BEDES Dictionary

Version 2.6

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Measures
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Cost Attribution

Type of Costs to implement or maintain the project or measure. This may include several different costs.

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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.

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Compliance Status Date

Date when the associated compliance status changed.

YYYY-MM-DD
Compliance Status

Status of compliance for ordinances requiring benchmarking or audit.

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Charged Off Reason

The basis for charging off a loan.

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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
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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

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Application Scale

Scale at which the project or measure is applied, such as an individual system, multiple systems, or entire facility

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Action Category

Type of activity associated with a project.

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HVAC
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Water Side Economizer Type

Type of waterside economizer providing free cooling.

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Water Side Economizer

Presence of water-side economizer to provide free cooling.

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Ventilation Type

Type of ventilation, and use of heat recovery

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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

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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.

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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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