Energy efficiency

Energy efficiency

Industry: Energy

Contributors in Energy efficiency

Energy efficiency

The measure of overall efficiency for a variety of appliances. For water heaters, the energy factor is based on three factors: 1) the recovery efficiency, or how efficiently the heat from the energy ...

Heating seasonal performance factor (HSPF)

Energy; Energy efficiency

The measure of seasonal or annual efficiency of a heat pump operating in the heating mode. It takes into account the variations in temperature that can occur within a season and is the average number ...

Solar air heater

Energy; Energy efficiency

A type of solar thermal system where air is heated in a collector and either transferred directly to the interior space or to a storage medium, such as a rock bin.

Tube-in-plate absorber

Energy; Energy efficiency

A type of solar thermal collector where the heat transfer fluid flows through tubes formed in the absorber plate.

Tube-type collector

Energy; Energy efficiency

A type of solar thermal collector that has tubes (pipes) that the heat transfer fluid flows through that are connected to a flat absorber plate.

Trickle solar collector

Energy; Energy efficiency

A type of solar thermal collector in which a heat transfer fluid drips out of header pipe at the top of the collector, runs down the collector absorber and into a tray at the bottom where it drains ...