Appendix C Glossary Lightng Terms1

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APPENDIX C

GLOSSARY OF LIGHTING TERMS1

Abbreviations and Acronyms:

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers

CCT Correlated Color Temperature

CRI Color Rendering Index

DOE Department of Energy

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FEMP Federal Energy Management Program

HID High-Intensity Discharge

HVAC Heating, Ventilating, and Cooling

Hz Hertz

IESNA Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

kW Kilowatts

kWh Kilowatt Hours

LEC Light Emitting Capacitor

LED Light Emitting Diode

LLD Lamp Lumen Depreciation

NEC National Electric Code

NECA National Electrical Contractors Association

NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association

NESC National Electrical Safety Code

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

O&M Operations and Maintenance

RFI Radio Frequency Interference

SAD Seasonal Affective Disorder

SF Square Foot

THD Total Harmonic Distortion

1 All definitions taken from "Glossary of Lighting Terminology", The IESNA Lighting Handbook, Chapter G,

Ninth Edition (New York: The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, 2000), p. G-1.

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