microgeneration

Noun

1. The generation of zero-carbon or low-carbon heat and power by individuals, small businesses and communities to meet their own needs.
   • Microgeneration has the potential to make a significant contribution to overall energy use in the UK and, combined with energy efficiency measures, will help towards reducing our carbon emissions. The concerned...
2. A demographic or cohort similar to a generation but covering a shorter timespan.
   • The elderly are market segments, by generations or microgenerations within age cohorts or by historical experience as personality types. - 2002, Merry White, Perfectly Japanese: Making Families in an Era of Upheaval,...