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Energy Efficient Schools and Students: Glossary of Terms

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Background and Overview

Glossary of Terms

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Acknowledgements

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Clean Energy Glossary
This glossary provides definitions of a number of important terms associated with power generation t...

Coal Glossary
Glossary of Coal-related terms is provided. This also serves as a portal to lesson plans and teache...

Glossary of Energy-Related Terms
This is a comprehensive list of easy to understand energy-related terms.

NEED Project, Putting Energy into Education
NEED provides curriculum correlations to the National Science Education Standards, and provides proj...

Wind Energy Glossary
This glossary is provided in English, German, Spanish, French, and Danish. Each term, once selected,...

<big><b>Energy Efficient Schools and Students: Glossary </b></big> Alternative energy, traditional energy, and energy engineering and efficiency terms are defined.

Energy is a broad category, and in the current economic market many new terms and energy types are being explored. This section of the Energy Efficient Schools and Students provides links to various glossaries.

Categories include:

Bio diesel
Bio mass
Biofuels
Coal
Conservation
Efficiency
Electricity
Fuel Cells
Geo Thermal
Green Power
Hydro Energy
Natural Gas
Nuclear
Ocean and Tidal Energy
Petroleum
Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy
Solar Energy
Wind Energy

Additional links provided at the right define technology and technical terms associated with energy such as:

Air Retarder/Barrier
Alternating Current
Appliance Energy Efficiency Ratings
Ballast
Battery Energy Storage
Bone Dry Unit
Capacitor
Compact Fluorescent
Incandescent
Outdoor Air Kit
Photovoltaic Array
Pulse-start Lamps
T-5 HO systems

Terms related to specific energy forms will have "glossary" associated with the link in the list of resources.

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Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable
Contact email: glrppr@istc.illinois.edu

Hub Last Updated: 7/6/2011


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