BEDES Dictionary

Global Terms
Term	Term Definition	Unit of Measure
Aspect Ratio	The ratio of width to length, of a premises	None
Area	The space inside the boundary of a 2 dimensional shape. This can be used with many other terms, including Location, Conditioning Status, Opaque Surface, to characterize the area of particular components.	ft2
Age	Age of premises or equipment in years.	years

Measures
Term	Term Definition	Lists	Unit of Measure
Work Performed By	Entity who performed the work.	View	None
Technology Category	Categories of technology that can be used as qualifiers for Measures or other terms. Categories are inclusive of systems defined.	View	None
Scope	Percentage of the premises affected by the measure that's either proposed, implemented or evaluated		percent
Savings Attribution	Type of savings associated with a measure or project. Complete constrained list options include constrained lists from Energy Resource and Water Resource.	View	None
Retro Commissioning Exemption	Conditions under which the building is exempt from a mandated retro-commissioning.		None
Resource Savings Intensity	Resource savings per square foot.		Unknown
Resource Savings	Energy or water resource savings that can be realized from a measure or a project. This term can also further explained by using a relevant entry from the term Interval Frequency.		Unknown
Resource Cost Savings Intensity			$/ft2
Resource Cost Savings			$
Residual Value	The estimated worth of an asset after the asset has fully depreciated		$
Reporting Level	level or boundary of reporting metrics for this record.	View	None
Report Name	Name of the report.		None
Recommendation Status	Status of energy conservation measure proposal processing	View	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
Project Name	Name of the project.		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		$
Origination Channel	The original point of contact for a loan borrower.	View	None
Number Of Staff Members Trained	Number of staff members trained as part of measure.		count
Number Of Permits Replaced	Number of permits replaced as part of measure.		count
Loan Security	The collateral pledged, if any, to the lender to secure a loan.	View	None
Loan Repayment Status	The status of the borrower's repayment obligations at any given time.	View	None
Loan Label	Loan characterization qualifier	View	None

BEDES Dictionary

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