BEDES Dictionary

Measures
Term	Term Definition	Lists	Unit of Measure
Energy Cost Index	ECI is a generic term used for comparing the expected energy for anything from commercial office spaces, lighting, industrial air filtration, and even an entire home. ECI can be used to compare the impact on energy cost from a single device all the way up to complex systems. Calculated by dividing contributory Annual Energy Consumption Cost by the number of units affected by the device or system being measured.		None
Escalation Rate	Assumed increase in resource or other costs		percent
Exemption Reason		View	None
Exemption Status	Status of Compliance Status Exemption	View	None
FICO Score	The "classic" or "generic" FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) credit score of the borrower, as measured by one of the three national credit bureaus (Experian, Equifax, and Trans Union).		None
Funding Amount	Value associated with a funding source		$
Funding Source	Source of funding to implement the measure or a project	View	None
Implementation Status	Implementation status of measure or a project	View	None
Implementation Status Date	Date at which the associated status went into effect.		YYYY-MM-DD
Income	Gross income of the borrower(s). Use Interval Frequency to qualify (e.g., Annual, Month, etc.)		$
Interest Rate	Interest rate for borrowed funds		percent
IPMVP Option	Recommended approach for verification of energy savings for this measure, based on IPMVP	View	None
Labor Hours	Total number of hours needed to complete a task, each of which represents the labor of one person in one hour.		hr
Level Of Investment	Level of investment in energy conservation measure	View	None
Loan Amount	An amount of a borrowed loan. Can be characterized using Loan Label.		$
Loan Label	Loan characterization qualifier	View	None
Loan Repayment Status	The status of the borrower's repayment obligations at any given time.	View	None
Loan Security	The collateral pledged, if any, to the lender to secure a loan.	View	None
Number Of Permits Replaced	Number of permits replaced as part of measure.		count
Number Of Staff Members Trained	Number of staff members trained as part of measure.		count
Origination Channel	The original point of contact for a loan borrower.	View	None
Periodically Recurring Costs	Costs to operate the project or measure or equipment or system and can associated with any of the Type of Implementation or Recurring Costs. This term can be used in conjunction with "Interval Frequency" defined in resource consumption and generation section		$
Project Name	Name of the project.		None
Quantity Affected	Quantity of devices or equipment affected by the measure- e.g, number of lighting luminaires replaced, tons of chiller replaced, number of VAV boxes installed.		count
Recommendation Status	Status of energy conservation measure proposal processing	View	None

BEDES Dictionary

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