42 U.S.C. § 5502 : US Code - Section 5502: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5502 : US Code - Section 5502: Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter -
(1) the term "solar heating", with respect to any building,
means the use of solar energy to meet such portion of the total
heating needs of such building (including hot water), or such
portion of the needs of such building for hot water (where its
remaining heating needs are met by other methods), as may be
required under performance criteria prescribed by the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development utilizing the services of the
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
and in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, and the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration;
(2) the terms "solar heating and cooling" and "combined solar
heating and cooling", with respect to any building, mean the use
of solar energy to provide both such portion of the total heating
needs of such building (including hot water) and such portion of
the total cooling needs of such building, or such portion of the
needs of such building for hot water (where its remaining heating
needs are met by other methods) and such portion of the total
cooling needs of a building, as may be required under performance
criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development utilizing the services of the Director of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, and in
consultation with the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and such
term includes cooling by means of nocturnal heat radiation, by
evaporation, or by other methods of meeting peakload energy
requirements at nonpeakload times;
(3) the term "residential dwellings" includes previously
occupied and new single family and multifamily dwellings, mobile
homes, and publicly assisted housing owned by a private sponsor
or a State or local housing authority not covered by section 5515
of this title;
(4) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
(5) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development; and
(6) Omitted.