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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Radiation

Definition: Heat energy, which originates on a hot body like the sun, and travels from place to place through the air. For radiation to occur, the surfaces transferring the heat must be able to see each other.