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Emergency planning

Process of identifying hazards and exposures; mitigating risk; developing training, policies and procedures to prevent or minimize loss during a disaster; developing […]

Earned revenue

Revenue included in the budget because the organization has done a substantial amount of what it promised to do (provided goods or […]

Energy intensity

Calculated as kWh per square meter or occupant per year. This result is then multiplied by the official GHG emission coefficients published […]

Efficient communication

Implies an optimized cost in terms of resources (time, money and effort) expended.

Energy management systems

Energy management systems

Ethnocentric management orientation

A management philosophy used in global organizations where an organization is headquarters-driven. Subsidiaries have limited autonomy. Given this orientation, communications must comply […]

e-waste

Discarded electronic devices or their parts.

Emergency maintenance

Any activity that requires immediate repair because of impending danger to the occupants, their business processes, the building, or a building system.

Emergency assembly area

Predesignated safe location to which occupants are evacuated and where they can be accounted for, receive essential services and await directions from […]

Ergonomics

The study of equipment design in order to reduce operator equipment fatigue and discomfort.