If a compressed-air user wants to make a new year resolution for 2014, then Beko Technologies and Air Center Nevada strongly advises him or her to focus on one simple area. That could be to stop letting air go from 7 barg to atmosphere without doing any useful work or work that could be done more efficiently or less costly. The area that would come to mind for most engineers is leaks. It is well known these days that compressed air is not cheap. It is in fact a less efficient power source than electricity but has many other benefits.