Glossary
- A/C
- ACCA
- Access Door
- Access Panel
- Acid Rain
- Acoustical Sealant
- Active Ventilation
- Adapted (or Introduced) Plants
- Adapted Vegetation and Native Vegetation
- Adaptive Reuse
- Adaptive Reuse
- Adequate Ventilation
- Adhesive
- AE
- Aerosol Adhesive
- AFUE
- Agrifiber Board
- Agrifiber Products
- Air Barrier System
- Air Changes per Hour (ACH)
- Air Handling Units
- Air Quality Standards
- Air-Conditioning
- Albedo
- ALP
- Alternative Daily Cover
- Alternative Energy
- Alternative Fuel Vehicles
- Ambient Temperature
- Anchor Bolt
- Anticorrosive Paints
- AP
- Aquifer
- Architectural Nonporous Sealant Primer
- Architectural Porous Sealant Primer
- Area-Weighted SRI
- As Build Drawing
- ASHRAE
- ASME
- Assembly
- Assembly Recycled Content
- ASTM
- Attendance Boundary
- Audiovisual (A/V) Media
- Automatic Fixture Sensors
- Backdrafting
- Backing
- Bake-Out
- Bake-Out
- Balancing Damper
- BAS
- Baseline Building Performance
- Baseline Irrigation Water Use
- Basis of Design
- Batt Insulation
- Battery Power Storage Systems
- Bicycle Racks
- Biochemical Oxygen Demand
- Biodegradable
- Biodegradable
- Biodiversity
- Biofuel-Based (Electrical) Systems
- Biological Control
- Biomass
- Bioswale
- Blackwater
- Blanket Insulation
- Bleed-off or Blowdown
- Bleed-Off Rate
- Blower Door
- Borate
- Breathing Zone
- British Thermal Unit (Btu)
- Brownfield
- BTU
- BTUH
- Buildable Land
- Building Automation System (BAS)
- Building Density
- Building Envelope
- Building Footprint
- Building Operating Plan
- Building Paper
- Built Environment
- Byproduct
- CAE
- California Corner
- Campus Or Private Bus
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Levels
- Carbon Footprint
- Carpool
- Casing Bead
- Catchment
- Caulk
- Cement Plaster
- CFA
- CFC
- CFL
- CFM
- CFR
- Chain-Of-Custody (COC)
- Chain-Of-Custody Certification
- Charrette
- Chemical Runoff
- Chemical Treatment
- Chemical Waste
- Chiller
- Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
- CHP
- Churn
- CIR
- Circulation Loop
- Climate Change
- Climate Zone
- Closed Combustion
- Closed Loop Recycling
- CO
- Coating
- COC
- Cold Joint
- Combined Heat And Power (CHP)
- Combustion Efficiency
- Combustion Exhaust Gases
- Comfort Criteria
- Comingling Recycling
- Commissioning (Cx)
- Commissioning Authority (Cxa)
- Commissioning Cycle
- Commissioning Plan
- Commissioning Process
- Commissioning Report
- Commissioning Specification
- Commissioning Team
- Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
- Compensating Shower Valves
- Completed Design Area
- Composite Wood
- Composting Toilet Systems
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, And Liability Act (CERCLA)
- Compressed Workweek
- Concentrate
- Concentration Ratio Or Cycles Of Concentration
- Conditioned Space
- Conduction Transmission
- Conductivity Meter Or EC Meter
- Constructed Wetland
- Construction And Demolition (C&D) Debris
- Construction And Demolition (C&D) Debris
- Construction And Demolition Debris
- Construction IAQ Management Plan
- Construction Waste Management Plan
- Construction, Demolition, And Land Clearing (CDL) Debris
- Contaminant
- Control Joint
- Controls
- Convection Transmission
- Conventional Irrigation
- Conventional Turf
- Cooling Tower
- COP
- Core Learning Spaces
- Cradle-to-Cradle
- Cradle-to-Grave
- CRI
- Critical Visual Tasks
- Curfew Hours
- Cx
- Cxa
- CZ
- Day lighting
- Daylight Factor
- Daylight Glazing
- Daylight-Responsive Lighting Controls
- Daylighting Zone
- Declarant
- Demand-Controlled Circulation
- Densely Occupied Space
- Density
- Density Factor (Kd)
- Design Light Output
- Designed Landscape
- Development
- Development Footprint
- Dew Point
- DHW
- Direct Line Of Sight To Perimeter Vision Glazing
- Displacement Ventilation
- Distributed Lot Area
- Distribution Uniformity
- District Energy System
- Diverted Waste
- DOE
- Downstream Equipment
- Drip Irrigation System
- Dry Ponds
- Dry Well
- DU
- Dual-Flush Toilet
- Durability
- Durable Goods
- Durable Goods Waste Stream
- EA
- Earth Sheltered Design
- Ecological Restoration
- Ecologically Appropriate Features
- Ecologically Appropriate Site Features
- Economizer
- Ecosystem
- Edge Development
- EER
- EERE
- EF
- Electrical Conductivity (EC) Meter
- Elemental Mercury
- Embodied Energy
- Emissions Reduction Reporting
- Emissivity
- Endangered Species
- Energy Audit
- Energy Conservation Measure
- Energy Management System
- Energy Simulation Model
- ENERGY STAR Home
- ENERGY STAR With Indoor Air Package (IAP)
- ENERGY STAR® Rating
- Energy-Efficient Products And Systems
- Enhanced Commissioning
- Entryway Systems
- Environmental Attributes Of Green Power
- Environmental Footprint
- Environmental Sustainability
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS),Or Secondhand Smoke
- Environmentally Responsible Materials
- EPA
- EQ
- Erosion
- ET
- Eutrophication
- Evapotranspiration
- Evapotranspiration Rate (ET)
- Exfiltration
- Exhaust Air
- Existing Area
- Existing Building Commissioning Or Retrocommissioning
- Expansion Shield
- Facilities Management System
- Facility Alterations And Additions
- Facility Manager
- Fairtrade
- FEMA
- Flush-Out
- Fly Ash
- Food Alliance
- Footcandle
- Formaldehyde
- Fossil Fuel
- FSC
- Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
- Full Cutoff
- Full Disclosure
- Full-Cutoff Luminaire
- Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
- Full-Time-Equivalent Building Occupants
- Fully Shielded
- Fundamental Commissioning
- Furniture, Fixtures, And Equipment
- Furred Ceiling
- Gas Chromatography
- Geothermal Energy
- Geothermal Heating Systems
- Glare
- Glazing Factor
- GPF
- GPM
- Graywater
- Green Building
- Green Cleaning
- Green Development
- Green Materials, Products, and Systems
- Green Power
- Green Rater
- Green-E
- Greenfields
- Greenhouse Gases
- Groundskeeper
- Group Multi-Occupant Spaces
- Grout
- Habitat
- Halons
- Hanger
- Hard Surface Flooring
- Hardscape
- Harvested Rainwater
- HCFC
- Heat Island Effect
- Heat Recovery Ventilation System
- Heavygauge Framing
- HEPA
- HERS
- Hertz (Hz)
- HET
- High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filters
- High-Efficiency Toilet (HET)
- High-Performance Green Building
- HOA
- Hoistway
- Hoistway Beam
- Home Energy Rating System (HERS)
- Horizontal Footcandles
- Horizontal View At Appropriate Eye Height
- HSPF
- HVAC
- HVAC Systems
- Hybrid Vehicles
- Hydro Energy
- Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)
- Hydrofluorocarbons (Hfcs)
- Hydrology
- Hydronic System
- Hydropower
- IAP
- IAQ
- IAQ
- ICF
- ID
- IDR
- IECC
- Impervious Surfaces
- Imperviousness
- Incinerator
- Individual Occupant Workspaces
- Indoor Adhesive, Sealant, Or Sealant Primer
- Indoor Air Quality
- Indoor Carpet System
- Indoor Composite Wood Or Agrifiber
- Indoor Paints (Or Coating Products)
- Infill Site
- Infiltration
- Infiltration Basins And Trenches
- Infiltration Degree-Days
- Infrared Emittance
- Insituremediation
- Installation Inspection
- Integrated Design Team
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Interior Lighting Power Allowance
- Interior Nonstructural Components Reuse
- Invasive Plants
- IRC
- Irrigated Land
- Keystone Species
- KW
- KWH
- Ladder Blocking
- Laminate Adhesive
- Lamp Life
- Lamps
- Land Trust Alliance
- Landfills
- Landscape Area
- Landscape Coefficient (KL)
- Leakage Rate
- Least Toxic Chemical Pesticide
- LED
- LEED
- LEED Accredited Professionals (AP)
- LEED Credit
- LEED Credit Interpretation Request (CIR)
- LEED Intent
- LEED Prerequisite
- LEED Project Boundary
- LEED Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
- LEED® Rating System™
- Legionella Pneumophila
- Life-Cycle Assessment
- Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
- Life-Cycle Costing (LCC)
- Light Fixture
- Light Pollution
- Light Trespass
- Lighting Power Density
- LL
- Local Zoning Requirements
- Lot
- Low-Emitting Vehicles
- Lumen
- Luminaire
- Luminous Opening
- Makeup Water
- Management Staff
- Manual-J
- Manufacturing
- Marine Stewardship Council’s Blue Eco-Label
- Market Transformation
- Market Value
- Mass Transit
- Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
- Mechanical Ventilation
- MEF
- MERV
- Metal Frame
- Metering Controls
- Methylmercury
- Micro Hydroelectric Systems
- Microclimate Factor (Kmc)
- Microirrigation
- Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV)
- Mixed-Mode Ventilation
- Mixed-Use [Project]
- MR
- Mycotoxins
- National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimation System (NPDES)
- Native (Or Indigenous) Plants
- Natural Areas
- Natural Ventilation
- Negative-Pressure Smoking Rooms
- Neighborhood
- Net Metering
- Net Present Value
- Net Project Material Value
- NFRC
- No-Disturbance Zone
- Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC)
- Nonoccupied Spaces
- Nonporous Sealant
- Nonpotable Water
- Nonregularly Occupied Spaces
- Nonrenewable
- Nonwater (Or Composting) Toilet Systems
- Nonwater (Or Dry) Urinal
- Occasional Furniture
- Occupant Comfort
- Occupants
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Off-Gassing
- Off-Site Renewable Energy
- Off-Site Salvaged Materials
- On-Demand Heaters
- On-Site Renewable Energy
- On-Site Salvaged Materials
- On-Site Salvaged Materials
- On-Site Wastewater Treatment
- On-Site Wastewater Treatment
- Ongoing Commissioning
- Ongoing Consumables
- Open Loop Recycling
- Open Space Area
- Open Space Area
- Open-Grid Pavement
- Open-Grid Pavement
- OSB
- OSB
- Outdoor Air
- Outdoor Air
- Owner
- Owner
- Owner\'s Project Requirements
- Owner\'s Project Requirements
- Ozone (O3)
- Ozone (O3)
- Paint
- Paint
- Parking Footprint
- Parking Footprint
- Parking Subsidies
- Parking Subsidies
- Partially Shielded
- Partially Shielded
- Partially Shielded
- Partially Shielded
- Partially Shielded
- Particulate
- Partition
- Passive Solar Design
- Passive Ventilation
- Passive Ventilation
- Pedestrian Access
- Pedestrian Access
- Percentage Improvement
- Percentage Improvement
- Perm
- Perviousness
- Perviousness
- Perviousness
- Phenol Formaldehyde
- Phenol Formaldehyde
- Photovoltaic (PV) Energy
- Photovoltaic (PV) Energy
- Picogram
- Picogram
- Picograms Per Lumen-Hour
- Picograms Per Lumen-Hour
- Plug (Or Receptacle) Load
- Plug (Or Receptacle) Load
- Plumbing Fixtures And Fittings
- Plumbing Fixtures And Fittings
- Pollutant
- Pollutant
- Pollutants
- Pollutants
- Porous Materials
- Porous Materials
- Post Industrial Material
- Post Industrial Recycled Content
- Post-Consumer Material
- Post-Consumer Material
- Postconsumer Fiber
- Postconsumer Recycled Content
- Postconsumer Recycled Content
- Postconsumer Waste
- Postconsumer Waste
- Potable Water
- Potable Water
- Power-Vented Exhaust
- Power-Vented Exhaust
- PPM
- PPM
- Preconsumer Recycled Content
- Predicted Mean Vote
- Preferred Parking
- Preventive Maintenance
- Previously Developed Land
- Previously Developed Site- HOMES
- Previously Developed Sites- BD + C
- Prime Farmland
- Primer
- Prior Condition
- Prior Condition Area
- Private Or Private Use
- Process Water
- Project
- Project Boundary
- Project Building
- Property Area
- Property Manager
- Proposed Building Performance
- Protected Harvest Certification
- Provider
- Public Or Public Use
- Public Transportation
- R-Value
- R-Value
- Rabbet
- Radon
- Rain Garden
- Rainforest Alliance Certification
- Rainwater Harvesting
- Rapidly Renewable Materials
- Rated Power
- Receptacle (Or Plug) Load
- Recirculated Air
- Reclaimed Material
- Reclaimed Water
- Recommissioning
- Record Drawing
- Recovered Fiber
- Recycled Content
- Recycling
- Recycling Collection Area
- Refinish
- Refrigerants
- Refurbished Materials
- Regenerative Design
- Regionally Harvested (Or Extracted) And Processed Materials
- Regionally Manufacture Materials
- Regular Building Occupant
- Regularly Occupied Spaces
- Relative Humidity
- Remanufactured Materials
- Remediation
- Renewable Energy
- Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
- Renewable Resources
- Replacement Value
- Residential Area
- RESNET
- Resource Conservation And Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Retained Components
- Retention Ponds
- Retrofit
- Return Air
- Reuse
- Reused Area
- Reverberation
- Reverberation Time (RT)
- Runner Channel
- Safety And Comfort Light Levels
- Salvaged (Or Reused) Materials
- Sanitary Sewers
- Screed
- Scribe Strip
- SCS
- Sealant
- Sealant
- Sealant Primer
- Seamless Flooring
- Secure Bicycle Storage
- Sedimentation
- SEER
- Self Edge
- Sensors
- Sequence Of Operations
- Setpoints
- Sheet Flooring
- SHGC
- Shielding
- Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
- Siltation
- Simple Payback
- SIP
- Site
- Site Area
- Site Assessment
- Site Energy
- Sky Glow
- Soft Costs
- Softscape
- Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC)
- Solar Reflectance
- Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
- Solar Thermal Systems
- Solar Window
- Sound Absorption
- Sound Absorption Coefficient
- Sound Deadening Board
- Sound Transmission Class (STC)
- Source Energy
- Source Reduction
- Spores
- SRI
- SS
- Stagger
- Standard Operating Procedures (Sops)
- Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
- Stormwater Runoff
- Stratified Random Sampling
- Subdivision
- Subflooring
- Submetering
- Substantial Completion
- Supply Air
- Sustainability
- Sustainable Forestry
- Sustainable Purchasing Policy
- Sustainable Purchasing Program
- Sustained-Yield Forestry
- Systematic Sampling
- Systems Furniture
- Systems Narrative Intro
- Systems Performance Testing
- TASC
- Technical Advisor Sub-Committee
- Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
- Telecommuting
- Termite
- Tertiary Treatment
- Thermal Bridge
- Thermal Comfort
- Thermal Envelope
- Thermal Resistance
- Tipping Fee
- Tipping Fees
- Toe Board
- Toe Space
- Topsoil
- Total Phosphorus (TP)
- Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
- Transient Users
- Tree/Plant Preservation Plan
- Two-Year, 24-Hour Design Storm
- U-Value
- U-Value
- UL
- Undercover Parking
- Underground Parking
- Underlayment
- Universal Notification
- Upstream Equipment
- Urea-Formaldehyde
- USDA Organic
- USGBC
- Value Recovery
- Vapor Barrier
- Vegetated Roof
- Vegetation-Containing Artifices
- Vendor (For Certified Wood)
- Ventilation
- Verification
- Vertical Footcandles
- Visible Light Transmittance (Tvis)
- Vision Glazing
- VOC
- Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)
- Wainscot
- Walk-Off Mats
- Walking Distance
- Waste
- Waste Disposal
- Waste Diversion
- Waste Reduction
- Waste Reduction
- Waste Reduction Program
- Waste Stream
- Waste to Energy
- Wastewater
- Water Meter
- Wave And Tidal Power Systems
- WE
- Weighted Decibel (Dba)
- Wetland
- Wetland Vegetation
- WF
- WFR
- Wind Energy
- Window-To-Floor Ratio (WFR)
- Xeriscaping
- Xeriscaping
- Zero Energy Building (ZEB)
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