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Energy efficiency
Wind turbine
Energy; Energy efficiency
A term used for a wind energy conversion device that produces electricity; typically having one, two, or three blades.
Expansion tank
Energy; Energy efficiency
A tank used in a closed-loop solar heating system that provides space for the expansion of the heat transfer fluid in the pressurised collector loop.
Central heating system
Energy; Energy efficiency
A system where heat is supplied to areas of a building from a single appliance through a network of ducts or pipes.
Automatic metre reading system
Energy; Energy efficiency
A system that records the consumption of electricity, gas, water, etc, and sends the data to a central data accumulation device.
Thermal storage walls
Energy; Energy efficiency
A thermal storage wall is a south-facing wall that is glazed on the outside. Solar heat strikes the glazing and is absorbed into the wall, which conducts the heat into the room over time. The walls ...
Power solar tower
Energy; Energy efficiency
A term used to describe solar thermal, central receiver, power systems, where an array of reflectors focus sunlight onto a central receiver and absorber mounted on a tower.
Climate change
Energy; Energy efficiency
A term used to describe short and long-term affects on the Earth's climate as a result of human activities such as fossil fuel combustion and vegetation clearing and burning.
