123:4-1-02 Definitions as used in this chapter.

(A) “Facility” means a building or other structure that includes provision for a heating and/or cooling and/or service water heating system.

(B) “State assisted facility” means a facility constructed or renovated in whole or in part with state or federal funds or with funds guaranteed or provided by or through a state agency.

(C) “Life cycle cost” means the total energy related costs of owning, operating and maintaining the facility over the economic life of the facility.

(D) “Energy consumption analysis” means the evaluation of all energy consuming systems and components by demand and type of energy, including the internal energy load imposed on a facility by its occupants, equipment and components and the external energy load imposed on a facility by climatic conditions.

(E) “Energy performance index” means a number describing the energy requirements of a facility per square foot of floor space or per cubic foot of occupied volume as appropriate under defined internal and external ambient conditions over an entire seasonal cycle.

(F) “Passive alternative” means a design consideration that affects energy consumption but does not use energy in its operation.

(G) “Active alternative” means a design consideration including a system or component that uses energy in its operation.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 02/23/2004 and 02/23/2009

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 123.011

Rule Amplifies: 123.011

Prior Effective Dates: 12-30-80