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A
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AE
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Action Energy (programme from the Carbon Trust)
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AMDEA
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Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances
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ANEC
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European Association for the Co-Ordination of Consumer Representation in Standardisation
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ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
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APEC
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Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation
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ASERCOM
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Association of European Refrigeration Compressor Manufacturers
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AV
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Average Performance - calculation based on Unit Energy Consumption (UEC) data - in any year
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B
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BBA
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British Board of Agreement
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BED
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Boiler Efficiency Directive
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Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
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BN
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Briefing Note
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BP
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Best Practice
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BPMA
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British Pump Manufacturers' Association
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BRA
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British Refrigeration Association
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BRE
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Building Research Establishment
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BS
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British Standard
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BSI
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British Standards Institute
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C
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CA
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Consumers' Association
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CBI
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Confederation of British Industry
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CCAs
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Compliance Cost Assessments/Climate Change Agreements
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CCC
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Confederation of Construction Clients
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CCL
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Climate Change Levy
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CCP
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Climate Change Programme
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CIBSE
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Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers
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CEC
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European Commission - the civil service of the European Community
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CECED
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The European wide association of manufacturers of domestic electrical appliances
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CELMA
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Federation of National Manufacturers Associations for Luminaires and Electrotechnical Components in the European Union
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CEMEP
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European Committee of Manufacturers of Electrical Machines and Power Electronics
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CEN
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Committee for European Normalisation - the committee responsible for harmonising standards and test procedures across Europe
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CENELEC
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(CLC) European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization - a subsidiary of CEN
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CFL
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Compact fluorescent lamp
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CheSS
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Central Heating System Specs
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CHP
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Combined Heat & Power
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CI
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Critical Issue
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CoC
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Code of Conduct
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CO2
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Carbon Dioxide - a major greenhouse gas and the main gas produced when fossil fuels are burnt
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COP
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Coefficient of Performance
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COSP
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Coefficient of System Performance
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CRT
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Cathode Ray Tube
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CT
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Carbon Trust
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D
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dB
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Decibels - a measurement of noise levels
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DECADE
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Domestic Equipment and Carbon Dioxide Emissions, a European programme of work
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Defra
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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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DGs
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Directorate Generals of which there are 26 in the Commission
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DG Enterprise
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DG responsible for the management of a large volume of the internal market acquisition
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DG Environment
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The DG within the Commission responsible for most of the policy areas of relevance to the MTP
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DG TREN
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Energy and Transport - responsible for the rational use of energy
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DLP
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Digital Light Protection
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DSM
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Demand Side Management - policies to reduce the demand for electricity, either in a general sense, or, often, as a specific policy of an electricity utility.
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DTG
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Digital TV Group
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DTI
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Department of Trade & Industry
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E
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EA
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Electricity Association - UK organisation which used to represent the electricity companies involved in generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the UK (no longer in existence).
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EACEM
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European Association of Consumer Electronics Manufacturers - the European trade association representing the major manufacturers of brown goods. Now superseded by EICTA.
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EBC
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Environment, Business and Consumers, a Division within Defra responsible for MTP
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EBP
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Earliest Best Practice - See BNXS02.
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ECA
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Enhanced Capital Allowance/Electrical Contractors Association
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EC
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European Commission
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ECCP
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European Climate Change programme
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ECESB
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European Community Energy Star Board
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ECI
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Environmental Change Institute, Oxford
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Ecolabel
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An EU labelling scheme where a product is assessed on the basis of a complete life cycle environmental impact analysis. Criteria allow only the best 10 or 20% of the products on the market.
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EE
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Energy Efficiency
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EEC
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The Energy Efficiency Commitment
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EEDAL
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Energy Efficiency of Domestic Appliances and Lighting (Conference)
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EEI
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Energy Efficiency Index (with reference to energy labelling of domestic goods).
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EEPH
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Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes
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EEPWG
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Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes, Working Group (there are various working groups covering different sectors e.g. White Goods Strategy group).
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EER
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Energy Efficiency Recommended, an EST Scheme/Energy Efficiency Ratio
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EESOP
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Energy Efficiency Standards of Performance, superseded by EEC in 2002.
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EFTA
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European Free Trade Association
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EICTA
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European Information & Communications technology Industry Association
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EL
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Energy Labels
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ELDA
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A database of domestic electrical appliances containing all relevant product information including energy efficiency and performance
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ELRC
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Energy Label Regulatory Committee - chaired by Commission with Member State representatives
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EN
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Euro Norm - published standard, applying to all EU and EFTA member states. Created by CENLEC. ETSI, or CEN
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ENDS Daily
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Provider of European environmental news
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EPBD
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Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
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ESIS
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The APEC energy standards information system comprehensive web site on testing standards, MEPS and labelling requirements.
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EST
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Energy Saving Trust
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ETL
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Energy Technology List - the list of products eligible for Enhanced Capital Allowances
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ETP
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Economic and technical potential
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ETSI
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European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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EU
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European Union. See CEC & EC
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EU ETS
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EU Emissions Trading Scheme
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EuP
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Eco-design of Energy Using Products Directive. Abbreviation commonly used for the Framework Directive on Eco Design of Energy Using Products (draft at June 2004).
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EWP
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Energy White Paper
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F
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FCO
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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FDIS
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Final Draft International Standard
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FETA
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Federation of Environmental Trade Associations
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FMA
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Fan Manufacturers Association
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FS
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Fuel Saving/Fuel Switching
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G
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GB
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Great Britain - the three mainland countries of England, Wales and Scotland, i.e. not including Northern Ireland.
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GEA
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Group for Efficient Appliances
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GfK
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A market sales data company, selling PoS (Point of Sales) data from retailers on domestic appliances
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GIR
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General Information Report
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Govt
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Government
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GWh
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Gigawatt-hour
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H
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Harmonised standard
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A published EN standard that has been approved and published in the Official Journal of the European Communities
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HECA
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Home Energy Conservation Act
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HEES
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Home Energy Efficiency Scheme - operational in Wales only equivalent to Warm Front in England.
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HHIC
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Heating and Hotwater Information Council
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HMCE
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Her Majesty's Customs and Exercise
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Household
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This is the same as the census definition: a group of people (who may, or may not be related) living, or staying temporarily, at the same address, who have a regular arrangement to share at least one meal daily, or share common housekeeping.
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HRE
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Heat Replacement Effect
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HVAC
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Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
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I
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ICT
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Information and Communications Technology equipment (includes office and telecoms)
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IEC
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International Electrotechnical Commission
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IEA
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International Energy Agency
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International standard
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A standard published by one of the international standards organisations
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ISO
|
International Standards Organisation
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ISPRA
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(See JRC)
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ITU
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International Telecommunications Union
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J
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JCT
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Joint contracts tribunal
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JRC
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Joint Research Council of the European Commission, seated at Ispra, Italy
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K
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K+
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Kyoto+ scenario illustrative programme of additional measures designed to achieve a large carbon emission reduction.
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kWh
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Kilowatt-hour - measure of energy; 1 kWh is equal to 1000 watts used for 1 hour.
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L
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LA
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Lighting Association/Local Authority
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LCD
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Liquid Crystal Display
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LED
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Light Emitting Diode
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LEEP
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Lothian and Edinburgh Environmental Partnership
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LIF
|
Lighting Industry Federation
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Life Cycle Cost
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The cost of the appliance to the consumer over the lifetime of the appliance (i.e. running costs as well as purchased price).
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LLCC
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Lowest Life Cycle Cost
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Low Performance Indicator
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Threshold level achieved by bottom 20% of poorest performers
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LPG
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Liquefied Petroleum Gas
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Lux
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A measure of light intensity
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M
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m 2
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Square metres
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Mandate
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Formal EC request to CEN/CLC/ETSI to produce a standard
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MEPS
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Minimum energy performance standards
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MS
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Member State/Minimum Standard
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MtC
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Millions tonnes of carbon
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MTP
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Market Transformation Programme
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N
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NCC
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National Consumer Council
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New Approach Directive
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Framework directive permitting the use of harmonised standards
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NSSF
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National Standardisation Strategic Framework, a BSI initiative co-ordinating the efforts of all BSI stakeholders
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O
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ODPM
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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
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OECD
|
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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OFGEM
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Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
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OFTEC
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Oil Firing Technical Association for the Petroleum Industry
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OGC
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Office of Government Commerce
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OGCBS
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Office of Government Commerce Buying Solutions
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OJ
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See OJEC
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OJEC
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Official Journal of the European Communities
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OLED
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Organic light emitting diode
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P
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P1
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A policy scenario incorporating adopted actions/policies, plus an ambitious but feasible programme of additional proposed actions/policies.
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P2
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(Policy) Ref: +adopted actions
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PAS
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Publicly Available Specification - a BSI published document pre-standard
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PB
|
Policy Brief
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PCs
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Personal Computers
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PDAs
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Personal Digital Assistants
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PFI
|
Private Finance Initiative
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PIRs
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Passive Infrared Detectors
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PIU
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Policy and Innovation Unit - a Prime Ministerial advisory group
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PrEn
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Draft standard, not yet approved
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PSIB
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Performance Standards Information Base (established by MTP)
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Q
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R
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RC
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Reference Case - see BNXS02
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REEP
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Renewable Energy and Energy efficiency Partnership
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REF
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(Baseline) Underlying trends and technology development + extant policy measures
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RIA
|
Regulatory Impact Assessment
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RIBA
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Royal Institute of British Architects
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RoHS
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Restrictions on the use of certain Hazardous substances
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S
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SAP
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Standard Assessment Procedure for energy rating of dwellings
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SAVE
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Specific Actions for Vigorous Energy Efficiency - the SAVE Programme is the principal focus of the Community's non-technological action on energy efficiency. See http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy/en/pfs_save_en.html for more information.
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SCP
|
Sustainable Consumption and Production
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SEDBUK
|
Seasonal Efficiency of Domestic Boilers in the UK
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SEP
|
Sustainable Energy Policy (a Division within Defra)
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SEPN
|
Sustainable Energy Policy Network
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SI
|
Systeme International d'unites (International System of Units)
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S I
|
Statutory Instruments (UK Government legislation)
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SL
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Street Lighting
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SLL
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Society of Light and Lighting
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SM
|
Sector Manager
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SOGS
|
Standing Committee of Government Representatives Specific Energy Consumption energy consumed per unit of service
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Standard
|
A defined requirement, not necessarily published by a recognised organisation.
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STB
|
Set Top Box
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T
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TACMA
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The Association of Controls Manufacturers
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TBC
|
To be confirmed
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TC
|
Technical Committee of a standards making body
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TED
|
Tenders Electronic Daily
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TS
|
a pre-standard published by CEN (has replaced the similar ENV)
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TSI
|
Trading Standards Institute
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TSO
|
Trading Standards Organisation/Officer
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TVs
|
Televisions
|
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TWh
|
Tera watt-hour, 1x10 12 watt-hours, or one trillion watt-hours
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U,V
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UEC
|
Unit Energy Consumption
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UK
|
United Kingdom - Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
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UKEPIC
|
UK Environmental Products Information Consortium (no longer operational)
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UK ETS
|
UK Emissions Trading Scheme
|
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UNFCCC
|
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Units of Measurement
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1 kWh = 3.6 MJ
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1 therm= 105 Btu
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1 therm = 105.506 MJ
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1 therm = 29.3 kWh
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Powers of ten
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101 = deca
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103 = kilo
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106 = mega
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109 = giga
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1012 = tera
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VAT
|
Value Added Tax
|
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VIP
|
Vacuum insulated panel
|
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Voluntary standard (1)
|
Adherence to a standard as a free choice
|
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Voluntary standard (2)
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Adherence to a standard as an alternative to the imposition of regulations
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VSDs
|
Variable Speed Drives
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W
|
|
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W
|
Watt - SI unit of power; the rate at which energy is used, = 1 joule per second
|
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WEEE
|
Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Directive - - European Parliament and Council Directive 2002/96/EC
|
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WG
|
Working Group
|
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WSSD
|
World Summit for Sustainable Development
|
|
WTL
|
Water Technology List
|
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X,Y,Z
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