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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
A term used to describe capital expenses which reduce operating and maintenance costs associated with continued operation of electric utility boilers. Such boilers usually have a 40 year operating life under normal circumstances.
Industry:Energy
Unwanted particles, mist or gases put into the atmosphere as a result of motor vehicle exhaust, the operation of industrial facilities or other human activity.
Industry:Energy
A tubular electric lamp that is coated on its inner surface with a phosphor and that contains mercury vapor whose bombardment by electrons from the cathode provides ultraviolet light which causes the phosphor to emit visible light either of a selected color or closely approximating daylight.
Industry:Energy
A heat exchanger in which the refrigerant, compressed to a hot gas, is condensed to liquid by rejecting heat.
Industry:Energy
Amount of money necessary to own, operate and maintain a building over its useful life.
Industry:Energy
A device with separate air chambers that transfers heat between the conditioned air being exhausted and the outside air being supplied to a building.
Industry:Energy
Propellants used in aerosol products and refrigerants that are believed to be causing depletion of the earth's ozone shield. See CFCs.
Industry:Energy
The floor area of enclosed conditioned spaces on all floors measured from the interior surfaces of exterior partitions for nonresidential buildings and from the exterior surfaces of exterior partitions for residential buildings. (See California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Section 2-5302)
Industry:Energy
Rates charged by a utility company for the low income, the disadvantaged and senior citizens. The rates provide a discount for minimum necessary utilities, such as electricity requirements of typically 300 to 400 kilowatt/hours per month.
Industry:Energy
A class of liquid chemicals that have certain combinations of hydrogen, carbon and oxygen, and that are capable of being used as fuel.
Industry:Energy
