Acronym |
Definition |
ADES |
Academic District Energy System: a five-year project to replace UBC’s aging steam distribution system with a more efficient hot water system |
Biomass Cogeneration |
The cogeneration of electrical and thermal energy using biomass as its primary fuel source |
BMS |
Building Management System: a network of computer-based controllers connected to various mechanical heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems |
BRDF |
Bioenergy Research Demonstration Facility: a cogeneration facility at UBC that produces steam, electricity, and hot water |
CEC |
Campus Energy Centre: the name of the building that will house the boilers for UBC’s new hot water system |
CHP |
Combined Heat and Power: A facility where the production of the primary unit produces both heat and electricity (power); Cogeneration is another term used to describe CHP |
CLT |
Cross Laminated Timber: a new wood building material that can be used as a low carbon, renewable alternative to steel construction |
CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
Cogeneration |
A facility that produces two streams of energy from one input; typically, electricity and heat are produced from natural gas |
C.Op |
BC Hydro’s Continuous Optimization initiative |
CRDM |
Capital Renewal and Deferred Maintenance |
EPI |
Energy Planning and Innovation group within UBC Energy and Water Services |
EWS |
UBC’s Energy and Water Services unit |
GJ |
Gigajoule: a unit to measure natural gas |
GHG |
Greenhouse Gas |
Green Labs |
An energy conservation initiative at UBC focused on optimizing air changes in teaching and research labs |
GW |
Gigawatt: equal to one billion watts |
GWh |
Gigawatt Hour: equal to 1,000 megawatts per hour |
HDD |
Heating Degree Days: a measurement derived from air temperature and reflecting the energy needed to heat the UBC campus |
HVAC |
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning: refers to HVAC systems in buildings |
kWh |
Kilowatt Hour: equal to 1,000 watts per hour |
MW |
Megawatts: equal to one million watts |
MVA |
Megavolt Ampere: a unit to measure electrical capacity |
NDES |
Neighbourhood District Energy System: A proposed hot water system for the University Neighbourhood Association at UBC |
NG |
Natural Gas |
NG – Rate 22 |
Interruptible natural gas which can be curtailed if the outside temperature drops below -7 degrees Celsius |
NG –Rate 25 |
Non-interruptible natural gas, which cannot be curtailed |
NRCan |
Natural Resources Canada |
Retrofit |
Adding a component or accessory that wasn’t present when something was originally built |
RNG |
Renewable Natural Gas: a biogas typically produced from landfills, biodigesters or biomass which has the same methane value as natural gas |
Syngas Cleanup Technology |
A process whereby raw syngas produced from biomass is refined and cleaned up to produce a clean syngas, which is usable as an engine fuel source |
TEC |
Temporary Energy Centre: a temporary steam to hot water heat exchanger located on University Boulevard on the UBC campus |
Wi-Fi Occupancy |
An energy conservation initiative at UBC that utilizes Cisco’s Wi-Fi technology to determine building occupancy and adjust building system operation in real time |