Building Heat-Loss Factor

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A measure of the heating requirements of a building expressed in Btu per degree-day.

US DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy — Glossary of Energy-Related Terms retrieved 2014-05-26

Related Energy terms

Basal Metabolism
Building Overall Heat Loss Rate
Burner Capacity
Coefficient of Heat Transmission (U-Value)
Heating Load
Insolation
Low Btu Gas
Medium Btu Gas
MET
Performance Ratings
Quad
Refrigeration Capacity
Therm
Ton (of Air Conditioning)

Nearby Energy terms

Bone (Oven) Dry
Bone Dry Unit
Booster Pump
Boot
Boron
Bottled Gas
Bottoming cycle
Brayton Cycle
Bread Box System
Brine
British thermal unit (Btu)
Brownfields
Buffer Zone
Building Energy Ratio
Building Envelope
Building Heat-Loss Factor
Building Orientation
Building Overall Energy Loss Coefficient-Area Product
Building Overall Heat Loss Rate
Built Environment
Bulb
Bulb Turbine
Bulk Density
Burner Capacity
Burning Point
Bus (electrical)
Busbar
Busbar Cost
bypass
Cage
Calorie

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