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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
Certain colorless, low-sulfur oil products that burn without producing much smoke.
Industry:Energy
One-thousand volts (1,000). Distribution lines in residential areas usually are 12 kv (12,000 volts).
Industry:Energy
A temperature scale in which the boiling point of water is 212 degrees and its freezing point is 32 degrees. To convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, subtract 32, multiply by 5, and divide the product by 9. For example: 100 degrees Fahrenheit - 32 = 68; 68 x 5 = 340; 340 / 9 = 37.77 degrees Celsius.
Industry:Energy
One thousand (1,000) watts. A unit of measure of the amount of electricity needed to operate given equipment. On a hot summer afternoon a typical home, with central air conditioning and other equipment in use, might have a demand of four kW each hour.
Industry:Energy
A kind of oxygen that has three atoms per molecule instead of the usual two. Ozone is a poisonous gas, but the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere shields life on earth from deadly ultraviolet radiation from space. The molecule contains three oxygen atoms (O3).
Industry:Energy
Use of the sun to help meet a building's energy needs by means of architectural design (such as arrangement of windows) and materials (such as floors that store heat, or other thermal mass).
Industry:Energy
A solar heating or cooling system that uses no external mechanical power to move the collected solar heat.
Industry:Energy
