5.502 Definitions — 2025 California Green Building Standards Code

California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · California

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Cite as: 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11) § 5.502 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission

5.502.1 Definitions. The following terms are defined in Chapter 2.

1 BTU/HOUR.

ARTERIAL HIGHWAY.

A-WEIGHTED SOUND LEVEL (dBA).

COMMUNITY NOISE EQUIVALENT LEVEL (CNEL).

COMPOSITE WOOD PRODUCTS.

DAY-NIGHT AVERAGE SOUND LEVEL (Ldn).

DECIBEL (dB).

ENERGY EQUIVALENT (NOISE) LEVEL (L eq ).

EXPRESSWAY.

FREEWAY.

GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL (GWP).

GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL VALUE (GWP VALUE).

HIGH-GWP REFRIGERANT.

LONG RADIUS ELBOW.

LOW-GWP REFRIGERANT.

MERV.

MAXIMUM INCREMENTAL REACTIVITY (MIR).

PRODUCT-WEIGHTED MIR (PWMIR).

PSIG.

REACTIVE ORGANIC COMPOUND (ROC).

SCHRADER ACCESS VALVES.

SHORT RADIUS ELBOW.

SUPERMARKET.

VOC.

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