Best Practice Guide

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Commissioning

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Best Practice Guide Glossary

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RESOURCE EFFICIENCY Return to list of terms

The use of smaller amounts of physical resources to produce the same product or service. Resource efficiency involves a concern for the use of all physical resource sand materials used in the production and use cycle, not just the energy input.

Source: California Energy Commission