"Theft of thermal energy" or maybe "thermal state" may be a succinct way to put it. It applies to hot/cool that's being stolen and is agnostic to the energy req

"Theft of thermal energy" or maybe "thermal state" may be a succinct way to put it. It applies to hot/cool that's being stolen and is agnostic to the energy required to create that temperature. I think that's the challenge here, finding a way to phrase it that would be acceptable to write in a judge's ruling