(HVAC) The amount of cooling required to keep a building at a specified tempeature during the summer.

The amount of cooling required to keep a building at a specified temperature during the summer, usually 25° C, based on a design outside temperature.

Heat which flows into a space from outdoors and/or indoors.

A measure of the energy that must be expended by a building's systems to cool the indoor to a desired temperature.

The amount of cooling required to keep a building at a specified temperature during the summer, usually 78° Fahrenheit, regardless of outside temperature.

The rate at which heat must be extracted from a space in order to maintain the desired temperature within the space.