The generation of electric power by a heat engine which converts part of the heat generated by combustion of the fuel into mechanical motion to operate an electric generator.

Energy which a substance possesses because of the motion and configuration of its atoms, molecules, and subatomic particles.

The heat produced by sources of heat in a building (occupants, appliances, lighting, etc).

Materials with high thermal energy storage capacity contained in or part of a building's walls, floors, or freestanding elements.

The formation of isolated particles of corrosion products beneath the metal surface. This occurs as the result of preferential oxidation of certain alloy constituents by inward diffusion of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and so forth.

A widely used rate of return for performing economic analysis. This method solves for the interest rate that equates the equivalent worth of an alternative's cash receipts or savings to the equivalent worth of cash expenditures, including investments. The ...

(IRR)The interest rate which, when used as the discount rate for a series of cash flows, gives a net.

(IRS)The US agency responsible for the collection of federal taxes which include personal and corporate.

A set of radio, sound, and visual signals designed to aid in communications between vessels without language problems. It can be used with Morse Code, with signal pennants, and by spoken code letters.

The line of longitude 180 degrees opposite Greenwich, England, located in the Pacific that marks the date change

A fund whose portfolio comprises a range of securities from markets around the.

By international agreement, a period during which greatly increased observation of world-wide geophysical phenomena is undertaken through the co-operative effort of participating nations. July 1957-December 1958 was the first such year. However, precedent ...

A system of designating meteorological observing stations by number. established and administered by the World Meteorological Organization. Under this scheme, specified areas of the word are divided into "blocks" each bearing a two-number designator. Stat ...

(IMF) A fund formed in the mid 1940s by industrialised countries to stabilise exchange rates, promote.

ISO.

(IPE) Europe's leading energy futures and options exchange and the second largest in the.

Navigation rules governing waters outside designated demarcation zones

A synoptic code approved by the World Meteorological Organization in which the observable meteorological elements are encoded and transmitted in "words" of five numerical digits length. Often abbreviated synoptic code.

A facility provided by banks enabling customers to conduct banking transactions through their.

Energy loads that can be shut off or disconnected at the supplier's discretion or as determined by a contractual agreement between the supplier and the customer.