contacts glossary faq link NEWS ARCHIVE PRESS RELEASES PLANT CONSTRUCTION VIDEO REMIT HOME / KNOWING ENERGY / ENERGY FOR HUMAN ACTIVITIES To live Every organism needs energy to live. All human activities are possible only thanks to energy: we can move or think by consuming the energy stored in our body, and all the objects that surround us and that we use every day need energy to function or have been built thanks to it. Energy heats and illuminates our homes, operates telephones, radios and TVs, allowing us to communicate, powers the appliances with which we store and produce the food we eat, operates the pumps that bring water to our homes, allows us to moving and traveling makes industries work. The quality of life of each of us is therefore strictly conditioned by the continuous and safe availability of energy, and for this very reason it must be spared. Using less energy doesn't necessarily mean sacrificing our lifestyle. Windows that do not close well, poorly insulated walls, lights always on even when you are in another room, hot water that is left to run for hours, television on even when you are not watching it. All this contributes to increasing energy consumption and consequently reducing the primary sources available and polluting more and more. To move and travel Transport is a major contributor to energy consumption. Road transport, both of motor vehicles and heavy vehicles, continues to depend essentially on conventional fossil fuels. Furthermore, the use of fossil fuels in internal combustion engines is one of the main sources of atmospheric pollution both in terms of carbon dioxide emissions, responsible for the Greenhouse Effect, and for other pollutants harmful to health, such as nitrogen oxides. , powders, benzene and other chemicals. According to a study conducted by the International Energy Agency, the transport sector will surpass that of industry in energy consumption by 2020 and, since energy used for transport is estimated to grow at an annual rate of 2 , 1%, The possible interventions to try to reduce energy consumption and the polluting impact of the transport sector are many and of different nature. If you really cannot give up the car, it is better to prefer low consumption models, to ensure proper maintenance of the car, to adopt a driving style that consumes as little energy as possible. In the city, however, it is better to move around using public transport: a bus ride consumes 50 times less than a car traveling the same route. Using the bicycle is good for the body, car sharing or car pooling is good for the spirit and the environment. Per produrre L'industria consuma una buona quota dell'energia prodotta sulla Terra. Oltre il 65% dei consumi elettrici all'interno degli stabilimenti industriali è costituito da motori elettrici che, direttamente o indirettamente, garantiscono la produzione di manufatti e permettono il funzionamento di servizi ausiliari all'interno dell'azienda.