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Energy Efficient Schools and Students: Glossary of Terms
Energy Efficient Schools and Students: Glossary
Alternative energy, traditional energy, and energy engineering and efficiency terms are defined.
Energy is a broad category, and in the current economic market many new terms and energy types are being explored. This section of the Energy Efficient Schools and Students provides links to various glossaries.
Categories include:
- Bio diesel
- Bio mass
- Biofuels
- Coal
- Conservation
- Efficiency
- Electricity
- Fuel Cells
- Geo Thermal
- Green Power
- Hydro Energy
- Natural Gas
- Nuclear
- Ocean and Tidal Energy
- Petroleum
- Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy
- Solar Energy
- Wind Energy
Additional links provided at the right define technology and technical terms associated with energy such as:
- Air Retarder/Barrier
- Alternating Current
- Appliance Energy Efficiency Ratings
- Ballast
- Battery Energy Storage
- Bone Dry Unit
- Capacitor
- Compact Fluorescent
- Incandescent
- Outdoor Air Kit
- Photovoltaic Array
- Pulse-start Lamps
- T-5 HO systems
Terms related to specific energy forms will have "glossary" associated with the link in the list of resources.
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