Code of Massachusetts Regulations
225 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES
Title 225 CMR 22.00 - Massachusetts Stretch Code and Specialized Code 213 For Low-rise Residential
Chapter 2 - [RE] DEFINITIONS
Section R202 - GENERAL DEFINITIONS
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
R202 Add the following definitions:
ALL-ELECTRIC BUILDING. A building with no on-site combustion equipment for fossil fuel use or capacity including fossil fuel use in space heating, water heating, cooking, or drying appliances.
CLEAN BIOMASS HEATING SYSTEM. Wood-pellet fired central boilers and furnaces where the equipment has a thermal efficiency rating of 85% (higher heating value) or greater; and a particulate matter emissions rating of no more than 0.08 lb PM2.5/MMBtu heat output.
COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT. Any equipment or appliance used for space heating, service water heating, cooking, clothes drying and/or lighting that can use fuel gas, fuel oil or solid fuel and that is not a clean biomass heating system.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE. An automotive-type vehicle for on-road use, such as passenger automobiles, buses, trucks, vans, neighborhood electric vehicles, electric motorcycles, and the like, primarily powered by an electric motor that draws current from a rechargeable storage battery, fuel cell, photovoltaic array, or other source of electric current.
Informational Note: defined as in 527 CMR 12.00: Massachusetts Electrical Code (Amendments) section 625.2.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT (EVSE). The conductors, including the ungrounded, grounded, and equipment grounding conductors, and the Electric Vehicle connectors, attachment plugs, and all other fittings, devices, power outlets, or apparatus installed specifically for the purpose of transferring energy between the premises wiring and the Electric Vehicle.
Informational Note: defined as in 527 CMR 12.00: Massachusetts Electrical Code (Amendments) section 625.2
ELECTRIC VEHICLE READY PARKING SPACE ("EV Ready Space"). A designated parking space which is provided with wiring and electrical service sufficient to provide 240 volt AC level II or equivalent EV charging, as defined by Standard SAE J1772 for EVSE servicing light duty Electric Vehicles.
ENTHALPY RECOVERY RATIO. Change in the enthalpy of the outdoor air supply divided by the difference between the outdoor air and entering exhaust air enthalpy, expressed as a percentage.
HIGH-EFFICACY LAMPS. Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps with an efficacy of not less than the following:
MIXED-FUEL BUILDING. A building that contains combustion equipment or includes piping for such equipment.
POTENTIAL SOLAR ZONE AREA. The combined area of any flat roofs, or low-sloped roofs and any steep-sloped roofs oriented between 90 degrees and 300 degrees of true north where the annual solar access is 70% or greater. Annual solar access is the ratio of "annual solar insolation with shade" to the "annual solar insolation without shade". Shading from obstructions located on the roof or any other part of the building shall not be included in the determination of annual solar access.
