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Air brought into a building from outside to replace exhaust air.

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The amount of BTU's/hour or kW's produced by a heating system from the burning of a fuel.

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The energy developed through the use of heat energy.

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This is an independent regulatory agency within the U.S. DOE that has jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, natural gas pricing, oil pipeline rates, and gas pipeline certification. It also licenses and inspects private, ...

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A seal used to prevent the leakage of fluids, and also maintain the pressure in an enclosure.

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A turbine that is driven by high velocity jets of water or steam from a nozzle directed to vanes or buckets attached to a wheel. (A pelton wheel is an impulse hydroturbine).

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The transfer of heat through matter or space by means of electromagnetic waves.

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The price paid for goods or services at the time of a transaction; a price that has not been adjusted to account for inflation.

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A type of motor designed to operate precisely at the synchronous speed with no slip in the full-load speeds (rpm).

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The process of cooling by which a heat absorbing media absorbs heat from one source and radiates the heat away.

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A device that removes contaminants, by mechanical filtration, from the fresh air stream before the air enters the living space. Filters can be installed as part of a heating/cooling system through which air flows for the purpose of removing particulates b ...

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A registered trademark of an agency of the state of Nebraska, for an automotive fuel containing a blend of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline.

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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.

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To exceed the design capacity of a device.

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A wall to prevent the spread of fire; usually made of non-combustible material.

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The period of low energy demand, as opposed to maximum, or peak, demand.

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An air heater in which air is blown over electric resistance heating coils.

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

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The regular periodic arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystal of semiconductor material.

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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.

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