies. Hence, it is a sum total of all initiatives that would help in cutting consumption of energy in one establishment or building. Different kinds...
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Aggarwal, S., Pathak, S. (2020). Methods of Energy-Saving Measures. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71057-0_82-1
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