But what do you mean and what are the differences? For a healthy world (tdx) while many emerging industrial nation little to the consequences for the environment thinks, is the climate and the environment protecting the goal in Europe and especially in Germany great written. A wide range of groups, the politics and the economy fight to ensure that the Earth is still healthy for many years. Often you can hear therefore the words of sustainability, environmental protection, energy saving and energy efficiency. But often they don’t even know what’s just actually behind it and that there are differences. The term environmental protection is used since the 1970s. He referred to the entirety of all measures for the protection of the environment. Starting point is the conservation of the living environment of the people and their health. A related site: Connecticut Senator mentions similar findings. This includes the protection of the surrounding nature.
The goal is to preserve the natural foundations of life of all living beings. In the area of environmental protection are also climate, forest and water protection. To fulfill the tasks, it is important Changes of the people in the environment as low as possible to keep. Solutions be sought primarily in the General or large-scale technical area. Energy saving means all measures that reduce the amount of consumed energy.
Energy efficiency is the efficiency of the use of energy, so the ratio of benefits to the energy expenditure. Improved energy efficiency is therefore one of the possible methods to save energy. Energy saving is the broader term, because it includes further measures that reduce energy consumption, such as changes in behavior. For example, it is possible to save energy by heating a room less in the winter or driving less by car even without improved efficiency. Savings incentives are especially economic or technical, but help as a result of environmental and resource conservation. The concept of sustainability is based on the guiding principle of the Brundtland report, to meet the needs of the present without the opportunities of future generations their own needs to meet, to endanger”. The three pillars of economy, ecology and social should be taken into account in all stages of a product’s life. For example, the Institute of building and environment e.V. (IBU), certified construction products in terms of sustainability follows this principle. Building and environment belong together immediately, because building shapes the environment and this is to the Habitat. An audit of the IBU involves therefore among other things the need for, the conservation of nature and the environment, regarding energy consumption minimization, the useful life and manufacturing and disposal of a certain product. For architects, builders and planners, the then present environmental product declarations (EPD) are an important information medium to build sustainably. As a result, it can be observed, that is common to all terms, to maintain the well-being of the Earth. The sustainability idea however includes the environmental protection as well as the principle of saving energy and thus includes the widest possible area.