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"e-Business" is a communication process that makes use of Internet technologies to execute business transactions between many users. Applied to the arena of facilities management, emerging e-business models focus on providing users with self-help tools th...
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A grounding electrical conductor....
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See Emergency Building Temperature Regulations...
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A device that blocks echo
reflections during a conference while one person is speaking....
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An echo-control device that
switches off the transmission path from the listening party to the
talking party, thus blocking echo reflections....
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A financial calculation of operating profits less the cost of all capital employed to produce those profits. EVA includes the cost of capital, so if profits cannot out-produce the cost of capital, as well as the investment cost, the investment does not g...
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A system which uses either direct evaporative cooling, or a secondary evaporatively cooled water loop and cooling coil to satisfy cooling loads, even if additional mechanical cooling is required. (copyright California Energy Commission, glossary of energy...
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Electricity purchased by one utility from another to take the place of electricity that would have cost more to produce on the utility's own system. (copyright California Energy Commission, glossary of energy terms)...
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A liquid waste discharge from a
manufacturing or treatment process. The waste may be untreated,
partially treated or completely treated before discharge into the
environment....
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Restrictions set by a
regulating agency on concentrations, quantities and rates of wastewater
discharges....
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See Environmental Impact Report. ...
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See Extended Industry Standard Architecture. ...
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A material that cures to a synthetic
rubber material capable of returning to its original dimensions after
tensile or compressive forces are applied, within limits of the
material's yield strength. Also called Elastomeric, Elastic Sealant....
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Conduit for wiring....
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Radio frequency emission from electronic devices which is radiated or conducted outside the device where it disturbs the operation of other electronic equipment. EMI also designates the degradation of electronic equipment performance caused by the presenc...
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Research with the use of electron microscopes. Microscopy using a beam of highly energetic electrons to examine objects on a very fine scale to determine topography, morphology, composition, and crystallographic information.
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Microwave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnet.
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A communications device that
has the appearance of a normal chalkboard but in fact is an electronic
transponder that converts handwriting on the board's surface into
digital signals. The signals can be transmitted over a normal telephone
line and reco...
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The lack of face-to face contact and the permanency of electronic mail or e-mail requires a different communication style than telephone or face-to-face interactions. The Rand Corporation recommends the following to help e-mail users communicate more effe...
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A communication system for sending
handwritten information over a telephone line. The sender writes on a
special pad, and the receiver then sees the writing appear on a piece of
paper or on a projection screen....
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See Equivalent Lineal Feet....
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Measures the refractive index and the thickness of semi-transparent thin films. The instrument relies on the fact that the reflection at a dielectric interface depends on the polarization of the light while the transmission of light through a transparent ...
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Heating and cooling setpoints regulated in response to past oil embargoes....
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See Environmental Master Plan....
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The coding or scrambling of a signal for
secure transmission. The information must be decoded at the receiving
site. Can be used for voice, video, and other communication signals....
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A disease is endemic when it is restricted to a specific region or population and is present at all times. The prevention and control of disease is of prime concern in the design of animal facilities. See also Epidemic, Epizootic....
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Established by the United States' federal government in 1992 to impose stringent standards for quality and compliance of nearly everything that affects the environment.
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Obtaining energy from waste through
a variety of processes (e.g., combustion)....
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Energy is the capability to do work (i.e., water stored at high elevation, a moving flywheel, a combustible liquid). Energy units are the same as work units: BTU, joules, kilowatt-hours, foot-pounds. 3,400 BTU = 1 kilowatt-hour. A gallon of gasoline conta...
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Machinery or equipment that reduce or eliminate exposure to a hazard, e.g. a chemical fume hood....
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In the laboratory animal care field, the mental state of the animal, their psychological well-being, is taken into consideration by the providing for their needs other than food, water and shelter....
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A business management system that integrates all facets of the business, including planning, manufacturing, sales, and marketing. As the ERP methodology has become more popular, software applications have emerged to help business managers implement ERP in...
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Actual heat content. In HVAC systems,
often refers to heat recovery from exhaust air or heat-generating
equipment....
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Zoology that deals with insects.
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An independent assessment of
the current status of a part's compliance with applicable environmental
requirements or of a party's environmental compliance policies,
practices and controls....
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The report based
on intensive study of the implications of a building project on the
environment: air, wildlife, erosion, soil, noise, etc. ...
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A plan that identifies existing environmental issues and areas of compliance and non-compliance. This plan has the determination of priority and cost of compliance, identifies energy-saving opportunities, and evaluates building systems, the physical plant...
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The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment--air, water, and land--upon which life depends. (www.epa.gov)...
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Smoke generated by those persons smoking tobacco products....
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See Energy Policy Act....
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Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer
membranes. This single-ply roofing material is formed by mixing EPDM
polymer (a sticky black substance) with oils and carbon black, as well
as a number of other materials. EPDM membranes have good
weatherability, elas...
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The prevalence in a community of a disease that has been brought in from elsewhere, or an increase in the prevalence of an endemic disease. See also Endemic, Epizootic....
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The field of science that deals with
the cause, study and control of epidemics and outbreaks of communicable
diseases as well as diseases caused by chemicals and other environmental
factors....
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Epigenetics is a term in biology used today to refer to features such as chromatin and DNA modifications that are stable over rounds of cell division but do not involve changes in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism. These epigenetic changes play ...
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Utility distribution on the outside of a building, rather than in between floors or in the ceiling. See also Interstitial Space....
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The growth of crystalline materials. Such science requires a specially built facility....
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The growth of the crystals of one mineral on the crystal face of another mineral, such that the crystalline substrates of both minerals have the same structural orientation.
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A severe disease that periodically affects a significant number of animals in a population. See also Epidemic, Endemic....
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Any of various usually thermosetting resins capable of forming tight cross-linked polymer structures characterized by toughness, strong adhesion, and low shrinkage, used especially in surface coatings and adhesives. Currently, the most common finish used ...
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The length of floor space occupied by permanent apparatus (such as hoods and lab benches) and moveable items used on a regular basis (such as carts and refrigerators). ELF is a measure of usable work area used as an architectural programming guide or a me...
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Human factors in a work situation (erg =
work, nomics = study of). The science of human manipulative use of
equipment and machinery. As applied to the office environment, it is the
study of how people use seating, work space, communication devices,
li...
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The most widely used local area network
technology....
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A facility dedicated
to research and study relative to the cause or causes of disease....
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The cause of a disease or any condition. Disease prevention and control is of prime interest in the design of animal facilities....
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See Environmental Tobacco Smoke...
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Electromagnetic, vibration, and acoustic (EVA). Some machinery generate EVA fields....
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Provides a higher limit of
coverage than that provided by a primary insurance policy. Excess
insurance goes into effect when the loss exceeds the limit of the
primary insurance....
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Regarding building shells, a building
type in which all vertical structural members, utilities and drains are
located within the outside double walls of the building envelope. The
advantage of this plan is that it affords great flexibility in the use
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A joint or gap between adjacent parts of a building, structure, or concrete work which permits its relative movement due to temperature changes without rupture or damage. (Dictionary of Architecture and Construction © 1993, 1975 McGraw Hill Inc.)...
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The amounts of vapor in the air that form explosive mixtures; the limits give the range of vapor concentrations that will explode if an ignition source is present.
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An
internal connection scheme for communication within a computer. Also
referred to as a communication bus....
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An
organization and contractual approach to construction management in
which the construction manager is cast in a dual role as either AE/CM or
CM/contractor or constructor when initial services are expanded to
include additional responsibilities. See...
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A language, written in text format, that makes data portable over the Web, and allows it to be displayed in a variety of formats. It is more powerful and flexible than HTML (hyper text markup language), and contains data and definitions of how data is to ...
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