Represent 'energy intensity'

[pdez90]

Priority term to be represented in the SDGIO

Context: 7.3.1: Rate of improvement in energy intensity (%), measured in terms of primary energy and GDP

[mark-jensen]

energy intensity = a data item which represents the ratio between the gross inland consumption of energy and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated for a calendar year.

comment: The Gross Inland Energy Consumption (GIEC) is calculated as the sum of the gross inland consumption of the five sources of energy: solid fuels, oil, gas, nuclear and renewable sources. To monitor trends, GDP is in constant prices to avoid the impact of inflation, base year 2005.

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We can create is_about links to relevant terms, at least minimally energy or energy consumption.

[pbuttigieg]

Context: 7.3.1: Rate of improvement in energy intensity (%), measured in terms of primary energy and GDP

@pdez90 Could you updated this wiki page with the list of indicators? Right now it links out to the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) interface, which may not be current.

[mark-jensen]

@pbuttigieg Looks like 'energy' exists in PATO

Shall we import? And then draft a definition for 'energy consumption'?

[cmungall]

I'm not sure how useful the PATO class is here.

GIEC / GDP is a ratio between two data items. I'm not sure how we go about measuring ratios in IAO, it's not clear that OWL is the best language for formally representing arithmetic relationships.

GIEC itself seems to be insulated from the underlying physics-based conception of energy by several layers of data items.

The most relevant OBO library class here is probably http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000111

Perhaps the best thing is to have a (weak, incomplete, but valid) is about relationship between the accounting concepts and the OBO library "ground realist truth" ones

I think there will be a need at some point for an energy transformation occurrent, possibly in ENVO.