Energy efficiency

Energy efficiency

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California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

Energy; Energy efficiency

Enacted in 1970 and amended through 1983, established state policy to maintain a high-quality environment in California and set up regulations to inhibit degradation of the environment.

California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

Energy; Energy efficiency

A state agency created by constitutional amendment in 1911 to regulate the rates and services of more than 1,500 privately owned utilities and 20,000 transportation companies. The CPUC is an ...

California Utility Research Council (CURC)

Public Utilities Code, Sections 9201-9203 requires the California Energy Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission, and the investor-owned utilities (Pacific Gas and Electric Company, ...

chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

Energy; Energy efficiency

A family of artificially produced chemicals receiving much attention for their role in stratospheric ozone depletion. On a per molecule basis, these chemicals are several thousand times more ...

cubic feet per minute (CFM)

Energy; Energy efficiency

A measure of flow rate.

coefficient of performance (COP)

Energy; Energy efficiency

Used to rate the performance of a heat pump, the COP is the ratio of the rate of useful heat output delivered by the complete heat pump unit (exclusive of supplementary heating) to the corresponding ...