Sustainability Office

Energy Sustainability and Energy Efficiency in Disaster Management

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Due to its geological, tectonic, meteorological, seismic, topographic and climatic structure, our country is frequently faced with natural disasters such as floods, rockfalls and landslides, especially earthquakes. Our country ranks third in the world in terms of human loss in earthquakes and eighth in terms of the number of people affected by earthquakes. Disasters affect community life and cause loss of life and property. The first stage after a disaster is during disaster victims, health care, food and shelter. In disasters, power generation plants, energy transmission lines, substations and transmission equipment become inoperable due to demolition. Therefore, one of the most important needs in disasters is the supply of electrical energy. Thousands and even tens of thousands of buildings in some regions were destroyed or severely damaged in the earthquakes that occurred in our country, and long-term power cuts were experienced in the city center, towns and villages. In natural disasters, people are mostly deprived of electricity, heating, lighting and electricity services. Within the scope of disaster management, it is extremely important to plan and implement urgently in case of disaster in order to meet the energy needs that will occur after the disaster, to ensure the sustainability and efficiency of energy. Energy distribution companies should increase the number of “high-capacity generators” they install in regions with high earthquake risk on the earthquake map of our country. Especially in big cities, it is necessary to establish a separate electricity facility and electricity transmission-distribution lines for alternative use in emergencies. It is necessary to install generators on the streets that will provide electricity with powers ranging from 25-150 KVA, to place sockets on the outer panels of these generators to meet the need for telephone charging, and to transfer fuel to these generators at regular intervals, considering that a disaster may occur at any moment. The locations of residences, public-university-industrial institutions producing electricity from renewable energy sources (solar, wind, thermal, etc.) and related inventory information should be available in a single digital file that can be easily accessed by the public through the mobile application. Solar energy has a high potential due to the geographical location of our country. Although the sunshine duration of our country varies throughout the year, it is approximately 2,800 hours per year. Lighting, warming, powering small appliances, charging phones, etc. In order to meet the electricity need in such cases, it is necessary to produce and expand the production of high-performance containers in which energy can be produced through the solar energy system and energy storage systems such as battery systems and energy can be stored.