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11Algorithmic efficiency — In computer science, efficiency is used to describe properties of an algorithm relating to how much of various types of resources it consumes. Algorithmic efficiency can be thought of as analogous to engineering productivity for a repeating or… …
12Fuel efficiency — is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the efficiency of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier fuel into kinetic energy or work. Overall fuel efficiency may vary per device, which in turn may vary per… …
13Energy efficiency in British housing — Domestic housing in the United Kingdom presents one of the major opportunities for achieving the 20% overall cut in UK carbon dioxide emissions targeted by the Government for 2010.Carbon emissionsAlthough carbon emissions from housing have… …
14Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership — The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is an active, global public private partnership that was launched by the United Kingdom along with other partners at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in …
15Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy — The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is an office within the United States Department of Energy that invests in high risk, high value research and development in the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy… …
16Water efficiency — can be defined as *1) the accomplishment of a function, task, process, or result with the minimal amount of water feasible; *2) an indicator of the relationship between the amount of water required for a particular purpose and the amount of water …
17Volumetric efficiency — in internal combustion engine design refers to the efficiency with which the engine can move the charge into and out of the cylinders. More correctly, volumetric efficiency is a ratio (or percentage) of what volume of fuel and air actually enters …
18International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation — The energy ministers from the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries and from China, India, and South Korea have agreed to establish the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC). The IPEEC will enhance global co… …
19Detective quantum efficiency — The detective quantum efficiency (often abbreviated as DQE) is a measure of the combined effects of the signal (related to image contrast) and noise performance of an imaging system, generally expressed as a function of spatial frequency. This… …
20Constrained Pareto efficiency — The condition of Constrained Pareto optimality is a weaker version of the standard condition of Pareto Optimality employed in Economics which accounts for the fact that a potential planner (i.e. the government) may not be able to improve upon a… …
