enclosure
[ISO 16814:2008, 3.14]:individual room, space or part thereof.
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energy balance
[AIVC, Air infiltration and ventilation glossary, 1992]:the arithmetic balancing of energy inputs versus outputs of an object or processing equipment; it is positive if energy is released, and negative if energy is absorbed.
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[AIVC, Air infiltration and ventilation glossary, 1992]:the deliberate design of a building or process to reduce its energy usage, or to increase its energy efficiency.(see conservation of energy)
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[AIVC, Air infiltration and ventilation glossary, 1992]:the efficient use of energy with minimum waste.
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[EN 14511-1:2022, 3.15]:ratio of the total cooling capacity to the effective power input of the unitNOTE Expressed in kW/kW.energy efficiency ratio, rated (see rated energy efficiency ratio)
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