Energy efficiency

Energy efficiency

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Working fluid

Energy; Energy efficiency

A fluid used to absorb and transfer heat energy.

Batt/blanket

Energy; Energy efficiency

A flexible roll or strip of insulating material in widths suited to standard spacings of building structural members (studs and joists). They are made from glass or rock wool fibers. Blankets are ...

Solar energy research institute (SERI)

Energy; Energy efficiency

A federally funded institute, created by the Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1974, that conducted research and development of solar energy technologies. Became the ...

Electric power plant

Energy; Energy efficiency

A facility or piece of equipment that produces electricity.

Panemone

Energy; Energy efficiency

A drag-type wind machine that can react to wind from any direction.

Draught diverter

Energy; Energy efficiency

A door-like device located at the mouth of a fireplace chimney flue for controlling the direction and flow of the draught in the fireplace as well as the amount of oxygen that the fire receives.

Heat

Energy; Energy efficiency

A form of thermal energy resulting from combustion, chemical reaction, friction, or movement of electricity. As a thermodynamic condition, heat, at a constant pressure, is equal to internal or ...