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Conservation and Management of Energy Resources Environmental Management , Geography GCSE IGCSE 0680

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  Conservation and Management of Energy Resources   Strategies for Effective Energy Use: ·         Reduce consumption:   ·         Reducing the amount of energy used to heat a building. ·         Using more equipment and less energy if the equipment uses energy efficiently. e.g., reducing the amount of energy used to heat buildings in colder climates. ·         Standard house loses heat through a variety of routes (30-35% through the roof, 18-25% through walls, 21-31% through windows, and 6-9% through air leakage).   Different technologies can be used to reduce this heat loss. One of them is insulation     Insulation is constructed using a material with good insulation properties that prevent loss of heat. ·         Loft insulation : adding an insulation laye...