Energy Kaizenator Vocabulary

By: Dontre DKamara JShanez DDamien A

Chris L

Energy Kaizenator VocabularyBy: Dontre DKamara JShanez DDamien AChris LKellie B

Potential Energy

• noun-the energy of a body or a system with respect to the motion of the body or of the particles in the system.

Kinetic Energynoun-the energy of a body or a system with respect to the motion of the body or of the particles in the system.

Watts and Kilowatts

• Kilowatts- Noun-a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. Abbreviation: kW, kw

• Watts- Noun-the SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second and equal to the power in a circuit in which a current of one ampere flows across a potential difference of one volt. Abbreviation: W, w.

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Wattage

(noun) Wattage• 1.power, as measured in

watts.• 2.the amount of power

required to operate an electrical appliance or device.

Renewable Energy

• Noun-any naturally occurring, theoretically inexhaustible source of energy, as biomass, solar, wind, tidal, wave, and hydroelectric power, that is not derived from fossil or nuclear fuel.

Nonrenewable Energy• Relating to a natural resource, such as petroleum or

a mineral ore, that cannot be replaced once it has been extracted or procured. Nonrenewable resources that are not significantly altered by their use, including most metals, can often be recovered and their usefulness extended by recycling. Compare renewable.

Weather Stripping

• A narrow piece of material, such as plastic, rubber, felt, or metal, installed around doors and windows to protect an interior from external extremes in temperature.

R value insulation

• measure of thermal resistance [1] used in the building and construction industry.

Consumption

• the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.

Greenhouse emissions

A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing

infrared radiation

Energy audit

• a technical check of energy use, as in a home or factory, to monitor and evaluate

consumption.

Thermostat

• a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to

establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in

temperature for manual adjustment.

Ambient temperature

• the temperature of the surrounding environment; technically, the temperature of the air surrounding a power supply or cooling

medium

Central heating

• Central heating differs from local heating in that the heat generation occurs in one place

Sustainable Energy

Sustainable energy is the provision of energy such that it meets the needs of the present

without compromising the ability of future generations to meet

their needs. A broader interpretation may allow inclusion of 

fossil fuels as transitional sources

while technology develops, as long as

new sources are developed for future generations to use.

Natural GasNatural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with other fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills .

Occupancy SensorMotion can be detected by measuring change in speed or vector of an object or objects in the field of view. This can be achieved either by mechanical devices that physically interact with the field or by electronic devices that quantifies and measures changes in the given environment.When motion detection is accomplished by natural organisms, it is called motion perception.

Fossil FuelsFossil fuels are fuels formed by natural resources such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, but exceeds 2 billion years.[1] These fuels contain a high percentage of carbon andhydrocarbons

Carbon Footprint Carbon footprint is "the total set of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions caused by an organization, event or product" [1]. For simplicity of reporting, it is often expressed in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide, or its equivalent of other GHGs, emitted.