Incandescent Bulbs

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Incandescent Bulbs – A standard light bulb that uses an electrically heated filament to produce light in a vacuum or inert gas-filled bulb. The amount of light produced per unit of energy, also known as “lumens per watt,” is not as great as compact fluorescent bulbs and many other lamp sources. In many instances, the amount of heat generated per lumen is also high. If not utilized, this heat is often an unwanted heat load and requires more cooling energy to neutralize the heat load.

Indirect Solar Gain System – A passive solar heating system in which the sun warms a heat storage element, or surface, and the heat is distributed to the interior space by convection, conduction, and radiation.

Interruptible Power – A rate structure or other agreement to pay customers that will interrupt electric service when needed to maintain power to customers with firm power agreements.

Kilowatt- A watt is a unit of power in the International System of Units (SI) that is required to do work at the rate of 1 joule per second. Kilo is from the metric system and means 1,000. Therefore, a kilowatt is power required to do work at the rate of 1,000 joules per second.

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