The amount of heat introduced to a space from all heat producing sources, such as building occupants, lights, appliances, and from the environment, mainly solar energy.

A passive solar heating system in which the sun warms a heat storage element, and the heat is distributed to the interior space by convection, conduction, and radiation.

A unit or measure of electricity supply or consumption of 1,000 Watts over the period of one hour; equivalent to 3,412 Btu.

To exceed the design capacity of a device.

A large foresail which extends aft behind the mast.

Boat carried at davits on quarter of ship, and kept ready for immediate use when at sea.

Corrosion which is increased because of the abrasive action of a moving stream; the presence of suspended particles greatly accelerates abrasive action.See erosion-corrosion.

The toal temperature at the intake flange of the compressor.

(IIEDS)A service for individual investors which puts their orders at the head of any Tandem Systems Queue..

A pension plan in which benefits are dependent on contributions to and the growth of the pension.

A boat owner's private pennant.

The test or specimen electrode in an electrochemical cell.

A radiosonde whose carrier wave is switched on and off in such a manner that the interval of time between the transmission of signals if a function of the magnitude of the meteorological elements being measured.

A column of burning combustion gases that are so hot and strong that the heat is lost up the chimney before it can be transferred to the house. A draft brings air to the fire to help keep it burning.

The standard method for calculating residential cooling loads developed by the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) and the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) based largely on the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and A ...

This is a trading term between buyer and seller where a seller agrees to deliver goods to a buyer before a payment is made and without any form of guarantee of payment.

The structural elements (walls, roof, floor, foundation) of a building that encloses conditioned space; the building shell.

A prisoner sold in the slave market. He was forced to serve in the war galleys, where he pulled on one of the oars.

A short-sea vessel which transfers cargo between a central "hub" port and smaller "spoke" ports.

The potential of an electrode measured with respect to a reference electrode or another electrode when no current flows to or from it.