A high R-value insulation product usually made from urethane that can be injected into wall cavities, or sprayed onto roofs or floors, where it expands and sets quickly.

The resistance between metallic contacts and the semiconductor.

A popular term used for an evaporative cooling device.

A vehicle with an engine capable of operating on two different types of fuels.

The process by which sunlight directly enters a building through the windows and is absorbed and stored in massive floors or walls.

A type of building ventilation system that uses fans or blowers to provide fresh air to rooms when the forces of air pressure and gravity are not enough to circulate air through a building.

A popular term used to describe the heating effect due to the trapping of long wave (length) radiation by greenhouse gases produced from natural and human sources.

In reference to a wind energy conversion system, the wind speed profile in which wind speeds increase with the logarithmic of the height of the wind turbine above the ground.

A type of furnace in which fuel is burned and the heat is used to produce steam.

A circular projection of the sky vault onto a flat diagram used to determine solar positions and shading effects of landscape features on a solar energy system.

Water in vapor form; used as the working fluid in steam turbines and heating systems.

The amount of power density in sunlight received at the earth's surface at noon on a clear day (about 1,000 Watts/square meter).

Solar energy systems that collect or absorb solar energy for useful purposes. Can be used to generate high temperature heat (for electricity production and/or process heat), medium temperature heat (for process and space/water heating and electricity gene ...

Categories of energy consumers, as defined by consumption or demand levels, patterns, and conditions, and generally included residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural.

The solar power density incident on a surface of stated area and orientation, usually expressed as Watts per square meter or Btu per square foot per hour.

The damping of interior temperature fluctuations by massive construction.

Air that is returned to a heating or cooling appliance from a heated or cooled space.

A solar photovoltaic device with a specified area.

The amount of energy produced as a percentage of the amount of energy consumed.

Legislation authorizing a U.S. biomass and alcohol fuel program, and that authorized loan guarantees and price guarantees and purchase agreements for alcohol fuel production.