EE definition:
EESI: Energy efficiency simply means using less energy to perform the same task – that is, eliminating
energy waste. Energy efficiency brings a variety of benefits: reducing greenhouse gas emissions,
reducing demand for energy imports, and lowering our costs on a household and economy-wide level.
While renewable energy technologies also help accomplish these objectives, improving energy efficiency
is the cheapest – and often the most immediate – way to reduce the use of fossil fuels. There are
enormous opportunities for efficiency improvements in every sector of the economy, whether it is
buildings, transportation, industry, or energy generation.
US DOE: Energy efficiency is the use of less energy to perform the same task or produce the same result.
Energy-efficient homes and buildings use less energy to heat, cool, and run appliances and electronics,
and energy-efficient manufacturing facilities use less energy to produce goods.
IEA: Energy efficiency is called the “first fuel” in clean energy transitions, as it provides some of the
quickest and most cost-effective CO2 mitigation options while lowering energy bills and strengthening
energy security. Together, efficiency, electrification, behavioural change and digitalisation shape global
energy intensity – the amount of energy required to produce a unit of GDP, a key measure of energy
efficiency of the economy.
study.com: The meaning of energy efficiency has two definitions. First, it can mean that a person or
group of people consumes fewer natural resources in their everyday lives. Second, it means that we use
machinery that puts out more energy than it uses.
lawinsider: Energy efficiency means a decrease in customer consumption of electricity or natural gas
achieved through measures or programs that target customer behavior, equipment, devices, or
materials without reducing the quality of energy services. AND so many other defns on the page
Paper: Introduction to energy and sustainable development: Energy efficiency is the portion of total
energy input to machine or system that is consumed in useful work and not wasted as useless heat or
otherwise.
Paper: Cognitive beamforming for spectral coexistence of hybrid satellite systems: The energy efficiency
can be defined as the ratio of system throughput over total power used, including operation power and
transmit power
EU: Energy efficiency refers to the amount of output that can be produced with a given input of energy.
Most commonly, energy efficiency is measured as the amount of energy output for a given energy input
and listed as a percentage between 0% and 100%, for example the amount of mechanical energy that an
electric motor produces for a given input of electrical energy.1 However, other kinds of output can also
be used. The EU Energy Efficiency Directive uses a very broad definition: ‘energy efficiency’ means the
ratio of output of performance, service, goods or energy, to input of energy.
EEA: Energy efficiency means using less energy for the same output or producing more
with the same energy input, and minimising energy waste. Reducing energy
consumption and energy waste across the energy system — from production to final
consumption — in all economic sectors is one of the EU’s strategic objectives.
https://www.corrosionpedia.com/definition/6362/energy-efficiency: Energy efficiency is
defined as the use of energy in an optimum manner to achieve the same service that
could have been achieved using a common less efficient manner. Energy efficiency is
the practice of reducing the energy requirements while achieving the required energy
output. Energy efficiency may also be stated as "efficient energy in use.”
dictionary: noun,plural ef·fi·cien·cies. The state or quality of being efficient, or able to
accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort; competency in
performance. Accomplishment of or ability to accomplish a job with a minimum
expenditure of time and effort: The assembly line increased industry's efficiency.
