Energy abbreviations
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Appendix: Residential energy abbreviations
The following table lists a number of terms that are used in the United States for residential energy audits.
- AFUE — annual fuel utilization efficiency
- BTL — building tightness limit ( building tightness)
- CDH — cooling degree hours (climate)
- CFL — compact fluorescent light
- COP — coefficient of performance
- CRI — color rendering index
- EEM — Energy Efficient Mortgage
- EER — energy efficiency ratio
- EF — energy factor ( clothes washers)
- EIM — Energy Improvement Mortgage
- ERV — energy-recovery ventilator
- HDD — heating degree day
- HHI — home heating index
- HID — high-intensity discharge
- HRV — heat-recovery ventilator
- HSPF — heating seasonal performance factor
- HVI — Home Ventilating Institute
- IECC — International Energy Conservation Code
- K-value — thermal conductance
- Low-e — low emissivity
- LEED — Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, standard for Green Building design
- MEF — modified energy factor ( clothes washers)
- MINHERS — Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating Systems Standards
- MVG — minimum ventilation guideline ( building tightness)
- MVL — minimum ventilation level ( building tightness)
- NAECA — National Appliance Energy Conservation Act
- ODS — oxygen depletion sensor
- RESNET — Residential energy services network
- R-value — thermal resistance
- SC — shading coefficient ( windows)
- SEER — seasonal E efficiency ratio
- SHGC — solar heat gain coefficient
- SIR — savings-to-investment ratio ( energy conservation investments)
- SLA — Specific leakage area
- SPB — Simple Payback ( energy conservation investments)
- SSE — steady-state efficiency
- U-value — thermal transmittance (also called U-factor )
- WF — water factor ( clothes washers)
See also
Published - December 2008
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