energy consumption

Electricity usage rate

Energy consumption is the amount of energy used by a process, device, system, or population over time.

The term appears in discussions of efficiency, sustainability, and resource management: The building's energy consumption dropped after installing LED lighting.

At larger scales, it measures how much power a city, country, or industry draws: China's energy consumption has risen dramatically since 2000.

Opposites
energy flow direction

energy consumptionenergy production

Creating usable power supply

energy generation · power generation · energy supply · electricity generation · energy output

resource utilization behavior

energy consumptionenergy conservation

Unchanging total in closed systems

energy saving · energy efficiency · load shedding

Family

energy, energetic, consume, consumer, energize, consumed, consuming, consumption, energizing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G