Speech Privacy

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The inability of an unintended listener to understand another person’s speech.

Sustainability

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The practice of creating and maintaining conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony.

Task Lighting

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Lighting directed to a specific surface or area that provides illumination for visual tasks.

Telework

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Work arrangements in which employees do not commute to a central place of work.

Tendinitis

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Inflammation or irritation of a tendon, often caused by repetitive stress from overuse.

Thermal Comfort

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The condition of mind that expresses satisfaction with the thermal environment.

Thermal Stratification

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The layering of different temperatures in a space, typically with warmer air at the ceiling and cooler air at the floor.

Universal Design

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The design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.

Visitor Management System

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A technology used to track and monitor the usage of a physical location while providing temporary credentials.

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

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Organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary room temperature, many of which have short- and long-term adverse health effects.

Wayfinding

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The process of orienting oneself and navigating from place to place within a built environment.

White Noise

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A type of noise that is produced by combining sounds of all different frequencies together.