Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
bâtiment basse consommation (BBC)
English translation:
\'BBC\' low energy building
Added to glossary by
David BUICK
Mar 17, 2010 07:37
14 yrs ago
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This is obviously a "low-energy use building", but I was just wondering whether there is a recognised English-language equivalent of the French standard http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bâtiment_de_basse_consommation or whether I should just leave BBC. Insights welcome!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | low energy building |
ormiston
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| 4 +1 | low-consumption building |
Bourth (X)
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References
| low consumption building |
Miranda Joubioux (X)
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Proposed translations
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18 mins
Selected
low energy building
seems to have become the standard description:
[PDF]
Towards very low energy buildings
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
by OM Jensen - 2009
National studies of low energy buildings. Denmark. Some studies, but only in Danish. France. Yes, but no one in English written text. Germany ...
euroace.org/.../EuroACE%20-%20SBi_2009-03%20Towards%20very%20low%20energy%20building%20
[PDF]
Towards very low energy buildings
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
by OM Jensen - 2009
National studies of low energy buildings. Denmark. Some studies, but only in Danish. France. Yes, but no one in English written text. Germany ...
euroace.org/.../EuroACE%20-%20SBi_2009-03%20Towards%20very%20low%20energy%20building%20
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Rebecca Davis
: and there's even an acronym (LEB)
4 mins
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thanks and of course you are right.
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Evans (X)
48 mins
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| agree |
Bashiqa
5 hrs
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| agree |
Jack Dunwell
9 hrs
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Alan Douglas (X)
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Travelin Ann
: clickable link from Asker's original
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "see my answer in reference comments too. Thanks all."
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2 hrs
low-consumption building
Assuming this is the registered mark of Effinergie, you'd best leave it in French (leave at least the acronym) and add the term they themselves use on their site, "low consumption building". That's what I do. I imagine they chose consommation - as opposed to énergie - deliberately.
http://www.effinergie.org/site/Effinergie/30-OurTechnicalGui...
When talking about low energy/consumption buildings in general, about the concept, "low energy" would be OK.
http://www.effinergie.org/site/Effinergie/30-OurTechnicalGui...
When talking about low energy/consumption buildings in general, about the concept, "low energy" would be OK.
Peer comment(s):
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Bashiqa
: I thought this was the headquarters of 'The Temperance Society'.
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Nope: TB sufferers are barred at the gates.
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Miranda Joubioux (X)
: Alex is quite right. I would be careful about the company's choice of words - Google gives 16000 hits for this!
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Thanks, always nice to know someone else thinks the same way as me!
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Pablo Strauss
: It seems standard English usage should override their translation. Notice that right next to "low consumption building" they wrote "Achievement of a Project" instead of "completion" - a serious error
5 hrs
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I agree in principle, but if it's referring to the BBC-Effinergie label, using "consumption" goes half way to explaining "BBC" as opposed to "LEB".
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Reference comments
23 hrs
Reference:
low consumption building
http://www.ciatozonair.co.uk/medias/major-line_eng.pdf
Another outstanding feature of the Major Line range is its extended range of cooling capacities: from 0.7 kW
to 9 kW Eurovent rating (7/12 °C - 27 °C - 19°(WB)). This makes it suitable, for example, both for new
buildings with low energy requirements (BBC - French low consumption building standard) and in
geographical areas demanding high capacity. The range includes a dozen Major Line sizes, each available
in four basic assembly configurations (vertical enclosed, horizontal enclosed, vertical without enclosure,
horizontal without enclosure). They do not need dedicated instrumentation and control, as they are all
compatible with CIAT control systems.
This reference shows a good way of dealing with this BBC acronymn.
Another outstanding feature of the Major Line range is its extended range of cooling capacities: from 0.7 kW
to 9 kW Eurovent rating (7/12 °C - 27 °C - 19°(WB)). This makes it suitable, for example, both for new
buildings with low energy requirements (BBC - French low consumption building standard) and in
geographical areas demanding high capacity. The range includes a dozen Major Line sizes, each available
in four basic assembly configurations (vertical enclosed, horizontal enclosed, vertical without enclosure,
horizontal without enclosure). They do not need dedicated instrumentation and control, as they are all
compatible with CIAT control systems.
This reference shows a good way of dealing with this BBC acronymn.
Note from asker:
| Hi Miranda and thank you. Bourth raises a good point about what the organisation itself usese... but I have just this minute found quite a few documents by or about Effinergie which use "Low Energy Building" (some with the type of explanation you supply). This job is for a powerpoint so pretty concise. I'm tending towards 'energy' rather than consumption but leaving the BBC acronym thereafter. |
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