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A

  • Accretive
  • American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
  • ASHRAE 90.1 – 2019

B

  • Battery Storage
  • Benchmarking
  • Build It Green GreenPoint Rated (GPR) Certification
  • Building Decarbonization
  • Building Envelope
  • Building Performance Institute (BPI)
  • Building Performance Standards
  • Building Retrofit

C

  • C40 Cities Clean Construction Declaration
  • CalCERTS
  • CALGreen
  • CALGreen Commissioning
  • California Association of Building Energy Consultants (CABEC)
  • California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC)
  • California Home Energy Efficiency Rating (CHEERS)
  • California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC)
  • California Utility Allowance Calculator (CUAC)
  • Carbon Neutral
  • CAS Testing
  • Certified Building Commissioning Professional (CBCP)
  • Certified Commissioning Professional (CCP)
  • Certified Energy Analyst (CEA)
  • Certified Energy Manager® (CEM)
  • Certified Energy Plan Examiner (CEPE) Residential/Nonresidential
  • Certified Green Building Professional™ (CGBP)
  • Certified Green Point Rater (GPR)
  • Cogeneration
  • Commercial Building
  • Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS)
  • Commissioning
  • Commissioning Agent (CxA)
  • Continuous Commissioning® CCx
  • Critical Peak Pricing (CPP)
  • Critical Peak Rebate (CPR)

D

  • Demand Response
  • Direct Emissions
  • Due Dilligence

E

  • Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure
  • Electricity Generation
  • Electrification
  • Embodied Carbon
  • Energy Audit
  • Energy Conservation Measures (ECM)
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Energy Grid
  • Energy Modeling
  • Energy Service Corporation (ESCO)
  • ENERGY STAR® Certification
  • Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
  • Enhanced Commissioning
  • Environmental Site Assessment (ESA)
  • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
  • Existing Building Commissioning Professional (EBCP)

F

  • Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS)
  • Fannie Mae Green Program
  • Fannie Mae Green Rewards Program
  • Flexible Loads
  • Freddie Mac Green Up/Green Up Plus Program
  • Fundamental Commissioning

G

  • Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB ®)
  • Green Leases
  • Green Physical Needs Assessment (Green PNA)
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG)
  • Grid Harmonization
  • Grid Optimization
  • Grid-Interactive Energy Efficient Buildings (GEBs)

H

  • Heat Pumps (HP)
  • Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC)
  • HERS, CAS & Other Diagnostic Testing
  • High Performance Building Module (HPB)
  • Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Program
  • Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Rating
  • HUD Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP)

I

  • Indirect Emissions
  • Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
  • Integrated Physical Needs Assessment (IPNA)
  • International Living Building Challenge™

L

  • Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification
  • LED Fixtures
  • LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)
  • LEED AP Building Design + Construction (LEED AP BD+C)
  • LEED Fellow Certification
  • LEED Operations & Maintenance (LEED O+M)
  • Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)

M

  • Major Renovation
  • Mandatory Benchmarking
  • Mechanical Electrical & Plumbing (MEP)
  • Multifamily Affordable Solar Homes (MASH)

N

  • National Climate Task Force (NCTF)
  • Net Zero Carbon
  • Net Zero Energy
  • Net Zero Energy Building Certification™(NZEB)
  • Normalization
  • Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

O

  • Offering Memorandum
  • Ongoing Commissioning
  • Operational Carbon
  • Operations and Maintenance (O+M)

P

  • Paris Agreement
  • Passive Design
  • Peak Demand
  • Photovoltaic (PV)/Solar Energy
  • Physical Needs Assessment (PNA)
  • Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
  • Professional Engineer (PE)

Q

  • Quality Assurance Verification

R

  • Recommissioning
  • Registered Architect (RA)
  • Renewable Energy
  • Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET)
  • Retro-commissioning
  • Retro-Commissioning Agent

S

  • SBA 504 Green Loan
  • Smart Buildings
  • Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC)
  • Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
  • Solar Thermal Energy (STE)
  • Statement of Energy Design Intent (SEDI)
  • Statement of Energy Performance (SEP)
  • Sustainability Review
  • Syndicate

T

  • Tax Credit
  • Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC)
  • The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  • The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
  • Title 24

W

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