Glossary
- A/C
- ACCA
- Acid Rain
- Active Ventilation
- Adapted (or Introduced) Plants
- Adapted Vegetation and Native Vegetation
- Adaptive Reuse
- Adhesive
- AE
- Aerosol Adhesive
- AFUE
- Agrifiber Board
- Agrifiber Products
- Air Handling Units
- Air Quality Standards
- Air-Conditioning
- Albedo
- ALP
- Alternative Daily Cover
- Alternative Fuel Vehicles
- Ambient Temperature
- Anticorrosive Paints
- AP
- Aquifer
- Architectural Nonporous Sealant Primer
- Architectural Porous Sealant Primer
- Area-Weighted SRI
- ASHRAE
- ASME
- Assembly
- Assembly Recycled Content
- ASTM
- Attendance Boundary
- Audiovisual (A/V) Media
- Automatic Fixture Sensors
- Backdrafting
- Bake-Out
- Balancing Damper
- BAS
- Baseline Building Performance
- Baseline Irrigation Water Use
- Basis of Design
- Bicycle Racks
- Biochemical Oxygen Demand
- Biodegradable
- Biodiversity
- Biofuel-Based (Electrical) Systems
- Biological Control
- Biomass
- Bioswale
- Blackwater
- Bleed-off or Blowdown
- Bleed-Off Rate
- Borate
- Breathing Zone
- British Thermal Unit (Btu)
- Brownfield
- BTU
- Buildable Land
- Building Automation System (BAS)
- Building Density
- Building Envelope
- Building Footprint
- Building Operating Plan
- Built Environment
- Byproduct
- CAE
- California Corner
- Campus Or Private Bus
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Levels
- Carbon Footprint
- Carpool
- Catchment
- CFA
- CFC
- CFL
- CFM
- CFR
- Chain-Of-Custody (COC)
- Chain-Of-Custody Certification
- Charrette
- Chemical Runoff
- Chemical Treatment
- Chiller
- Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
- CHP
- Churn
- CIR
- Circulation Loop
- Circulation Loop
- Climate Change
- Climate Zone
- Closed Combustion
- CO
- Coating
- COC
- Combined Heat And Power (CHP)
- 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
- 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
- Controls
- Conventional Irrigation
- Conventional Turf
- Cooling Tower
- COP
- Core Learning Spaces
- 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 Sustainability
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS),Or Secondhand Smoke
- EPA
- EQ
- Erosion
- ET
- Eutrophication
- Evapotranspiration
- Evapotranspiration Rate (ET)
- Exfiltration
- Exhaust Air
- Existing Area
- Existing Building Commissioning Or Retrocommissioning
- 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
- Gas Chromatography
- Geothermal Energy
- Geothermal Heating Systems
- Glare
- Glazing Factor
- GPF
- GPM
- Graywater
- Green Cleaning
- Green Power
- Green Rater
- Green-E
- Greenfields
- Greenhouse Gases
- Groundskeeper
- Group Multi-Occupant Spaces
- Habitat
- Halons
- Hard Surface Flooring
- Hardscape
- Harvested Rainwater
- HCFC
- Heat Island Effect
- HEPA
- HERS
- Hertz (Hz)
- HET
- High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filters
- High-Efficiency Toilet (HET)
- High-Performance Green Building
- HOA
- 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
- Metering Controls
- Methylmercury
- 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 Wastewater Treatment
- Ongoing Commissioning
- Ongoing Consumables
- Open Space Area
- Open-Grid Pavement
- OSB
- Outdoor Air
- Owner
- Owner\'s Project Requirements
- Ozone (O3)
- Paint
- Parking Footprint
- Parking Subsidies
- Partially Shielded
- Partially Shielded
- Partially Shielded
- Particulate
- Passive Ventilation
- Pedestrian Access
- Percentage Improvement
- Perviousness
- Phenol Formaldehyde
- Photovoltaic (PV) Energy
- Picogram
- Picograms Per Lumen-Hour
- Plug (Or Receptacle) Load
- Plumbing Fixtures And Fittings
- Pollutant
- Pollutants
- Porous Materials
- Post-Consumer Material
- Postconsumer Recycled Content
- Postconsumer Waste
- Potable Water
- Power-Vented Exhaust
- PPM
- Preconsumer Recycled Content
- Predicted Mean Vote
- Preferred Parking
- Preventive Maintenance
- R-Value
- Sanitary Sewers
- Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
- U-Value
- Value Recovery
- Waste Reduction
- Xeriscaping
- Zero Energy Building (ZEB)
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