The phrase "asking for efficiency" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are requesting or inquiring about ways to improve productivity or effectiveness in a process or task.
Example: "In our meeting, I will be asking for efficiency in our project timelines to ensure we meet our deadlines."
Alternatives: "requesting efficiency" or "seeking efficiency".
The city has been asking for improved fuel efficiency in taxis.
Power supply engineers for many years have known that efficiency could be dramatically improved for only a few dollars a unit, but they could never get approval to buy more expensive products because customers weren't asking for higher energy efficiency.
One very simple thing is to ask for the efficiency curve of server power supplies and focus attention on performance at 8% to 15% of load, as that is where most power supplies actually operate 99% of the time.
The situation at the ABC is dire the Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has asked for an efficiency audit to see where money can be cut, while there are suggestions they'll lose a $200 million contract to provide content to the Asia Pacific region.
In this year's bargaining, management asked for new efficiencies on the dock, the ILWU resisted the demand, and when negotiations stalled, the union began a massive slowdown (ostensibly driven by safety concerns) that triggered a PMA lockout.
However, a lower efficiency is observed asking for a better vane design and the choice of a working point.
The commission said that could "potentially lessen some of the benefits of legitimate short-selling, including market liquidity and pricing efficiency," and asked for comment on whether that was likely.
The Italian national health care system in 1992 (d.lgs. n. 502) devolved autonomous powers (and responsibilities) to local health authorities and asked for a rationalization of costs and efficiency of services.
"Taking into account the efficiency savings I have asked for, which all areas of the public sector have to make, spending on universities will rise next year by 1.7%, and for further education frontline learning and teaching by 4%.
The latter is constrained with worse efficiency and more complexity, and asks for more channel overheads.
