These
ways
friendly,
are
efficient
environmentally
and
sources
will
be
required:
coal,
most
nuclear, biomass, other renewables,
importantly help sustainability. The
unconventional oil and natural gas.
first way is to use electricity more
Options like these are part of a
efficiently. We could use the same
concept called energy sustainability.”
amount of energy produced a year to
(Energy Sustainability).
do much more by using it efficiently
and effectively. This can happen if
Energy
one, for example, don’t keep all the
University in Cairo.
in
The
American
lights at their home on all the time
The American University in
but keep the lights of the room they
Cairo helps in sustaining energy.
are sitting in on only. This way, one
While most universities were trying
would have saved a lot of energy for
to decrease energy consumption by
other uses with the same amount of
15 to 30% in a several of years, the
energy production. Another way to
AUC did that in only 6 months. In
sustain energy is by using renewable
2012, The American University in
energy resources. Renewable energy
Cairo reduced its energy consumption
resources will provide the same
by a huge as well as impressive
amount of energy non-renewable
amount. “AUC has used 20.4 percent
ones does but without polluting the
less energy in kilowatt hours (KWH)
environment, without the toxic gases
University-wide, compared to the
and
smell.
same six-month period a year earlier,
Renewable energy resources include
with an eye toward reducing overall
solar energy, wind energy, hydro
energy use by one third in three
energy and biomass. “There are ways
years.” (AUC Slash Energy). By
to reduce waste and use existing
reducing this energy consumption,
technologies to keep the air cleaner
the AUC was able to decrease its
by reducing fossil fuels emissions.
fossil fuel consumption and save
Expansion of all economic energy
millions of dollars. In 2013, the
without
the
bad