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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 […]

Efficient communication

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

Energy intensity

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

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.