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The terms and definitions included in this glossary were taken from "ASHRAE Terminology of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration".
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met


unit of metabolic rate of people. One met is defined as 18.4 Btu/h·ft2 (58.15 W/m2), which is equal to the energy produced per unit surface area of a seated person at rest. The surface area of an average man is about 19 ft2 (1.8 m2 

 

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