The process of converting municipal solid waste to energy and/or recovering materials for recycling.

The temperature of the air as measured by a standard thermometer.

A type of lamp that produces light from sodium gas contained in a bulb operating at a partial pressure of 0.13 to 1.3 Pascal. The yellow light and large size make them applicable to lighting streets and parking lots.

An automatic valve that is opened or closed by an electromagnet.

Standardized codes used to classify businesses by type of activity they engage in.

The planting, cultivation, and harvesting of a single species of crop in a specified area.

A popular term used for an evaporative cooling device.

The heat produced by combusting a specific quantity and volume of fuel in an oxygen-bomb colorimeter under specific conditions.

A battery that uses lithium in the negative electrode and a metal sulfide in the positive electrode, and the electrolyte is molten salt; can store large amounts of energy per unit weight.

A concrete pad that sits on gravel or crushed rock, well-compacted soil either level with the ground or above the ground.

The vacancy where an electron would normally exist in a solid; behaves like a positively charged particle.

A passage for surplus water to flow over or around a dam.

A component of a heat pump that reverses the refrigerant's direction of flow, allowing the heat pump to switch from cooling to heating or heating to cooling.

The angle that a solar collector is positioned from horizontal.

An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only.

A type of combustion heating system in which combustion air is drawn directly from outside and the products of combustion are vented directly outside. These features are beneficial in tight, energy-efficient homes because they will not depressurize a home ...

The amount of money required to secure a specified cash flow at a future date at a specified return.

Any wholly or partially enclosed space in which combustion takes place.

Nonglossy paint with a relatively high absorptance.

The local climate of specific place or habitat, as influenced by landscape features.