BEDES Dictionary

Resources
Term	Term Definition	Lists	Unit of Measure
Minimum Power Factor Without Penalty	Minimum power factor that needs to be maintained without any penalties		None
Normalization	Normalization criteria to shift or scaled the measurement, where the intention is that these normalized values allow the comparison of corresponding normalized values for different datasets.	View	None
Orientation	Generic orientation options	View	None
Percent Improvement	Percent improvement over a baseline. This will enable comparison of actual energy use against target and progress tracking.		percent
Percent of Total	The percentage this value makes up of the total.		percent
Phase	Phase information associated with Readings	View	None
Power Metric	Measurement of power.	View	None
Power Metric Value	Value of the measurement of associated power metric		Unknown
Rate Charge Value	Charge rate value, in $ per unit.		$
Rate Designation	Energy or demand designation to determine the rate.	View	None
Rate Structure	Rates that determine how charges are levied by the utility	View	None
Rate Structure ID	The name or title of the rate structure		None
Rate Structure Name	The name or title of TOU period		None
Rate Structure Reference	Reference or hyperlink for the rate schedule, tariff book		None
Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) Retained	Percentage of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) that were kept compared to the total quantity of RECs that is associated with the total amount of renewable energy that was generated.		percent
Resource	Type of energy resource fuel. This can be applied at the premises or individual system or equipment level.	View	None
Resource Boundary	The boundary that encompases the measured resource.	View	None
Resource Cost	The cost of a resource over a selected time period.		$
Resource Cost Intensity	The cost per square foot associated with a selected time period for a premises. It can be an individual value for different energy types, and can also be an aggregated value across all energy types. This term can be associated with one or more Resource Qualifiers in the constrained list.		$/ft2
Resource Flow Intensity	For Water and Waste-water treatment facilities, the Energy Use, divided by the total average flow through the plant.		kBtu/(gal/day)
Resource Generation	Type of resource generation	View	None
Resource Intensity	The resource value divided by the premises gross floor area. Refer to Resource Units and divide by area in square feet		Unknown
Resource Value	The amount of resource consumed, generated, or exported from the premises.		Unknown
Shared Resource Configuration	Situation that applies if a resource is shared with multiple premises, such as shared chilled water among buildings.	View	None
Source Site Ratio	Ratio of energy consumed at a central power plant to that delivered to a customer.		None

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