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