"rational consumption" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it whenever you are discussing the idea of consumers using practical forethought in their decisions. For example, you could say, "Rational consumption and sustainable practices are essential for protecting the environment."
In this section, we start by briefly reviewing the revealed preference conditions for rational consumption behaviour of individual consumers in terms of the well-known Afriat inequalities.
The negative and statistically significant price coefficient indicates rational consumption behavior: Chinese consumers prefer the lower priced items rather than the high priced alternatives.
This paper presents the results from simulation work regarding the design of a net zero energy office building with a mixed-mode ventilation system which assures the thermal comfort of the occupants according to the ASHRAE 55/2010 Standard, with a rational consumption of energy and a minimal environmental impact.
In 2001, the share of generic psychopharmaceuticals in total drug utilization according to DDD/1000/day was 80.76%, which corresponded with the criterion of rational consumption.
In the current public health framework, the importance of drugs as determinants of the nation's health is an area that requires special attention [ 1, 2], especially when we attempt to ascertain whether patterns of consumption reveal a rational use of medication.
In this paper possibilities of rational energy consumption and energy integration in an existing site for production of specialty chemicals were studied.
This control, called glucose repression, physiologically occurs when glucose coexists as one of carbon sources, by which cells shut down the transcription of a specific set of genes for respiration, gluconeogenesis and the metabolism of alternative carbon sources, which may allow cells to perform rational energy consumption.
Given that the availability of medicines is known to influence rational drug consumption, an important step forward has been the development of an essential medicines list (EML).
One of these measures is the reduction of antibiotic consumption by the implementation of norms for its rational use.
The information on national and local antimicrobial consumption can be an important source for planning rational use interventions and for monitoring progress towards a more prudent use of antibiotics.
Restriction of antibiotic consumption by a sensible hospital drug policy and promotion of a more rational use of antibiotics should halt the rising of MDR [42].
