Best Practice Guide

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Education

Lighting

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Procurement Policy

Building Envelope

Demand Response

Distributed Generation

Water Use

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A unit of illumination equal to the direct illumination on a surface that is everywhere one meter from a uniform point source of one candle; a unit of illumination that is equal to one lumen per square meter. Also see footcandle.

Source: California Energy Commission