http://www.greenwordaday.com A Sustainable Glossary Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:17:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The air that leaks in around doors, windows, and electrical outlets, etc. which can be a major source of heat loss. http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-dictionary/infiltration/ An accounting of the energy and waste associated with the creation of a new product through use and disposal. http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-dictionary/life-cycle-inventory-lci/ Renovation of a building or site to include elements that allow a particular use or uses to occupy a space that originally was intended for a different use http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-glossary/adaptive-reuse/ Devices that shut off lights automatically when rooms are unoccupied. http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/occupancy-sensors/ A strong, shatter-resistant recyclable plastic that is inexpensive to produce. It is made into bottles for soda, water... May be recycled into fleece, clothing, fiberfill… PETE is lightweight and poses a low risk of leaching toxic chemicals into contents. It's petroleum-based. http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/pete-polyethylene-terephthalate/ Process by which a building is heated in an attempt to accelerate VOC emissions from furniture and materials. http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/bake-out/ A solid byproduct of electric power generation often added to concrete and cement that improves durability, and reduces the need for other materials by making use of a byproduct. http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/fly-ash/ YES YOU CAN! The Top 10 Absolutely Greenest, Doable Resolutions! from Greenwala Our Holiday Gifts To You! Give the Gift of Clean Water - please consider donating because: One in Eight People on this Planet Don't Have Access To Safe, Clean Drinking Water. Wishing you a most joyous, prosperous, green 2010! http://www.greenwordaday.com/carbon-footprint/happy-holidays-lets-exchange-gifts/ The cleanup of a contaminated site using biological methods, i.e., bacteria, fungi, plants, etc. Organisms are used to either break down contaminants in soil or water, or accumulate the contaminants in their tissue for disposal. http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/bioremediation/ Electricity produced by small generating units that are not connected to high-voltage transmission lines. http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-glossary/off-grid-electricity/