BPI Multi-Family Building Analyst with Complete Solutions

BPI Multi-Family Building Analyst with
Complete Solutions
AFUE - ANSWER-Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency

ASHRAE - ANSWER-American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Engineers

ASTM - ANSWER-American Society for Testing of Materials

Ballast - ANSWER-A device used with a discharge lamp to provide the necessary circuit
conditions (voltage, current, and waveform) to start and operate the lamp.

Boiler Air Leakage("Tramp Air") - ANSWER-Air passing through damaged or poorly
maintained door seals. Will affect SSE reading if not recognized and properly
interpreted.

Burn Efficiency - ANSWER-The ratio of Btu content of fuel vs. Btu's realized through
combustion.

CCT - ANSWER-Correlated Color Temperature

CO - ANSWER-Carbon Monoxide

CRI - ANSWER-Color Rendering Index

DHW - ANSWER-Domestic Hot Water

Distribution Efficiency - ANSWER-Efficiency of the distribution system. It is the ratio of
heat in the air, water or steam that enters the distribution piping/ducting, to the heat
delivered to the space via terminal units (radiators, fin tube, etc).

EEMs - ANSWER-Energy Efficiency Measures

Efficacy - ANSWER-The efficiency of the lamp, expressed in Lumens per watt (LPW). It
is the ratio of the total light (lumen) output over the total energy (watt) input.

EPA - ANSWER-Environmental Protection Agency

ERV - ANSWER-Energy Recovery Ventilator

Foot Candles - ANSWER-Units of light density striking a surface. One footcandle is
defined as one lumen distributed uniformly over one square foot.