Glossary

Terms for Green Architecture, Building & Energy

This glossary includes more than 300 solar terms, as well as hundreds of additional sustainable design and construction terms.

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Definition: Deciduous trees that grow in the country of origin.

In the U.S. this is the only type of wood where on a general scale the growth of new trees easily exceeds the removal rate.