This research will identify the energy
usage and consumption of Apparel industry in Sri Lanka and provide ‘Green
Energy’ solutions for the industry. As a main export business and a large
industrial component in Sri Lanka, apparel industry consumes large amount of
electricity. So, the study was a step towards achieving the goal of introducing
green energy solutions to the apparel industry. The adoption of green energy
solutions to the industry is seen as an important strategy in finding a
solution to the energy problem. Green energy is the sustainable provision of
energy that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their needs. Technologies that promote sustainable
energy include renewable energy sources, such as hydroelectricity, solar
energy, wind energy, wave power, geothermal energy, and tidal power, and also technologies
designed to improve energy efficiency.
In order to increase the accuracy of the
research, the researcher will discuss more methodological arguments in
literature review. Therefore it will be very supportive to develop independent
variables for a selected dependent variable. The researcher has identified “the
green energy solutions to the apparel industry in Sri Lanka” as the dependant
variable, and the factors that determine the adoption of green energy to the
industry as the independent variables, which are namely, the current energy
sources using in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka, availability of green
resources in the country, the energy consumption and the usage of apparel
factories, senior managers attitudes towards adopting green energy to the
industry and the government regulations and motivation towards the green energy
concept. The population of the research is based on the main apparel factories
in Katunayeka trade zone in Sri Lanka, which can be taken as a sample to
represent the whole Sri Lankan apparel industry and the researcher is using the
simple random sample technique as the sampling technique.
Apparel industry is an energy intensive
industry and the energy cost in this sector is a significant component of its
operational cost. Operating costs can certainly be reduced by performing energy
analysis and diagnostics, leading to efficient energy conservation and
management policies. Apparel sector uses energy from several sources. Among
those, electricity is the most extensively used energy. This study has assessed
the energy used in apparel sector of Sri Lanka and suggested Green Energy
solutions to the apparel industry.
As a main export business and a large
industrial component in Sri Lanka, apparel industry consumes large amount of
electricity. So, the study was a step towards achieving the goal of introducing
green energy solutions to the apparel industry. The adoption of green energy
solutions to the industry is seen as an important strategy in finding a
solution to the energy problem. The key factors to reducing and controlling
CO2, which is the major contributor to global warming, are the use of
alternative approaches to green energy generation and the exploration of how
these green energies are used today and may be used in the future as green
energy sources in Sri Lanka.
Further, the secondary data collected by
the existing green factories in Sri Lanka is provided to support the core idea
of the research. The difference between the energy consumption of a green
factory and a standard factory is shown by tables and figures followed by the
electrical usage in 2009 to 2012 mid and moreover, the trend of the electrical
cost and the unit usage is analysed monthly to give a clear image on the
electrical usage in a Green factory.
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