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Glossary of Greenhouse Gas Terms

Greenbuilding Law

Albedo The amount of solar radiation reflected from an object or surface, often expressed as a percentage. Biofuels Gas or liquid fuel made from plant material. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Any gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the atmosphere. Alternative Energy Energy derived from nontraditional sources (e.g.,

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

vital for new technologies that all of us use every day from solar panel technology to wind turbine, engineering design, and the creation of new alloys and polymers. Finally, physics can be used to calculate the amount of energy produced by the processing and burning of biofuel just as it has for fossil fuels.