Lexicon

Abject
Accretion
Actant
Aeration
Aerobic
Algae-boosted
Animal
Anthropomorphism
Anti-Continuous Construction
Apocalypse
Aquaculture
Aquanaut
Ark
Artificial Intelligence
Autopoiesis
Assemblages
Asymmetry
Atrophy
Attraction
Autarchy
Automata
Automation
Autosymbiosis
Bambassador
Bathyscaphe
Bioconurbation
Biomedia
Bionics
Biosphere
Biotechnique
By-product
Capacity
Actant
Coisolation
Composting
Conservative Surgery
Consumer Envelope
Consumption
Continuous Construction
Conurbation
Correalism
Cultural_Memory
Cybernetics
Cybertecture
Cyborg
Dispositif
Diving Saucer
Dross
Earthship
Ecocatastrophe
Effluvium
Egosphere
End-use
Entanglement
Eutopia
Feedback
Foam
Folk
Gadget
Garbage House
Green Cyborg
Heuristic
Hoard
Holism
Homogenization of Desire
Hostile
Human Affect
Hybridized Folk
Hydroponic
Hyper-Materialism
Information Economy
Inner Space
Interama
Intra-Uterine
Maque
Megalopolis
Min-use
Mobility
Monorail
Multi-Hinge
Non-Design
Oceanaut
Oppositional Consciousness
Organic
Ouroboros
Panarchy
Parasite
Perceived Continuation
Permanence
Place
Prototype
Post-Animal
Reclamation
RI: Data Farms
RI: Garbage and Animals
RI:Shipbreaking
RI: Toxic Sublime
Sampling
Scale
Sensing Structure
Simulacrum
Simulation
Soft Energy
Spaceship Earth
Submersible
Superwindow
Symbiosis
Synthetic Environment
Technocratic
Technological Heredity
Technological Sublime
Telechirics
The Sublime
Thermal Panel
Actant
Thing-Power
Thinking Machines
Tool
Toxic Withdrawal
Turbulence
UV-Transparent Film
Vibrant Matter
Waste
Work

End-use

End-use(n.) : the ultimate specific use to which a manufactured product (such as paper) is put or Restricted.1 A dictionary definition of ‘End-use’ is the following. It is a final categorizing method of certain products based on their ultimate purposes of use. One product can be used for different purposes, and if it is for environmental pollution prevention, it will be categorized as an environmental product.2 For instance, looking into a case of energy, there are many steps of transferring fossil fuel to actual energy, and every step there is an energy loss. In order for a building to operate, a lot of energy is required. If the method of energetic use is adapted, the efficiency of energy usage will be maximized; in other words, minimum energy can be used to keep the building air pleasant. An insulator keeps heating energy in winter and in summer, it keeps the air cool. Nature, an outside energy source can be used to receive energy also.3 For example, the use of solar energy can reduce heating cost and the amount. Rocky Mountain Institute utilizes passive elements such as solar panel, arrangement of space and insulation to receive energies from nature like solar, geothermal and others. These elements maximize energy efficiency. As a result, the usage of human-generated energy is minimized and purposes of use vary.

1. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Accessed May 1, 2015.
2. Aris Yi, “Lovins GreenHome 1.0”, Rocky Mountain Institute, 2010, pp 5-12.
3. Amory B. Lovins, “Energy End-Use Efficiency”, Rocky Mountain Institute, 2005, pp 3-18.