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Efficient energy use, or energy efficiency, is the process of reducing the amount of energy required to provide products and services. There are many technologies and ...
SIR—savings-to-investment ratio (energy conservation investments) SLA—Specific leakage area; SPB—Simple Payback (energy conservation investments) SSE—steady-state efficiency; U-value—thermal transmittance (also called U-factor) WF—water factor (clothes washers)
Measurable energy conservation and efficiency gains in the 1980s led to the 1987 Energy Security Report to the President (DOE, 1987) that "the United States uses about 29 quads less energy in a year today than it would have if our economic growth since 1972 had been accompanied by the less- efficient trends in energy use we were following at ...
A branch of economics concerned with energy supply and demand. energy efficient transformer A power transformer designed to have lower than average energy loss. energy returned on energy invested A measure of how long an energy producing system takes to replace the energy it took to make it. energy subsidies
The amount of fuel energy required to produce electrical energy. Heat rate is the inverse of efficiency, incorporating a factor of 3600 due to the differing units of fuel energy (kJ) and electrical energy (kWh) – there are 3600 kJ in 1 kWh. Efficiency
Thomas Young, the first person to use the term "energy" in the modern sense. The word energy derives from the Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, romanized: energeia, lit. 'activity, operation', [4] which possibly appears for the first time in the work of Aristotle in the 4th century BC. In contrast to the modern definition, energeia was a ...
Energy storage helps overcome barriers to intermittent renewable energy and is an important aspect of a sustainable energy system. [154] The most commonly used and available storage method is pumped-storage hydroelectricity , which requires locations with large differences in height and access to water. [ 154 ]
Energy conservation is the act of using energy in a more efficient and effective manner. While any form of energy may be conserved, electricity is the type most commonly referred to in connection with conservation.