ОБЛАСТИ НА ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ НА ЕНЕРГИЙНО ЕФЕКТИВНИ ПРАКТИКИ В СКЛАДА (Bulgarian)

Energy efficiency of buildings and sustainable development are topics that have become increasingly important in the last two decades. More and more companies are paying attention to the carbon footprint of their activity and are looking to improve their services or products towards their environmental friendliness. This trend is driven by the desire to reduce the harmful effects of a number of economic activities, including logistics and supply chain management. Transport is mentioned as the main pollutant in logistics, but the processes of storage and handling of materials in warehouses can be a significant source of pollution. Warehouses, as a major hub in the logistics system, have great potential to optimize their energy efficiency in line with the growing demand for sustainable logistics services. They are the main subject of this article and in particular the areas of application of energy efficient practices in the warehouse will be researched. Special attention should be paid to all stages and processes in a warehouse system, from its territorial location through the construction and operation of the warehouse. At each of these stages there are opportunities for improvement that lead to an overall reduction of harmful effects on the environment. The materials used during construction phase, as well as all the ongoing complex technical processes in the warehouse during its exploitation, along with the degree of mechanization and automation, on the one hand can be energy efficient, and on the other hand their optimization would reduce costs for warehousing in the long term. This is also related to opportunities to reduce total logistics costs. In this article the literature review will be made in order to identify fields of application of energy efficient practices in the warehouse of the construction and operation phases. This includes fields such as area selection, insulation, renewable energy opportunities and others in the warehouse construction phase; and lighting, heating, cooling, temperature regime, ventilation, handling equipment and others in the phase of its operation. The considered fields of application are applicable both for new warehouses and for improving the energy efficiency of existing ones. As a result of the literature analysis, the fields of application of energy efficient practices in the warehouse will be presented in tabular form, as well as specific opportunities for reducing energy consumption. Such differentiation of fields of application would have a practical orientation for optimal selection of appropriate practices in new and existing warehousing systems in logistics. The conclusions from the literature review can be the basis for future empirical research in the field of warehouses and their energy efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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