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Electricity

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The term 'electricity' refers to the presence and flow of an electric charge. The most common form is that which is used to power appliances, machines and devices by the flow of electrons through conductors such as copper wires.

Static electricity refers to electric charges that are static and not moving, while an electric current is created when charges are dynamic and moving.

Articles relating to electricity on Designing Buildings Wiki:

  1. 18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
  2. Amendment 3 BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations IET Wiring
  3. Ampere
  4. Appliance
  5. Approved Document P
  6. Approved document R
  7. Are electric bikes the future?
  8. Battery energy storage systems with grid-connected solar photovoltaics BR 514
  9. Battery storage
  10. Bluetooth
  11. Building an electrical grid for our times.
  12. Can we keep the lights on
  13. CAT5
  14. Changing patterns in domestic energy use FB 76
  15. Combined heat and power
  16. Community energy network
  17. Consumer electronics
  18. Consumer unit
  19. Creating a smarter, more flexible energy system
  20. DC electricity networks
  21. DC isolators for photovoltaic systems (FB 68)
  22. Developing system intelligence for optimising building electricity networks
  23. Domestic heat pumps and the electricity supply system
  24. Domestic micro-generation
  25. ECA
  26. ECA 2018 Apprentice of the Year
  27. ECA articles
  28. EIC apprentice support programme
  29. Electric
  30. Electric lock
  31. Electric motor
  32. Electric vehicles
  33. Electrical appliance
  34. Electrical component
  35. Electrical consumption
  36. Electrical control systems
  37. Electrical drawing
  38. Electrical energy
  39. Electrical engineer
  40. Electrical equipment
  41. Electrical installation
  42. Electrical power
  43. Electrical safety
  44. Electrical system
  45. Electrical wiring
  46. Electrician
  47. Electricity bill
  48. Electricity supply
  49. Electromagnetic field
  50. Energy
  51. Energy harvesting
  52. Energy storage
  53. Energy storage - the missing piece?
  54. Energy storage in buildings - a technology overview BG73 2018
  55. Ethernet
  56. Extranet
  57. Faraday Challenge
  58. Feed in tariff
  59. Flexible electrical networks for a low carbon future
  60. Formula E drives electric vehicle market forward
  61. Fuel cell
  62. Future of electricity in domestic buildings
  63. Glossary of electrical terms
  64. High-speed electronic communication network
  65. How the Electrical Industries Charity helps tackle domestic abuse
  66. Hydroelectricity
  67. IET Wiring Regulations
  68. In-building wireless
  69. Information and communications technology
  70. Internet of things
  71. Kilowatt hour
  72. Large scale solar thermal energy
  73. Local area network
  74. Making the most of renewable energy systems DG 531
  75. Micro-CHP
  76. Microgeneration
  77. Micro-grids
  78. On-site generation of heat and power
  79. Power factor
  80. Power generation
  81. Power over ethernet
  82. Power over USB
  83. Protected circuit
  84. PV inverter
  85. Renewable energy
  86. Rewiring
  87. Smart buildings
  88. Smart cities
  89. Smart meter owners report higher, not lower, bills
  90. Smart technology
  91. Solar photovoltaics
  92. Subsidy-free low carbon electricity
  93. Sustainable development: energy challenge
  94. Switchgear
  95. The future of electricity in domestic buildings
  96. The future of UK power generation
  97. The UK's low-carbon future is increasingly electric
  98. The use of batteries to store electricity for buildings
  99. Tidal lagoon power
  100. Types of fuel cells
  101. Ubiquitous sensors to assess energy consumption and wellbeing in domestic environments
  102. Uninterrupted power supply for buildings
  103. Utilities
  104. Voltage
  105. Watt
  106. Why the UK needs to support emerging tech like energy storage
  107. WiFi
  108. Will we burn fossil fuels to power wind turbines in the future?
  109. WiMax
  110. Wind Energy in the United Kingdom
  111. Wind farm
  112. Wind turbine
  113. Wireless electric highways
  114. ZigBee
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