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U.S. Department of Energy
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A plastic foam insulation product, pressed or extruded into board-like forms, used as sheathing and insulation for interior basement or crawl space walls or beneath a basement slab; can also be used for exterior applications inside or outside foundations, crawl spaces, and slab-on-grade foundation walls.
Industry:Energy
A plan developed by an electric power provider, sometimes as required by a public regulatory commission or agency, that defines the short and long term capacity additions (supply side) and demand side management programs that it will undertake to meet projected energy demands.
Industry:Energy
A photovoltaic device where incident sunlight is split into different spectral regions, with an optical apparatus, that are directed to individual photovoltaic cells that are optimized for converting that spectrum to electricity.
Industry:Energy
A passive solar heating system in which the sun warms a heat storage element, and the heat is distributed to the interior space by convection, conduction, and radiation.
Industry:Energy
A passive or mechanical device used to ventilate an attic space, primarily to reduce heat buildup and moisture condensation.
Industry:Energy
A passage for surplus water to flow over or around a dam.
Industry:Energy
A particle of light that acts as an individual unit of energy.
Industry:Energy
A panel which covers the underside of an roof overhang, cantilever, or mansard.
Industry:Energy
A nonmetallic (liquid or solid) conductor that carries current by the movement of ions (instead of electrons) with the liberation of matter at the electrodes of an electrochemical cell.
Industry:Energy
A non-crystalline semiconductor material that has no long-range order.
Industry:Energy