Best Practice Guide

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Commissioning

On-the-Farm Energy Use

Lighting

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Boilers

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Combined Heat and Power

Compressed Air

Refrigeration

Motors

Demand Response

Distributed Generation

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Best Practice Guide Glossary

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The assembly of exterior partitions of a building that enclose conditioned spaces, through which thermal energy may be transferred to or from the exterior, unconditioned spaces, or the ground. [See California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Section 2

Source: California Energy Commission