BEDES Dictionary

Version 2.6

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Measures
Term	Term Definition	Lists	Unit of Measure
Cost Attribution	Type of Costs to implement or maintain the project or measure. This may include several different costs.	View	None
Cost	Cost to related the project or measure. May be associated with "Cost Attribution" and "Interval Period", if necessary.		$
Contracting Method	Contracting method for financing capital improvements, which allows cost reductions to fund energy upgrades.	View	None
Compliance Status Date	Date when the associated compliance status changed.		YYYY-MM-DD
Compliance Status	Status of compliance for ordinances requiring benchmarking or audit.	View	None
Charged Off Reason	The basis for charging off a loan.	View	None
Capitalization Rate	The capitalization rate is the rate of return on a real estate investment property based on the income that the property is expected to generate.		percent
Benchmark Status		View	None
Audit Exemption	Conditions under which the building is exempt from a mandated audit.		None
ASHRAE Audit Level	Energy audit level as defined in ASHRAE Procedures for Commercial Building Energy Audits	View	None
Application Scale	Scale at which the project or measure is applied, such as an individual system, multiple systems, or entire facility	View	None
Action Category	Type of activity associated with a project.	View	None

HVAC
Term	Term Definition	Lists	Unit of Measure
Water Side Economizer Type	Type of waterside economizer providing free cooling.	View	None
Water Side Economizer	Presence of water-side economizer to provide free cooling.	View	None
Ventilation Type	Type of ventilation, and use of heat recovery	View	None
Ventilation Rate	Installed flow rate for mechanical ventilation system.		cfm
System Performance Ratio	Ratio of annual system load to the annual system energy consumption (similar to a whole system COP). A higher value indicates less heating and/or cooling energy use to meet the loads, and therefore represents a more efficient HVAC system. SPR can be used to describe the heating, cooling, and overall HVAC systems.		None
Supply Fraction Of Duct Leakage	Fraction of total duct leakage that is on the supply side. Remainder is assumed to be on the return side (0-1).		None
Supply Duct Percent Conditioned Space	Percentage of supply duct surface area that is located within conditioned space (0-1).		percent
Static Pressure	The expected or installed internal static pressure of the system at full supply fan speed including all filters, coils, and accessories.		Pa
Sequencing	Sequencing availability of HVAC system	View	None
Return Duct Percent Conditioned Space	Percentage of return duct surface area, including the air handler, that is located within conditioned space (0-1).		percent
Required Ventilation Rate	Minimum ventilation rate required by local code.		cfm
Reheat Source	Energy source used to provide reheat energy at a terminal unit.	View	None
Refrigerant Charge Factor	Used to adjust cooling efficiency for assumed slightly degraded performance if refrigerant charge is not verified through acceptance test procedures		percent

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