Cleaner Production and Energy Conservation for Sustainable Development

Contents: Foreword/Marianne Osterkorn. From the editors\' desk/Jurgis Staniskis and C. Jayaraman. Introduction/Arun P. Kulshreshtha. I. Energy policies and strategies: 1. Energy efficiency policies and strategies for the developing Asia to cope with rising oil prices/Brahmanand Mohanty. 2. Government\'s initiative on energy conservation and efficiency in Tanzania/Hosea A. Mbise. 3. Energy sources, utilization and energy access in Tanzania/Rwaichi J.A. Minja. 4. Energy efficiency strategy of the Republic of South Africa/M. Bipath. 5. Energy needs and impacts: the challenge to science and technology/Ahmed Galal Abdo. 6. Present status, initiatives, achievements and future trends towards energy conservation for sustainability/Shantha Siri. 7. Energy policy for Mauritius: analysis, prospects and challenges/P.M.K. Soonarane. II. Cleaner Production: 8. System for preventive energy saving and cleaner production innovation development and implementation/Hab. Jurgis Staniskis. 9. Cleaner production and energy conservation for sustainable development in Zambia/John Lukonde Chongo. 10. Status on cleaner production and energy conservation in Kenya/Mobagi Dinah. III. Renewable energy: 11. Bio-energy for sustainability of energy in Indonesia/S. Tursiloadi, T.B. Bardant and K.C. Sembiring. 12. Biogas production from distillery slops/Lat Lat Tun. 13. Solar traffic lighting system: use of multicolour LED lamps/D.K. Shah, J.N. Shrestha and S. Poudyal. 14. Sourcing of local raw materials for sustainable manufacturing of solar energy powered components in Nigeria/G. Ladan, D.B. Ayo and P.A. Onwualu. IV. Energy Efficiency: 15. Global overview of energy efficiency in buildings/Binu Parthan and Udo Bachhiest. 16. Technology of energy efficient motors: some latest developments/S. Mahadevan. V. Case studies: 17. Energy conservation measures at Visakh refinery/B.J. Baruah, G. Bhagavan and P.S. Rao. 18. Energy and emission study in ceramic industry/M.T. Sambandam. 19. Case study of energy saving Armec Jet Towers: without fans and fills/P.M. Kudva. 20. Gasifier based crematorium: an analysis/M. Venkata Ramanan, V. Muthu, R. Velraj and R. Sethumadhavan. 21. DG set Combined Heat and Power (CHP) generation: a successful case study of a cold storage/G. Subramanyam.

"Cleaner production is a continuous application of an integrated environmental strategy to processes, products and services for increasing the efficiency and reducing the risks to humans and environment. It aims at minimizing the wastes and emissions and maximizing the product output by analyzing the flow of materials and energy inside a system. The polluting companies generally concentrate on treating the waste generated by an industrial process in an attempt to reduce its impact on the environment, but often no attempt is made by them to reduce the overall level of waste at source. With cleaner production techniques, industrial processes can be improved by eliminating or reducing pollutants at the source during the course of the production processes itself.

Additionally, the increasing energy demand is presently met by burning of coal and petroleum products. This dramatically leads to the second major problem of gaseous pollution, which needs to be curbed mainly by energy conservation and replacement of non-renewable resources with renewable sources. In fact, energy conservation and cleaner production must go hand in hand with a single combo-solution. The former is an important element of energy planning and policy as it leads to reduction in energy consumption and energy demand per capita. It facilitates the replacement of non-renewable resources with renewable energy. It is often the most economic solution to energy shortages, and is a more environmentally benign alternative to increased energy production.

The present volume is a compilation of the reports presented during an international workshop on Cleaner Production and Energy Conservation organized by the NAM S and T Centre at Cochin, Indian during 24-26 June 2008 and also contains some invited papers. The information presented herein would serve as a valuable material for the concerned scientists and professionals and would provide guidelines for policy makers, management and technical personnel on developing and implementing cleaner production solutions." (jacket)