Best Practice Guide

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Commissioning

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STEADY STATE EFFICIENCY Return to list of terms

A performance rating for space heaters; a measure of the percentage of heat from combustion of gas that is transferred to the space being heated under specified steady state conditions. [See California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Section 1602(e)(13)]

Source: California Energy Commission