Maine Revised Statutes > Title 10 > Part 3 > Chapter 214 – Energy Efficiency Building Performance Standards
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 10 > Part 3 > Chapter 214 - Energy Efficiency Building Performance Standards
- ASHRAE: means the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413
- borrower: means any resident of this State who has received or agreed to pay a private education loan for the borrower's own education expenses. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-A Sec. 16-101
- BTU: means British Thermal Unit which is the amount of thermal energy required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413
- Conditioned floor area: means the floor area within the building which is actively heated or cooled by a heating, ventilating or air conditioning system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413
- Conditioned space: means space within the building which is actively heated or cooled by a heating, ventilating or air conditioning system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413
- Cosigner: includes an individual whose signature is requested as a condition to grant credit or forbear a collection. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-A Sec. 16-101
- Cosigner release: means the release of the obligations of a cosigner on a private education loan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-A Sec. 16-101
- Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. Source: OCC
- Creditor: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-A Sec. 16-101Geothermal heat pump: means a central heating or central cooling system that pumps heat to or from the ground. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413 Gross floor area: means the total area of all floors within the conditioned space, including the floor area of heated basements, measured from exterior faces of exterior walls or the centerline of walls separating buildings. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413 Heat loss: means the amount of heat transferred annually from the conditioned space to the outside or to an unconditioned space by means of conduction and infiltration as calculated by the method described in this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413 Infiltration: means the uncontrolled movement of air into and out of the conditioned space through cracks and interstices in the building envelope. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413 lender: means any person engaged in the business of securing, making or extending private education loans or any holder of a private education loan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-A Sec. 16-101 Original creditor: means the private education lender identified in a promissory note, loan agreement or loan contract entered into with a private education loan borrower or cosigner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-A Sec. 16-101 Person: means any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or governmental entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413 Primary heating system: means a heating system with a rated maximum heat output that is greater than 50% of the design heating load of the building or the unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413 Private education loan: means an extension of credit that is extended to a consumer expressly, in whole or in part, for postsecondary education expenses, regardless of whether the loan is provided by the education institution that the student attends, and that is not made, insured or guaranteed under the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 United States Code, Chapter 28, Subchapter IV. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-A Sec. 16-101 Private education loan collection action: means any judicial action in which a claim is asserted to collect on a defaulted private education loan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-A Sec. 16-101 Private education loan collector: means a person collecting or attempting to collect on a defaulted private education loan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-A Sec. 16-101 Remodeling: means the addition to an existing building of new conditioned space that is heated electrically or the conversion of existing space from nonelectric heat to electric heat. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413 Renovation: means the reconstruction, removal or replacement of any portion or element of an existing building that affects the heat loss or gain of the building, illumination of the building or the heating, ventilating or air conditioning system of the building when the total cost of the renovation exceeds 75% of the assessed value of the building, but does not include normal maintenance and repair. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1413 Total and permanent disability: means the condition of an individual who: