ASHRAE Terminology

A Comprehensive Glossary of Terms for the Built Environment
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nondepletable energy

forms of energy (excluding minerals) derived from incoming solar radiation, including energy from photosynthetic processes, energy from resulting phenomena including wind, waves, and tides and lake or pond thermal differences, and energy from the internal heat of the earth and nocturnal thermal exchanges. See renewable energy.