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Energy Focus, Inc/DE – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 5/4/17, at 8:46am ET   ·   For:  3/31/17   ·   Accession #:  924168-17-30   ·   File #:  1-36583

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 5/04/17  Energy Focus, Inc/DE              10-Q        3/31/17   51:3.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    306K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     27K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
12: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     35K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     99K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     37K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    100K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     29K 
                Loss (Unaudited)                                                 
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     50K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited)                                 
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    109K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
19: R8          Nature of Operations                                HTML     20K 
20: R9          Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     75K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
21: R10         Restructuring                                       HTML     40K 
22: R11         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     24K 
23: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     28K 
24: R13         Property and Equipment and Assets Held For Sale     HTML     38K 
25: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     32K 
26: R15         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     91K 
27: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     21K 
28: R17         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     54K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
29: R18         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     46K 
                Accounting Policies (Tables)                                     
30: R19         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML     34K 
31: R20         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     28K 
32: R21         Property and Equipment and Assets Held For Sale     HTML     35K 
                (Tables)                                                         
33: R22         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     27K 
34: R23         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     91K 
35: R24         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     55K 
                Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details)                        
36: R25         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     40K 
                Accounting Policies - Reconciliation of Basic and                
                Diluted Loss per Share (Details)                                 
37: R26         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     27K 
                Accounting Policies - Warranty Activity (Details)                
38: R27         Restructuring - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     43K 
39: R28         Restructuring - Reconciliation of Restructuring     HTML     34K 
                Liability (Details)                                              
40: R29         Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details)       HTML     18K 
41: R30         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     27K 
42: R31         Property and Equipment and Assets Held For Sale     HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R32         Income Taxes - Components (Details)                 HTML     26K 
44: R33         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     23K 
45: R34         Stockholders' Equity - Warrants (Details)           HTML     33K 
46: R35         Stockholders' Equity - Stock-Based Compensation     HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R36         Stockholders' Equity - Stock Options and a Summary  HTML     79K 
                of Activity (Details)                                            
48: R37         Stockholders' Equity - Restricted Stock Units       HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     85K 
49: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     44K 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- efoi-20170331                       XML    793K 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- efoi-20170331_cal               XML    150K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- efoi-20170331_def                XML    213K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- efoi-20170331_lab                     XML    931K 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- efoi-20170331_pre              XML    518K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- efoi-20170331                         XSD     84K 
51: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000924168-17-000030-xbrl      Zip    109K 


‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — efoi-20170331_def


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