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Glossary

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

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A-weighting

Absorber

Absorption

Accelerated Depreciation (Wind)

Acceptable Indoor Air Quality

Activation Voltage(s)

Active Solar Heating

Active Solar System

Active Solar Water Heater

Aerobic Wastewater Treatment

AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency)

Aggregation (Wind)

Agricultural By-products

Agricultural Fiber

Agricultural Prime Farmland

Air Change Effectiveness (ACE)

Air Economizer

Air Mass (sometimes Called Air Mass Ratio)

Airborne Pollutant

Allergen

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) (Wind)

Ambient Lighting

Ambient Temperature

Amorphous Semiconductor

Amorphous Silicon

Amperage Interrupt Capability (AIC)

Anemometry Equipment (Wind)

Angle Of Incidence

Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency

Annual Solar Savings

Anode

Antireflection Coating

Array Operating Voltage

Artificial Sky

Asbestos

Asbestos Management Plan

ASHRAE

Asset/Equity Ratio (Wind)

Atrium

Attractive Nuisance (Wind)

Automated Natural Ventilation