Article #1319 - Building Energy Codes Glossary - S (S-Sk)
This listing contains terms and acronyms that are used throughout the BECP website and compliance tools.
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SBCCI
The Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc.
Screw Lamp Holders
A lamp base that requires a screw-in-type light such as an incandescent or tungsten-halogen bulb.
Seasonal Coefficient of Performance (cooling)
The total cooling output of an air conditioner during its normal annual usage period for cooling divided by the total electric energy input during the same period in consistent units (analogous to the HSPF but for IP or other consistent units).
Seasonal Coefficient of Performance (heating)
The total heating output of a heat pump during its normal annual usage period for heating divided by the total electric energy input during the same period in consistent units (analogous to the HSPF but for IP or other consistent units.)
Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER)
The total cooling output of an air conditioner during its normal annual usage period for cooling, in Btu/h (W), divided by the total electric energy input during the same period, in watt-hours, as determined by DOE 10 CFR Part 430, Subpart B, Test Procedures. New equipment ranges from about 10 to 16 SEER. Higher SEER ratings indicate more efficient equipment.
Semiheated Space
An enclosed space within a building that is heated by a heating system whose output capacity is greater than or equal to 3.4 Btu/Ft2 of floor area but is not a conditioned space.
Service Agency
An agency capable of providing calibration, testing, or manufacture of equipment, instrumentation, metering, or control apparatus, such as a contractor, laboratory or manufacturer.
Service Equipment
The necessary equipment, usually consisting of a circuit breaker or switch and fuses and accessories, located near the point of entrance of supply conductors to a building or other structure (or an otherwise defined area) and intended to constitute the main control and means of cutoff of the supply. Service equipment may consist of circuit breakers or fused switches provided to disconnect all undergrounded conductors in a building or other structure from the service-entrance conductors.
Service Water Heating
Heating water for domestic or commercial purposes other than space heating and process requirements.
Set Point
Point at which the desired temperature (degrees Fahrenheit) of the heated or cooled space is set.
Setback
Reduction of heating (by reducing the set point) or cooling (by increasing the set point) during hours when a building is unoccupied or during periods when lesser demand is acceptable.
Shading Coefficient (SC)
The ratio of solar heat gain through fenestration, with or without integral shading devices, to that occurring through unshaded 1/8-in.-thick double-strength glass.
Simulation Program
A computer program that is capable of simulating the energy performance of building systems.
Single Family
A detached residential building, irrespective of height, including duplexes.
Single Zone Units 4 HVAC System
Unitary HVAC systems that serve a single zone. Single zone systems can provide either heating or cooling, but they provide supply air at the same volume and temperature to the entire zone which they serve.
Single-Rafter Roof
A subcategory of attic roofs where the roof above and the ceiling below are both attached to the same wood rafter and where insulation is located in the space between these wood rafters.
Single-Zone System
An HVAC system serving a single HVAC zone.
Site-Recovered Energy
Waste energy recovered at the building site that is used to offset consumption of purchased fuel or electrical energy supplies.
Site-Solar Energy
Thermal, chemical, or electrical energy derived from direct conversion of incident solar radiation at the building site and used to offset consumption of purchased fuel or electrical energy supplies. For the purposes of applying this standard, site-solar energy shall not include passive heat gain through fenestration systems.
Skylight
A fenestration surface having a slope of less than 60 degrees from the horizontal plane. Other fenestration, even if mounted on the roof of a building, is considered vertical fenestration.
Skylight Well
The shaft from the skylight to the ceiling.
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