ABSTRACT
India is the 10th largest Steel producer and 6th largest energy consumer in the world and annually consumes about 3 percent of the world’s total energy [1]. Energy consumption and economic growth are interlinked. The energy consumption appears to be directly related to the level of living of the population and the degree of industrialization of the country [2]. In addition to global imbalances energy resources becoming scare. This made the all-round efforts to reduce energy by optimizing energy usage at all sectors and bring awareness of the importance of the conservation and development of new energy resources. It is the responsibility of the scientists, engineers, and technicians to locate the development and exploit these new sources and should have an intimate knowledge of the various energy forms, sources, conservation methods, conservation techniques along with their limitations, and inherent problems. Energy conservation programs often start from energy audits. Today the engineers must be concern with the 3 “E”s-Energy, Economy, and Ecology. Thus the modern energy engineers must try to develop systems that produce large enormities of energy at low cost with less impact on the environment. Energy audit co-ordinates the effect among various departments for conservation of energy, optimization of available energies and minimization of losses.
