Definitions / Important Links

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_________A__________

Air Source Heat Pump
Alternative Transportation

__________B__________

Biomass
Bioswale
Brownfield  

__________C__________

Cap and Trade
Carbon Credit
Carbon Footprint
Carbon Neutral
Certified Wood
Climate Change
Community Supported Agriculture
Complete Streets
Composting
Cool Roof

_________D__________

Daylighting

_________E__________

EECBG (Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant)
Eco-Capitalism
Electric Vehicle
Energy Audit
Energy Conservation
Energy Star
Environmental Conservation
ESCo (Energy Service Company)

_________F__________

Fuel Cell 

_________G__________

Geothermal Energy
Geothermal Heating and Cooling
Global Warming
Green Cleaning
Greenfield
Greenhouse Gas
Green (-Collar) Jobs  
Green Roof
Grey Water
Ground Source Heat Pump

_________H__________

Heat Island Effect
Hybrid Vehicle
Hydropower

__________I__________

Indoor Air Quality

_________J__________

_________K__________

_________L__________

LED (Light Emitting Diode)
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
Light Pollution
Low Impact Development

_________M__________

Marine Power

_________N__________

Native Landscaping
Natural Resource
Non-Renewable Resource 

_________O__________

Organic Food
Organic Gardening

_________P__________

Passive Solar
Permeable Paving  
Pollution

_________Q__________

_________R__________

RPS (Renewable Portfolio Standard)
Rain Barrel
Rain Garden
Rain Water Harvesting  
Renewable Energy Certificates
Renewable Resource
Recycling 

_________S__________

Smart Grid
Smart Growth
Solar Hot Water Heating
Solar Power
Stormwater
Stormwater Management BMPs (Best Management Practices)
Sustainability
Sustainable Building
Sustainable Landscaping
Sustainable Living

_________T__________

Thermal Comfort
Triple Bottom Line 

_________U__________

Urban Farming
Urban Sprawl  
USGBC (United States Green Building Council)

_________V__________

VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds)

_________W__________

Water Efficiency
Watershed 
Weatherization
Wind Power

__________X__________

_________Y__________

_________Z__________

Zero (Net-Zero) Energy Building