Energy Footprints of Textile Products

Abstract

The three most essential need of a human being in this world are food, clothes and shelter. On the whole, the development of textile industry will undoubtedly be tremendous, as it satisfies the second essential necessity of man. Everyone needs to hit an impression with various trendy and popular garments. This upgraded lifestyle in human beings, on the other hand, leads to many dreadful negative impacts on our environment. Energy footprint is a measure of amount of CO₂ emanated from a particular region. This approach in textile industries mainly focus on the amount of CO₂ utilized and discharged from this industry and it helps to feature the issue and make ready for restorative move to be made. The emission of Carbon dioxide into the environment in a higher amount leads to global warming and other dreadful consequences in the processing steps of textile manufacturing. The production and manufacturing sector of the textile industries mandatorily need some energy for their functioning. The amount of energy required may vary according to the processing step, apparatus and parametric conditions. Energy sources are one of the basic necessities of the textile industry in manufacturing, transporting, maintaining of the goods and it plays a major role in every other process. The energy is taken in the form of oil, gas, coal, electricity, etc. Which are all the major sources for the production of CO₂, thus estimating the energy footprints of the textile industry helps us to understand the extent of CO₂ emission and help in lowering the negative impacts of the textile industry towards our environment.