考虑到由于生产和使用压缩空气的成本和影响尚未可知，压缩空气通常被视为免费资源，因此在许多情况下，对压缩空气对环境的实际影响的认识并不存在或没有充分表达出来。考虑到许多设备和机器运行时使用压缩空气的目的和必要性，需要指出需要完成什么以及生产压缩空气需要多少能量。 除上述内容外，本文的目的是在具体示例中指出关键点，从压缩空气的生产、制备和管理到气动执行器用作en能源以执行所需工作的终点，这些关键点可以优化系统或提高能效。最后，展示了利用二氧化碳传感器实现过程自动化以提高效率的可能性。引文:2016年3月14日至16日在科威特召开的第六届国际能源研究与开发会议

Bearing in mind that the compressed air is frequently recognized as a free resource due to the fact that the costs and effects of the production and use of compressed air remain unseen, awareness of the real impact of compressed air on the environment in numerous cases does not exist or is not sufficiently expressed. Taking into account the purpose and necessity of compressed air utilization for the operation of many devices and machines it is needed to point out what is necessary to accomplish and how much energy it takes to produce compressed air. The aim of this paper is, in addition to the aforementioned, to indicate crucial spots on the concrete example where is possible to optimize system or increase energy efficiency from point of compressed air production, through its preparation and management, to end point where it is used as en energy source by pneumatic actuators in order to perform required work. Lastly, the possibilities of process automation using CO2sensors in order to increase efficiency are shown.