ENERGY CONSERVATION IN RUBBER INDUSTRY

ENERGY CONSERVATION IN RUBBER INDUSTRY

Abstract

The conservation of energy is an essential step we can all take toward overcoming the mounting problems of the worldwide energy crisis and environmental degradation. Although developing countries and countries with economies in transition are very much interested in addressing the issues related to the inefficient power generation and energy usage in their countries, only a minimum amount of information on the rational use of energy is available to them. Therefore, distributing the available information on modern energy saving techniques and technologies to government and industrial managers, and to engineers and operators at the plant level in these countries is essential.
In December 1983, UNIDO organized a regional meeting on energy consumption and an expert group meeting on energy conservation in small- andmedium-scale industries for Asian countries. The outcome of these promotional activities prompted UNIDO to initiate a new regional programme designed to increase the awareness and knowledge of government officials and industrial users on appropriate energy saving processes and technologies. In 1991, the first project, Programme for Rational use of Energy Saving Technologies in Iron and Steel and Textile Industries in Indonesia and Malaysia (US/RAS/90/075), was approved and financed by the Government of Japan.