- Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
A measure of the amount of light available from a light source equivalent to the light emitted by one candle.
Industry:Energy
Any technology that changes the potential energy in a fuel into a different from of energy such as heat or motion. The term also is used to mean an apparatus that changes the quantity or quality of electrical energy.
Industry:Energy
An electrical control device designed to vary the electrical consumption of a lighting system in order to maintain a specified illumination level.
Industry:Energy
Available refrigerating capacity of an air conditioning unit for removing latent heat from the space to be conditioned.
Industry:Energy
A measure of the efficacy of a light fixture; the number of lumens output per watt of power consumed.
Industry:Energy
Available refrigerating capacity of an air conditioning unit for removing sensible heat from the space to be conditioned.
Industry:Energy
A complete lighting unit consisting of a lamp or lamps together with the parts designed to distribute the light, to position and protect the lamps and to connect the lamps to the power supply. California Code of Regulations, Section 2- 1602(h)).
Industry:Energy
A joint venture organized by consumers to make electric utility service available in their area.
Industry:Energy
A measure of volume, 4 by 4 by 8 feet, used to define amounts of stacked wood available for use as fuel. Burned, a cord of wood produces about 5 million calories of energy.
Industry:Energy
A sales-weighted average fuel mileage calculation, in terms of miles per gallon, based on city and highway fuel economy measurements performed as part of the federal emissions test procedures. CAFE requirements were instituted by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (89 Statute. 902) and modified by the Automobile Fuel Efficiency Act of 1980 (94 Statute. 1821). For major manufacturers, CAFE levels in 1996 are 27.5 miles per gallon for light-duty automobiles. CAFE standards also apply to some light trucks. The Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988 allows for an adjusted calculation of the fuel economy of vehicles that can use alternative fuels, including fuel-flexible and dual-fuel vehicles.
Industry:Energy
