- Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
The amount of energy consumed in the form in which it is acquired by the user. The term excludes electrical generation and distribution losses.
Industry:Energy
Using less energy/electricity to perform the same function. Programs designed to use electricity more efficiently: doing the same with less. For the purpose of this paper, energy efficiency is distinguished from DSM programs in that the latter are utility-sponsored and -financed, while the former is a broader term not limited to any particular sponsor or funding source. "Energy conservation" is a term which has also been used but it has the connotation of doing without in order to save energy rather than using less energy to do the some thing and so is not used as much today. Many people use these terms interchangeably.
Industry:Energy
A control system (often computerized) designed to regulate the energy consumption of a building by controlling the operation of energy consuming systems, such as the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting and water heating systems.
Industry:Energy
The portion of total energy resources that is known and can be recovered with presently available technology at an affordable cost.
Industry:Energy
generally refers to the recharging and refueling network necessary to successful development, production, commercialization and operation of alternative fuel vehicles, including fuel supply, public and private recharging and refueling facilities, standard specifications for refueling outlets, customer service, education and training, and building code regulations.
Industry:Energy
A temperature scale based on the freezing (0 degrees) and boiling (100 degrees) points of water. Abbreviated as C in second and subsequent references in text. Formerly known as Centigrade. To convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, multiply the number by 9, divide by 5, and add 32. For example: 10 degrees Celsius x 9 = 90; 90 / 5 = 18; 18 + 32 = 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Industry:Energy
The energy generated when a chemical compound combusts, decomposes, or transforms to produce new compounds.
Industry:Energy
One complete run of a set of electric conductors from a power source to various electrical devices (appliances, lights, etc.) and back to the same power source.
Industry:Energy
