BEDES Dictionary

Version 2.6

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Generation and Storage Equipment
Term	Term Definition	Lists	Unit of Measure
Turbine Rotation Axis	The orientation of the line axis about which the turbine rotates.	View	None
Thermal Medium	Type of material used in thermal energy storage technology.	View	None
Thermal Loop Configuration	Heat transfer medium and controls used for the solar collector loop	View	None
Solar Thermal System Type	Type of overall solar thermal system	View	None
Solar Thermal System Collector Type	Type of solar energy collector used in a solar hot water or space heating system	View	None
Rated Wind Speed	The rated, or nominal, wind speed is the speed at which the turbine produces power at its full capacity.		m/s
Installation Status	States the status of installation for a generation and storage equipment.	View	None
Energy Storage Technology	Type of energy storage technology	View	None
Energy Generation Technology	Technology utilized on the premises to generate non-purchased energy, including renewable energy that is passively collected. This includes energy collected from the environment such as air, water, or ground-source heat pump systems. Technology equipment may exist as facade systems and roofing systems. Technology equipment may also exist on a premises off of a building envelope including on the ground, awnings, or carports as well as underground.	View	None
Energy Generation and Storage Component	Component of energy storing, generating, or converting equipment.	View	None

Resources
Term	Term Definition	Lists	Unit of Measure
Water Use Type		View	None
Time Zone Code	The 3 letter code for the time zone	View	None
Tier Minimum	Minimum energy for this rate structure range.		Unknown
Tier Maximum	The maximum amount of resource used at which a tier rate is applied for a given rate schedule and a tier. For example - Tier 1 for rate schedule EV9 is applicable till a maximum kWh of 1000.		Unknown
Tier ID	This term is intended to capture the tier designation for a particular rate structure. For electricity pricing that is based on tiered pricing, each tier is allotted a certain maximum (kWh), above which the user is moved to the next tier that has a different unit pricing. For example - Tier 1 for rate schedule EV9		None
Temporal Status	Temporal charcateristic of this measurement.	View	None
Source Site Ratio	Ratio of energy consumed at a central power plant to that delivered to a customer.		None
Shared Resource Configuration	Situation that applies if a resource is shared with multiple premises, such as shared chilled water among buildings.	View	None
Resource Value	The amount of resource consumed, generated, or exported from the premises.		Unknown
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 Generation	Type of resource generation	View	None
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 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 Cost	The cost of a resource over a selected time period.		$
Resource Boundary	The boundary that encompases the measured resource.	View	None

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