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What consumes the most energy? Not our cars. Not our airplanes or factories. It's our homes and buildings. Technically, for the residential and commercial sectors. According to data from the Department of Energy, these sectors combined consume nearly 40% of energy. Therefore, if we are to rebuild our building infrastructure while creating a low-carbon future, it makes sense to modernize this huge energy-consuming sector.
To achieve such a future, we will need innovative modern plastic building insulation materials to restore our infrastructure and environment.
First, some facts and figures, the vast majority of our energy 79% comes from fossil fuels, such as coal, natural gas and oil at 10%, 34%, 35% respectively.
More than half 51% of the energy in our homes is used for heating and air conditioning 2015 data, and today most energy comes from fossil fuels. Interesting tip: heating accounts for more than 5 times the energy use in our homes than air conditioning. Renewable energy accounts for only 7% of residential energy use. Although we are moving toward a low-carbon future, we clearly still have a long way to go.
It's not all pessimistic. Our per-household energy use is actually decreasing. The decline in average household on-site energy consumption has offset the increase in the overall number of households, leading to relatively flat energy consumption in the residential sector. Therefore, even though we are building more houses, their overall energy use remains roughly the same. But why exactly is household energy use declining? We list three main reasons:
People are moving to warmer climates (escaping the cold!) and need less energy to absorb heat.
Improving the efficiency of heating/cooling equipment, water heaters, refrigerators, lighting and appliances.
And one important one: improvements in building insulation materials and materials. Such as extruded boards, rock wool boards and so on, huge, largely untapped energy savings lie. Here, innovative modern building materials can reduce our carbon footprint while creating more resilient housing.
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