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| Earth cooling tube
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A long, underground metal or plastic pipe through which air is drawn. As air travels through the pipe it gives up some of its heat to the soil, and enters the house as cooler air. |
| Earth sheltered houses
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Houses that have earth berms around exterior walls. |
| Earth-coupled ground source (geothermal) heat pump
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A type of heat pump that uses sealed horizontal or vertical pipes, buried in the ground, as heat exchangers through which a fluid is circulated to transfer heat. |
| Earth-ship
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A registered trademark name for houses built with tires, aluminum cans, and earth. |
| Earthquake load
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Measurement of how much stress a building can stand during an earthquake. Also referred to as a seismic load. |
| Earthquake strap
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A metal strap used to secure a water heater to the house frame or foundation. |
| Earthwork
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The moving and shaping of dirt via excavation, backfill, etc. based on surveying and staking out of the contours. |
| Eased edge
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The chamfered, or beveled edge, of strip flooring, plank, block, and parquet at approximately 45 degree angle. Eased edge is considered to be less of a indentation than beveled edge flooring. |
| Easement
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An incorporated right, liberty, privilege, or use of another entity's property, distinct from ownership, without profit or compensation; a right-of-way. |
| Easement appurtenant
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Burdens one parcel of land (servient estate) for the benefit of another parcel (dominant estate). |
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