BASICS
It's the component of most popular and cheapest energy sources
What is coal?
It's the most abundant energy source available on earth
What is solar energy?
It's our activity on earth measured in the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere
What is a carbon footprint?
It's a key tool of reducing CO2 emissions from large-scale facilities in the power and industry sectors within the European Union
What is the emissions trading system (ETS)?
It's the eco-friendly, low-emission alternative to drinking bottled water
What is drinking tap water?
It's any material that can become a source of heat energy
What is fuel?
It's a natural type of energy that doesn't lead to the exploitation of the earth's resources
What is renewable energy?
It's the process of limiting CO2 emissions into the atmosphere by pumping the waste gas deep underground
What is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)?
This is the year in which the countries of the European Union are to cut the emission of greenhouse gases of 20% in comparison with the year 1990
What is the year 2020 package?
It's the idea of using private cars more efficiently, to reduce emissions, and to develop social contacts
What is carpooling / car sharing?
It's any preserved remain of once-living things
What is a fossil?
It's the energy source coming from contemporary biological processes
What is bio-fuel?
It's a process in which, for example, lime wash or electrodes are used to clean the gas emitted while burning fossil fuels
What is flue gas purification?
It's the most energy-efficient lightbulb that is going to replace other types of lightbulbs in the EU
What is an LED lightbulb?
It's an easy way of lowering the harmful the impact on the environment by avoiding buying imported products
What's buying / shopping locally?
It's a basic type of gas the emission of which we have to reduce to stop the global warming
What's carbon dioxide?
It's the energy stored inside of the earth in the form of heat
What is geothermal energy?
It's the impact on the environment of all the things indirectly related to our everyday activities, for example, the eco-history behind the products we buy or services we use
What is a carbon toeprint?
It's a type of a building that is energy efficient, constructed using innovative modern technologies and materials, which is currently being promoted as part of the Investment Plan for Europe
What is a 'smart building'?
It's what you should do to make your air travels less harmful to the environment
What's travelling by plane long distances only?
It's one of the worst greenhouse gases, whose emission into the atmosphere has very high global warming potential
What is methane?
It is a kind of energy produced using the chemical reaction of fission
What is nuclear energy?
It's the organisation whose members - including international businesses - commit to turning to only renewable sources of energy
What is RE100?
It's a year in which half of the energy produced in the EU should come from renewable sources
What is the EU year 2030 deadline?
It's what you should do with your freshly-washed clothes instead of using an electric dryer
What's air-drying?