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Term Term Definition Options Unit of Measure
Fault detection and diagnostics key performance indicator tracking Track KPIs for equipment or system efficiency (e.g., chilled water plant and heating plant efficiency) and comfort-related indoor environmental conditions (e.g., occupant comfort index showing the percent of operating hours within zone target temperature ranges for all spaces). View None
Fault prioritization Prioritize fault based on an estimate of impact and recommend actions. View None
Fault reporting and data export Generate a default or customized report of the identified faults. Allow users to export operational data. View None
Floor Level

Integer value of a floor level beginning in the US at 1 for ground level. Can be negative for below grade levels.

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Health care pharmacy Health care premises where medication is prepared, dispensed and/or sold. View None
Health care residential treatment center A residential live-in Health care premises providing therapy for substance abuse, mental illness, or other behavioral problems. View None
Heat pump View None
HVAC Component

Type of heating ventilating and air-conditioning equipment component.

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Measurement and verification Provide M&V capabilities in accordance with the International Protocol for Measurement and Verification, establish an energy usage baseline prior to the efficiency project, and express savings as a total, for a given pre- and post- efficiency project period. View None
Motor View None
Operational data visualization Visualize and plot time series operational data and control setpoints (e.g., temperature, pressure, flowrate). View None
Packaged RTU Packaged rooftop unit View None
Pipe View None
Pump View None
Quantity Intensity

The number of entities per unit area. This can be used to represent load densities (e.g., People/ft2, Watts/ft2)

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Solar Reflectance Index

A measure of a roof's ability to reject solar heat, as shown by a small temperature rise. It is defined so that a standard black (reflectance 0.05, emittance 0.90) is 0 and a standard white (reflectance 0.80, emittance 0.90) is 100. SRI

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Terminal unit View None
Thermal zone Thermal zone is a space or group of spaces within a building with heating and cooling requirements that are sufficiently similar so that desired conditions (e.g., temperature) can be maintained throughout using a single sensor. View None
Value

Generic holder for numeric value characterized by atomic qualifiers

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VAV terminal box Variable air volume terminal box View None

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