This glossary includes more than 300 solar terms, as well as hundreds of additional sustainable design and construction terms.
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Accelerated Depreciation (Wind)
AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency)
Air Change Effectiveness (ACE)
Air Mass (sometimes Called Air Mass Ratio)
Air Quality Construction Management Plan
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) (Wind)
Amperage Interrupt Capability (AIC)
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Best Management Practice (BMP)
BESTEST (Building Energy Simulation Test)
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
BIPV (Building-Integrated Photovoltaics)
Btu/h (British Thermal Units Per Hour)
Building-related Illness (BRI)
CABO (Council Of American Building Officials)
Cellulose Insulation With Borates
Certified Sustainably Managed Wood
Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide) Solar Cell
Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs)
Cleavage Of Lateral Epitaxial Films For Transfer (CLEFT)
Combined Light Pipe And Thermal Chimney
Community-Based Energy Development (C-BED) (Wind)
Conduction Band (or Conduction Level)
Construction And Demolition Debris (C&D)
Construction, Demolition And Renovation Waste Management
Construction/ Renovation Indoor Air Quality Management Plan
Contamination (also Contaminated Site)
COP (Coefficient Of Performance)
Copper Indium Diselenide (CuInSe2, Or CIS)
Copper Indium Gallium Selenide Solar Cell (CIGS)
Current At Maximum Power (Imp)
Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR)
Demand-controlled Ventilation (DCV) CO2-based
Desiccant Energy Recovery Wheel
Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
Drainage Plane Or Water Resistant Barrier (WRB)
Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EBA)
Edge-Defined Film-Fed Growth (EFG)
EEM (Energy Efficient Mortgage) (USA)
Energy Conservation Measures (ECM)
Energy Policy Act Of 1992 (NEPA)
Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV)
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
EPAct (Energy Policy Act Of 1992)
Evacuated Tube Solar Collector
Evacuated Tube Solar Collector
Farm Bill, Energy Title, Section 9006
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Field Impact Insulation Class (FIIC)
Generation And Transmission Cooperative (G&T)
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Geothermal Heat Exchange Technology
HERS (Home Energy Rating System)
High Voltage Disconnect Hysteresis
High-efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filter
HSPF (Heating Season Performance Factor):
Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)
Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon
Independent Power Producer (IPP)
Independent System Operator (ISO)
Inherently Sustainable Features
IRS Private Letter Rulings (Wind)
Landowner Wind Energy Association
Low Pressure Drop High Efficiency Air Filters
Low Voltage Disconnect Hysteresis
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT)
Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV); ASHRAE 52.2-1999
Modified Accelerated Cost-Recovery System (MACRS)
National Electrical Code (NEC)
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
Normal Operating Cell Temperature (NOCT)
O&M (Operations And Maintenance) Agreement
Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)
Passive Downdraft Evaporative Cooling
Payments-In-Lieu-of-Taxes (PILOT)
Photovoltaic (PV) Conversion Efficiency
Photovoltaic-Thermal (PV/T) System
Post-consumer Recycled Content
Potent Industrial Greenhouse Gases
Power Purchase Agreement (Wind)
Public Utility Commission (PUC), Public Services Commission
Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA)
Pulse-Width-Modulated (PWM) Wave Inverter
REC (Recognized Environmental Condition)
Renewable Energy Credits (RECs)
Renewable Energy Production Incentive (REPI)
Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)/Renewable Electricity Sta
RESNET (Residential Energy Services Network)
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio)
Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC)
Solar Thermal Electric Systems
Sound Transmission Class (STC)
Sound Transmission Class (STC)
Standard Reporting Conditions (SRC)
Standard Test Conditions (STC)
Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES)
Three-Phase Distribution Or Transmission Lines
Underground Service Entrance (USE)
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
Valence Level Energy/Valence State
Vertical Multijunction (VMJ) Cell
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Voltage At Maximum Power (Vmp)
Waste Reduction And Recycling Plan
Wet-cooling Tower Automated Blowdown System
Wet-cooling Tower Conductivity Probes
Zero Energy Emissions Building
Zero Energy Grid-Tied Building