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"Dead CAFM" Unfunderfunding and out of steam initiatives that have died due to lack of interest by new management.
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A unit of molecular mass, 1.66 x 10-24
grams. One Dalton is equivalent to the mass of one hydrogen atom....
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A lab configuration whereby large or fixed devices such as fume hoods, sinks, dishwashers, columns, and refrigerators are located along the perimeter, creating a spacious "dance floor" in the middle. Benchtops and other furniture that may occupy this open...
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A digital representation of facts, concepts, and instructions....
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A database, or collection of databases, designed to help managers make strategic decisions about their business. Whereas a data warehouse combines databases across an entire enterprise, data marts are usually smaller and focus on a particular subject or d...
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A collection of data designed to support management decision making. Data warehouses contain a wide variety of data that present a coherent picture of business conditions at a single point in time.
Development of a data warehouse includes development o...
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A lighting-control strategy in which a photocell is used with a dimming system to provide a fixed light level at the workplace by increasing the amount of electric light with decreasing daylight levels and vice versa. See also Daylighting....
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To be effective, daylighting does not simply provide daylight. Daylight must be properly directed into interior spaces, and the intensity and quantity must be controlled. What is true of artificial light is also true of daylighting: a unit of light coming...
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See Direct Digital Control. ...
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Non-moving loads, such as mechanical
equipment, air conditioning units and the deck or floor itself....
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In university environments, the use
of bond issues, mortgages or other loan arrangements to fund capital
projects. Most facility-related debt results from bond issues. From the
university's standpoint, the main justification for debt financing a
resea...
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Used in the computer field, the term means to
eliminate errors and malfunctions from a computer program. The term was
coined when an early room-size IBM computer malfunctioned because a moth
had gotten inside the unit....
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From Deci- (10), and bel (after Alexander
Graham Bell). A measure of power gain or loss in a sound wave relative
to an arbitrarily chosen power level. Equal to ten times the logarithm
of the ratio between output power and baselevel power. A difference ...
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The structural surface to which the roofing or
waterproofing system (including insulation) is applied....
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The angle of a heavenly body north or south of the celestial equator. Declination of the sun varies 23° from summer to winter.
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Removal of harmful substances such
as noxious chemicals, harmful bacteria or other organisms, or
radioactive material from exposed individuals, rooms and furnishings in
buildings or the exterior environment....
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Leased telecommunications circuits
that are devoted to a specific application such as a teleconference
network connecting fixed locations....
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Disposal of liquid wastes by
pumping it into deep wells where it is contained in the surrounding
geologic formation....
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Uniaxial stretching of block copolymers shows that the alignment of the molecules actually changes during deformation.
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The process of removing the charged
constituents or ionizable salts from solution. A water purification
process that uses synthetic resins to accomplish the selective exchange
of hydrogen or hydroxyl ions for the ionized impurities in the water....
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Items (documents, drawings, models, material samples, etc.) prepared by an offeror in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP)....
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An increment, usually very small, that is symbolized by the Greek letter for D (Δ). From calculus where the sum of a function, f(x), over an interval can be approximated by dividing the interval into very small pieces (Dx), solving the function for e...
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Open heads attached to a dry
pipe sprinkler system. When activated by smoke or heat sensor devices, a
valve opens to provide a dense, uniform coverage of water over the
protected area....
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Planning, implementation, and evaluation of utility-sponsored programs to influence the amount or timing of customers' energy use. (copyright California Energy Commission, glossary of energy terms)...
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To install, test and implement a computer system or application. The term can be used to refer to any installation and testing, such as setting up a new network in an enterprise, to installing a server farm, to implementing a new application over a distri...
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The cumulative budget effect of
changes and upgrades to a project. ...
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The second of an architect's basic services. The architect prepares drawings and documents to describe the size and character of the entire project (structural, electrical, mechanical, materials)....
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The owner of the building provides legal assurance to the contractor that the design is free of error. Change orders are allowed when the designs are incorrect or incomplete. See Design-Build....
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Construction collaboration by the
designer with the contractor where the design and construction processes
overlap. ...
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The utilization of software, camera, and digital phone lines to communicate images and voice through video and audio compression on a personal computer. Contrast with Custom- or Site-Built Video Conferencing Room Systems and Group or Rollabout Video Confe...
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A device that interconnects multiple telephone lines. Participants dial the bridge number (dial-in) or the bridge operator dials (dial-out) to bring them online. See also Bridge, Meet-Me Bridge, Operator-Assisted Bridge, and Telephone Conference Brid...
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In lighting, a device commonly put on the
bottom or sides of a luminary to redirect or spread the light from a
source. In HVAC, a device used to disperse air flow as it enters a room.
Especially important in animal-holding rooms....
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In the context of smart buildings, pulses
of electricity or light that can be transmitted as binary code at very
high speed over wire or optical fiber. ...
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A broad designation for a high-speed telecommunications service platform.
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An energy management
system using the digital output signals of a control computer to
directly adjust the position of HVAC valves and dampers without the use
of intermediate pneumatic or electromechanical devices such as a
receiver-controller....
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In lighting, a property of
certain glazing materials that changes the direction of transmitted
light via refraction. For example, light-directing glass block employs
prisms on the two faces for directional control. Directional
transmitting is used to ...
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The breaking up of efficient
groupings of workers or work areas as the result of building constraints
such as floor plan, column spacing, service areas and fixed utility
systems....
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Following the principle that the
value of money received (or money paid) is dependent on when it is
received (or paid), the discount rate is the annual interest rate,
compounded annually, used to determine the present value of money to be
received (or...
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The extra performance
that workers give when they are motivated to do their best work.
Motivating factors include a clear relationship between one's task and
the recognition received for it, meaningful work, money, the right tools
and work environment...
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A chemical agent that kills most pathogens but may not be effective against some viruses or spore-forming microorganisms....
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In capital markets,
disintermediation refers to the practice by investors of shifting their
investments away from intermediate financial institutions, such as banks
and savings institutions, to direct investments at a higher rate of
interest in the se...
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A structure that supplies fresh air from the floor and allows the heating from devices and people to naturally circulate the air in the spaces. Air is removed high, not supplied high, as in conventional buildings. Operational costs are significantly lower...
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The supply of ventilation air into the space either under the floor or at low level air outlets. Exhaust air is removed at a high level or a ceiling plenum. Common in laboratory animal room ventilation designs....
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Disposable clothing is often used in cleanrooms, animal care, and hazardous operations. This clothing consists of jumpsuits, lab coats, hats, masks, gloves, gauntlets, shoecovers, aprons, and gaiters. While worn over a person's street clothes to protect t...
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A water contaminant that
includes calcium and magnesium ions dissolved from rock formations,
gases that ionize in water, silicates leached from sandy river beds or
glass containers, ferric and ferrous ions from rusty iron pipes,
chloride and fluoride ...
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A water contaminant that may
include pesticides, herbicides, gasoline and decayed plant and animal
tissues. Dissolved organics also include the plasticizers leached out of
plumbing lines, styrene monomers from fiberglass-reinforced storage
tanks, deio...
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The act of purifying liquids through
boiling, so that the steam condenses to a pure liquid and the pollutants
remain in a concentrated residue. See also Reverse Osmosis....
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A type of laboratory fume hood that provides a work surface approximately 18 inches above the room floor to accommodate tall apparatus....
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A file on an electronic mail
system that contains a list of names. The file is often accessible to
many users, and addressing a message to the distribution list will
generate a copy for every person on the list....
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Refers to day/night. Frequently used in reference to day/night control of lighting in animal rooms. Diurnal animals are active during the daylight and inactive at night. See also Nocturnal....
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In animal facilities, the coatings and devices used to protect the door from damage by equipment; e.g., epoxy, fiberglass, railing, kick-plates, etc....
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A DOP-smoke penetration test is used for HEPA filters rated above 98 percent efficiency on an atmospheric-dust-spot test. The name comes from the gas dioctyl phthalate (DOP), which is used to perform the test. However, DOP use was widely discontinued seve...
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An impurity which, when added to a pure semiconductor changes its electrical properties. Arsenic, for instance, is a common dopant for silicon.
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A Local Exhaust Ventilation device. A blower is used to pull contaminated air away from the worker through slots in or near the table top work area. Commonly used in laboratory animal research facilities for control of anesthesia fumes....
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The stages of a biotechnology
process that take place after the fermentation or bioconversion stage.
Downstream processing includes separation, purification and packaging of
the product....
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Areas that have the entry and exit requirements of putting on and removing protective clothing. Such requirements are meant to keep contaminants from entering and hazardous agents from leaving the area. An area can also be just dress-in or just dress-ou...
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A gasket for the bottom of doors to areas that require vermin and air pressure control, e.g. vivariums. When the door is closed the gasket is in the dropped position on the floor. When the door opens it raises up to allow clear passage for the door swing...
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Any of various small fruit flies of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used extensively in genetic research....
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A laboratory where research is conducted using computers or other equipment, but not chemicals, sinks, etc. as would be found in a Wet Lab....
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Digital Transmission Services....
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An HVAC system in which both heated and
cooled air are simultaneously supplied to the work area in separate
ducts, and temperature control of the area is achieved by varying the
mix of hot and cold air at a constant air volume. The system provides
con...
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A passageway or conduit made of sheet metal or
other suitable material used for conveying air or gas at low pressures....
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A specially designed hood used for the
dumping of contaminated materials such as bedding or feces. It allows
control and collection of particulate released during dumping....
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The introduction of more makeup air than required in a room. Often caused by hoods exhausting more conditioned air than required....
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A tank containing chemicals used to disinfect or sterilize equipment, tools, or anything that will tolerate immersion in a liquid. Such tanks are also used to contain pesticide for the dipping treatment of animals for parasites....
| | 12.12.03
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An audio teleconferencing system which allows all sites to be heard simultaneously rather than only one party. See also Full Duplex....
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A Local Exhaust Ventilation device. Used to collect dust from small sites such as bedding dispensers and their surrounding area in laboratory animal facilties....
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See Displacement Ventilation...
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A joint intended to accommodate
expansion and contraction movements of the structure. Also called an
expansion joint....
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Lighting that automatically and continually changes during the day to balance natural and artificial lighting. Optical detectors can be used to shut down the perimeter zone of lighting when there is sufficient light coming through the windows, or when the...
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