- Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
A wall with windows that is between two different (roof) levels. The windows are used to provide natural light into a building.
Industry:Energy
The linkage of transmission lines between two utilities, enabling power to be moved in either direction. Interconnections allow the utilities to help contain costs while enhancing system reliability.
Industry:Energy
A geographical area is the state that has particular weather patterns. These zones are used to determine the type of building standards that are required by law.
Industry:Energy
any person whom the commission finds and acknowledges as having a real and direct interest in any proceeding or action carried on, under, or as a result of the operation of, this division.
Industry:Energy
Cooling by exchange of latent heat from water sprays, jets of water, or wetted material.
Industry:Energy
also known as gross-polluting or super- emitting vehicles, i.e., vehicles that emit far in excess of the emission standards by which the vehicle was certified when it was new.
Industry:Energy
An engine in which fuel is burned inside the engine. A car's gasoline engine or rotary engine is an example of a internal combustion engine. It differs from engines having an external furnace, such as a steam engine.
Industry:Energy
An approved alternative calculation method that analyzes designs, materials, or devices that cannot be adequately modeled using public domain computer programs. Exceptional methods must be submitted to and approved by the California Energy Commission. (See California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Section 1409(b)3) Two examples of exceptional methods are the controlled ventilation crawl space (CVC) credit and the combined hydronic space and water heating method.
Industry:Energy
Black or brown rock, formed under pressure from organic fossils in prehistoric times, that is mined and burned to produce heat energy.
Industry:Energy
