Here is a glossary of green terms. You may be familiar with some of these, and some might be something you have never heard of before! Throughout this site, there are home and property options listed that are growing in popularity. To find out more about them, you can browse through this handy section.
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- Absorber
- Active Solar Heating
- Active Solar Power
- Adobe
- Advanced Framing / Concrete Construction
- Aerated Autoclaved Concrete (AAC)
- Afforestation
- Agriculture
- Air Conditioning
- Aldehydes
- Alternative Energy
- Balometer
- Biodegradable
- Biodiversity
- bisphenol-a (BPA)
- Blower Door Tests
- British thermal unit (Btu)
- Brominated Flame Retardants
- Buckwheat
Building Envelope
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
- Carbon Footprint
- Carbon Offset
- Caulk
- Ceiling Fans
- Climate Change
- Coheat Test
- Commissioning
- Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
- Condenser coils
- Daylighting
- DECONSTRUCTED DESIGN
- Deconstruction
- Demand Limit Controller
- Double Pane Windows
- Drip Irrigation
- Drought
- Drought Tolerant Plants
- Dry Deposits
- Dual Flush Toilets
- Duct Blaster
- Ecoenvelope
Electric Thermostat Timer- Emissions Trading
- Energy Assessment
- Energy Audit
- Energy Efficient Appliances
- Energy Efficient Light Fixtures
- Energy Efficient Mortgage (EEM)
- Energy Guide Label
- Energy Improvement Mortgage (EIM)
- Energy Rated
- Energy Recover Ventilator
Energy Star®- Engineered Wood Products
- Enhanced Air Filtration
Enterprise Green Communities- ET Irrigation Control
- Evaporative Cooler
- Fenestration
- Fiber Cement
- Flashing
- Fluorinated Gas
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
- Fresh Air Ventilation
- Fuel Cell
- Geo Thermal Heat System (Closed Loop)
- Geothermal
- Grafting
- Green Guides
- Green Philosophy
- Green Power Pricing
Green Pricing- Green Seal
- Green/Living Roof
- Greenfield
- Greenhouse Gases
- Greenwashing
- Grey Water
- Grey Water System
- Greyfields
- Groundwater
- Heat Exchanger
- High Efficiency Hot Water
- Home Energy Rating System (HERS)
- Hubbert’s Curve
- HVAC (Central Air Conditioning)
- Hybrid Vehicles
- Hydro, Hydropower or Hydroelectric Power (HEP)
- Hydrofluorcarbon
- Hydrological drought
- Hydroponics
- Hydrozoning
- Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
- Indoor airPLUS Program
- Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF)
- Insulated Glass Windows
- Insulation – Blown
- Insulation – Foam in Place
- Insulation-Compatible Air-Tight Recessed Lighting
- International Energy Agency (IEA)
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
LEED-H- LEED-NC
- LEED-ND
- Level Spreader
- Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS)
- Light Pollution
- Light-Emitting Diode Lamp (LED)
- Living Building Challenge
Living wall- Load Controller
- Locavore
- Low Emittance Doors/Windows
- Low Flow (Environmental)
- Low Flow Fixtures
- Low Flow Toilet
- NAR’s Green Designation
- National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
- National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC)
- National Green Building Standard (NGBS)
- Naturescaping
- Net Metering
- Nitrogen Runoff
- Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
- No-Low VOC/Paints, Sealants, Varnish
- Nutrient Loading
- R-Value Upgrades
- Radiant Barrier
- Radiant Floors – Air
- Radiant Floors – Electrical
- Radiant Floors – Hydronic
- Radiant Heated Floors
- Radon
- Rain Garden
- Rain Water Catchment
- Rain/Freeze Sensors
- Rammed Earth Construction
- Recirculating Hot Water Heater
- Recycled Components
- Recyled Construction / Household Waste
- Renewable Energy Sources
- Retrofitting
- Ridership Shed
- Root Crops
- Rotation
- Runoff
- Salinity
- Sanitary Landfill
- Sealed Combustion Fireplace / Woodstove
- Sealed Crawl Space
- Sealed Ducting
- SEER
- Sequestration
- Sequestration
- Soil Erosion
- Solar Assisted Hot Water
- Solar Heat
- Solar Pool Equipment
- Solar Rough-In
- Southern Exposure
- Spray Foam Insulation
- Stone Mulching
- Storm Doors
- Storm Windows
- Straw Bale Construction
- Structured Insulated Panels (SIP)
- Succulent Plants
- Sulfur Hexafluoride
- Sunlight Zone
- Sustainable
- Sustainable Flooring
