Shopping center larger than a typical regional mall.
Super window
A popular term for highly insulating window with a heat loss so low it performs better than an insulated wall in winter, since the sunlight that it admits is greater than its heat loss over a 24 hour period.
Superadequacy
A component of real estate that is beyond what is needed in the structure.
Superconducting magnetic energy efficiency storage (smes)
SMES technology uses the superconducting characteristics of low-temperature materials to produce intense magnetic fields to store energy. SMES has been proposed as a storage option to support large-scale use of photovoltaics and wind as a means to smooth out fluctuations in power generation.
Superconductivity
The abrupt and large increase in electrical conductivity exhibited by some metals as the temperature approaches absolute zero.
Superfund
The commonly used name for CERCLA, the federal environmental cleanup law. If a site is on the Superfund list, it is required to be cleaned up by any and all previous owners, operators, transporters and disposers of waste to the site. The federal government will clean such sites, requiring the responsible parties to pay the cleanup costs. Imposes strict liability.
Superheated steam
Increased thermal efficiency is raised by boilers that are used for steam-driven turbine-generators units, which incorporate superheaters to raise steam to a higher temperature than its saturation temperature.
Superheated vapor
Refrigerant vapor which is heated above its saturation temperature. If a refrigerant is superheated, there is no liquid present.
