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Glossary

Terms for Architecture, Green 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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EPAct (Energy Policy Act Of 1992)

Definition: An Act of the 1992 U.S. Congress which, among other things, requires the Secretary of DOE to issue voluntary guidelines for residential energy efficiency ratings and requires the Secretary of HUD to establish an Energy Efficient Mortgage Pilot Program. The Act also requires state governments to "certify to the Secretary (of U.S. DOE) that it has reviewed the provisions of its residential building codes regarding energy efficiency and made a determination as to whether it is appropriate for such state to revise such residential building code provisions to meet or exceed the CABO Model Energy Code, 1992."