Publication Name

THE CYCLE – REDUCE

KICK THE HABIT

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For

industries

, specifically those in Asia, there is a website that offers

help to companies which want to improve energy efficiency through

cleaner production and to stakeholders who want to help them. It is the

Energy Efficiency Guide for Industry in Asia

, at

www.energyefficiencyasia.

org

. The guide includes a methodology, case studies for more than 40

Asian companies in five industry sectors, technical information for 25

types of energy equipment, training materials, and a contact and informa-

tion database.

Although the site (developed by UNEP and others) is described as being

for Asian industry, much of what it says will be applicable far beyond the

continent. It contains a wealth of material, aimed at managers, production

staff, suppliers, customers, research institutes and universities, financial

institutions, NGOs and even governments. Specific industries covered are

pulp and paper, ceramics, chemicals, cement, and iron and steel. The ma-

terial is available in English and in several Asian languages.

Industry accounts for about a quarter of global GHG emissions and most of

these come from the use of fossil fuels for energy generation or from direct pro-

duction of CO

as part of processing, for instance during cement production.

Almost all the GHG emissions from this sector (20 per cent including emissions

from the power sector, or 14 per cent without it) come from a small group of

energy-intensive industries such as iron and steel, chemicals and fertilizers, ce-

ment, glass and ceramics, pulp and paper. Solutions can be found in familiar

buzz words like energy efficiency measures and carbon capture and storage, but

these emissions need tackling seriously. We have to rethink not only the way they

are produced but also the consumption of the resulting products, which is where

almost everyone can contribute. Just think about how you are directly and indi-

rectly demanding the products listed above.

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