Visions for sustainability in Croatia

Environmental concerns have made us aware of the importance of utilizing energy supplies more efficiently. In the last two decades the increasing emphasis had been placed on conservation and efficient use of energy from the existing sources and development of technical elements and technologies for energy production from renewable resources. Nowadays saving energy, and using it more efficiently has, in some part of the world become a way of life. It is simply a matter of managing energy consumption by eliminating waste and using only what is needed. Today we are faced with problems of energy resources depletion and energy supply and demand pattern is even more problematic, since the results of sustainable development efforts have failed to materialize yet. The growth of energy demand in the industrialized, but also in developing, world puts us in a position where we will soon be faced with energy insufficiency. The rapid growth of energy consumption and decreasing of oil and gas supplies as major energy sources makes energy today not as available as it used to be. Energy and energy use is the imperative of industrial development and everyday life. Growing environmental awareness point global attention towards interrelationships between development actions and environmental impacts.