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Efficient Jargon Buster
Efficient Jargon Buster
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GBE Jargon Buster
Definitions
EFFICIENCY
A measure of a piece of kit’s performance, a ratio of output over input.
(Cherrington ’95)
performance at specified rating conditions
(Building Energy Glossary ’06)
EFFICIENCY, HVAC SYSTEM
Ratio of the useful energy output at the point of use to the energy input in consistent units for a designated time period, expressed in percent
(Building Energy Glossary ’06)
Theme
- Loft Insulation
Initial, Abbreviations & Acronyms
Classification
- K43 Raised Storage/Access Systems
Numbers
Words & Phrases
- Conduction Thermal Insulation
- Decrement Delay (Jargon Buster) G#14043
- Decrement Factor (Jargon Buster) G#14043
- k value
- Loft
- Loft Insulation
- Radiant Thermal Insulation
- Raised storage/access systems
- Thermal Break (Jargon Buster) G#9357
- Thermal Bridge (Jargon Buster) G#9351
- Thermal Bypass
- Thermal Flanking
- Thermal Insulation
- U value
Datasets:
GBE Slogans:
- Build-Tight Ventilate-Right
- Build Light Insulate Right Solar Tight ©GBE G#2272
- Don’t Cook Your Client G#12200
- Fabric-First
- Lift Your Loft ©GBE G#13957
- Lift Your Loft Stuff ©GBE G#13957
- Stuffed Loft Squashed Insulation Lift Your Loft Stuff ©GBE G#13957
GBE #Hashtags:
- #DontCookYourClient G#12200
- #LiftYourLoftStuff ©GBE G#13957
- #BuildLightInsulateRightSolarTight ©GBE G#2272
Information sources:
- NGS BRM ’01
- GBE BRM ’12
- GreenSpec AEP ’03
Relevance to Environmental Construction:
- Healthy
- Environmental
- Resourceful
- Appropriate
- Competent
- Effective
- Yardstick
Opinion:
Examples:
Winter energy efficiency can lead to summer overheating if you use the wrong insulation properties
Building Integrated Renewables can become hot and less efficient
PVT are more efficient than PVs alone
The Co-efficient of performance of heat pumps being greater than 1 means for every energy input there is far greater output.
The coefficient of utilisation is the ration between the light emitted by a luminaire and the light level a the work surface being illuminated.
Combined heat and power is more efficient than power only squandering all the heat as waste
The human body’s digestive system is efficient, the calorific value of human waste is poor,
(NGS BRM ‘08)
Notes:
© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
24th February 2014 – 25th December 2017
Efficient Jargon Buster
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© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
24th February 2014 – 13th December 2016
Efficient Jargon Buster
See Also:
GBE Jargon Buster
Jargon Buster Themes G#1333 N#1320
- Air/Wind Tightness G#1420 N#1391
- BIM G#1409 N#1382
- Biodiversity G#645 N#667
- Environmental G#1891 N#1748
- Flood G#1357 N#1341
- LCA Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment G#1338 N#1325
- Timber G#1511 N#1462
- Urban Design G#1392 N#1366
- Waste G#1334 N#1321
Insulation/Decrement List
- Attic
- Attic Insulation
- Cellular Extruded Clay Block
- Cellular Glass
- Cellulose Fibre Fake
- Cement Particleboard
- Conduction Thermal Insulation
- Cork
- Decrement Delay (Jargon Buster) G#14043
- Decrement Factor (Jargon Buster) G#14043
- External Insulated Render Systems (EIRS)
- k value
- Loft
- Loft Insulation
- Masonry
- Metal Cladding
- Overheating
- Rainscreen Cladding
- Radiant Thermal Insulation
- Raised storage/access systems
- R value
- Single Aspect
- Steel Frame
- Squashed Insulation
- Structural Insulation Panel System (SIPS)
- Thermal Break (Jargon Buster) G#9357
- Thermal Bridge (Jargon Buster) G#9351
- Thermal Bypass
- Thermal Flanking
- Thermal Insulation
- Thermal Lag
- Thermal Mass
- Timber Frame
- Top Storey
- U Value
- U Value Envelope
- Wind Wash (Jargon Buster) G#14021
- Wood Fibre Thermal Insulation
Airtightness List
- Air Barrier
- Air Exfiltration
- Air Infiltration
- Air Leakage Path
- Air-Tightness
- Air-Tightness Layer
- Cellular Block
- Cement Particleboard
- Cross-Laminated Timber Panels (CLTP)
- External Weather Envelope
- External Insulated Render Systems (EIRS)
- Parge Coat
- Rainscreen Cladding
- Structural Insulation Panel System (SIPS)
- Timber Frame
- U Value
- U Value Envelope
Biodiversity List
- Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)
- Biodiversity Action Reporting System (BARS)
- Biodiversity
- Bird Of Conservation Concern (BOCC)
- Ecological Assessment
- Ecology Survey
- Ecosystem Services
- European Protected Species (EPS)
- European Protected Species (EPS) Licence
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Environmental Performance Indicators (EPI)
- External Insulated Render Systems (EIRS)
- Green Infrastructure (GI)
- Habitat
- Habitat Creation
- Luminaire
- Photovoltaic Cells (PV)
- U Value
- U Value Envelope
- Unimproved Grassland
- Zero Carbon
Life Cycle Assessment: Initials, Abbreviations & Acronyms
- A+
- ABC
- ADP
- AtoG
- BIM
- BRE
- CAP’EM
- EC
- ECHA
- EOL
- EP
- EPD
- EWC
- GBL
- GGtS
- MA
- LCA
- LCI
- OEF
- PASS
- PCR
- PEF
- PEFCR
- REACH
- SIN
- SVHC
Life Cycle Assessment: Words & Phrases
- Abiotic
- Abiotic Components
- Abiotic Depletion
- Abiotic Resource Depletion Potential (ADP)
- Acidification N#1322
- Allocation
- BIM-ready CAD files
- Biodiversity
- Biosphere
- BRE’s Environmental Profiles (EP)
- BRE’s Green Book Live (GBL)
- BRE’s Green Guide to Specification (GGtS)
- CAP’EM Cycle Assessment Procedure for Eco-Impacts of Materials (CAP’EM) N#566
- CAP’EM Compass Building Product Comparison System
- CAP’EM Definitions
- CAP’EM Glossary
- CAP’EM EPD
- CAP’EM LCA
- CAP’EM Product Data Sheet
- CAP’EM Product Improvement
- Carbon
- Carbon Dioxide
- Carbon Dioxide equivalent
- Chemicals
- Chemicals Secretariate (ChemSec)
- ChemSec
- Climate
- Cradle (excavation from earth, extraction from plantations, etc.)
- Cradle to ….
- Cradle to Cradle
- Cradle to factory gate
- Cradle to Grave
- Cycle Assessment Procedure for Eco-Impacts of Materials (CAP’EM) N#566
- Ecological footprint
- EcoPoints
- Economic Allocation
- Embodied Carbon (EC)
- End of life (EOL)
- Energy
- Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
- Environmental Profiling (EP)
- Environmental Impacts
- European Chemicals Agency
- European Waste Catalogue (EWC)
- Factory Gate to Grave
- Final material
- Footprint
- Global Warming Potential (GWP)
- Green Guide to Specification (GGtS)
- Greenhouse Gas Potential (GHGP)
- Inputs
- impact
- Individual Impacts
- Intermediate material
- ISO 14025:2006
- Life Cycle
- Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
- Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment (LCA)
- Life Cycle Inventory
- Marginal Analysis (MA)
- Monetisation
- Outputs
- Packaging
- Plastics
- Product Assessment Sustainability Screening (PASS)
- Products
- Product Environmental Footprinting (PEF)
- Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR)
- REACH Regulations (REACH)
- Reference Flows
- Resource Efficiency
- Sequestered Carbon (SC)
- Substitute It Now List (SIN List)
- Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC)
- Toxlist
GBE Past Events
GBE Checklist
- A38 Waste (Checklist) G#12806
- A90 Performance Specification
- A94 Airtightness Test
- A95 Infrared thermographic survey
- B11 Prefabricated Building Units (Checklist) G#1634 N#1553
- D11 Soil Stabilisation (Checklist) G#1587 N#1519
- H21 Timber Weatherboarding (Checklist) G#11946
- K43 Raised Storage Access Systems (Checklist) G#13934
- L10 Windows Rooflights Screens Louvres (Checklist) G#1604 N#1533
- M21 Insulation With Rendered Finish (Checklist) G#9442
- M50 Rubber Plastics Cork Lino Carpet tiling sheeting (Checklist) G#1160 N#1164
- P10 Sundry Insulation/Proofing/Fire stops
- P14 Air/Wind tightness systems
GBE Defects
- Loft Insulation (Defects) G#14166
- Bird Box Installation (Defects) G#12823
GBE Issue Papers
- Overheating G#145
- Squashed Loft Insulation G#13919
GBE Links
- Organisation/Website
GBE Calculator
- Bat and Bird Roost Box calculator
- Loft Insulation U value calculator
- Raised Storage/Access platform support thermal bridge Psi calculator
GBE Green Building Specifications
Robust Specification Clause
- Biodiversity Bat and Bird Roots and Boxes Specifications
Robust Specification Work Sections
- A90 Performance Specification (RP) G#511 N#529
- A95 P SC Thermographic Survey Specification G#512 N#530
- F23 Boulder and Turf hedge bank walling (RSW) G#1612 N#1539
- H21 Timber Weatherboarding (RSW) G#625
- K43 120A StoreFloor (RSW) G#14031
- N80 110A Cambridge Swift Box (RSW) G#13711
- Biodiversity Bat and Bird Roots and Boxes Specifications
GBE Shop
- A90 Performance Specification (Shop) G#10236
- K43 120A StoreFloor (Shop) G#14037
- W21 Projection Paint Robust Specification Work Section (Shop) G#10693
GBE Projects
- Designing for Biodiversity: A technical guide for new and existing buildings G#535 N#555
- Future Cities G#872 N#892
GBE CPD
- Biodiversity 100% Workshop (P) 233
- Biodiversity Bats Pads ZEDs (P) 235
- Biodiversity Designing Bats Buildings (P) 236
- Biodiversity Bat Habitat (P) 234
- Biodiversity Low and Zero Carbon Buildings 100% Workshop (P) 237
© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
14th February 2014 – 21st December 2016
