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Term Term Definition Options Unit of Measure
Blow through View None
Blower door View None
Blower door subtract A technique involving conducting two whole house Blower Door air tightness tests with and without the supply and return registers and grills sealed off from the house. A subtraction of the sealed register test from the unsealed register test provides an estimate of duct leakage to the outside. View None
Blue roof A blue roof is a roof design that is explicitly intended to store water, typically rainfall. View None
Bluff Commonly used street suffix or abbreviations: Blf, Bluf View None
Bluff Commonly used street suffix or abbreviations: Blf, Bluf View None
Bluffs Commonly used street suffix or abbreviations: Blfs, Blufs View None
Bluffs Commonly used street suffix or abbreviations: Blfs, Blufs View None
Boiler View None
Boiler Efficiency of boiler equipment View None
Boiler Use "Cooling Heating Medium" to further categorize the boiler as hot water or steam, if desired. View None
Boiler View None
Boiler Use "Heating Medium" to further categorize the boiler as hot water or steam, if desired. View None
Boiler Blowdown Rate

A blowdown of the boiler is a routine operation necessary due to the increased concentration of Total Dissolved Solids - TDS - in the boiler during the steam production. The blowdown rate of a boiler depends on: steam consumption (steam used in the process and not returned as condensate to the boiler), concentration of impurities in the feed water, maximum allowable TDS in the boiler.

View kg/hr
Boiler Insulation R Value

Insulation R-Value of hot water storage tank.

View hr-ft2-F/Btu
Boiler Insulation Thickness

Insulation thickness of hot water storage tank. [inches]

View in
Boiler Percent Condensate Return

The percentage of condensed steam that is returned to the boiler.

View percent
Boiler plant View None
Bond Funds raised through issuing a bond View None
Boolean

Generic term to add boolean constrained list options to any term

View None
Bottle type A bottle or reservoir supplies water to the water cooler. View None
Bottom Commonly used street suffix or abbreviations: Bot, Btm, Bottm View None
Bottom View None
Bottom Commonly used street suffix or abbreviations: Bot, Btm, Bottm View None
Boulevard Commonly used street suffix or abbreviations: Blvd, Boul, Boulv View None

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