concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: energy conservation

energy conservation
type: Concept
broader: sustainability
broader: resource conservation
definition: Residential energy consumption represents approximately one fourth of the total U.S. energy budget. This includes all energy used for operating and maintaining our homes, along with the energy consumed for the manufacture, transportation, and construction of new houses and renovation of existing homes. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Housing; Energy Conservation]

resource conservation
type: Concept
narrower: energy conservation

sustainability
type: Concept
narrower: energy conservation