Definitions of Terms and Other Explanatory Notes

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Baseline Year

 

Benchmarking

 

British Thermal Unit (Btu)

 

Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (Co2e)

 

The Climate Registry

 

Climate Registry Information System (Cris)

 

Departments

 

Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (Evse)

 

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

 

Energy Star® Portfolio Manager®

 

Energy Unit Conversions

 

Energy Use or Energy Consumption

 

Energy Use Intensity (EUI)

 

Facilities

 

Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI)

 

Greenhouse Gas (GHG)

 

Kilowatt (kW)

 

Kilowatt-Hour (kWh)

 

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design™ (LEED®)

 

Leed® Certified

 

Location Efficiency

 

Monitoring Based Commissioning (MBCx)

 

Megawatt (MW)

 

Modernization

 

On-Site Renewable Energy

 

Photovoltaic Cell (PV CELL)

 

Process Energy

 

Plug Loads

 

Renewable Energy

 

Retrocommissioning (RCx)

 

Retrofit

 

State Portfolio

 

U.S. Green Building Council® (USGBC)

 

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