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APPENDIX K: LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

§: Section

Act or EPCA: Part B of Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, Public Law 94-163,

as amended by the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, Public Law 95-619, the National

Appliance Energy Conservation Act, Public Law 100-12, the National Appliance Energy

Conservation Amendments of 1988, Public Law 100-357, and the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Public

Law 102-486

AC or A/C: air conditioner

ADL: Arthur D. Little, Inc. 

AEC: Annual Energy Consumption 

AEO: Annual Energy Outlook, DOE/EIA publication

ACCA: Air Conditioning Contractors of America

ANOPR: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

ARI: Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Institute

ARW: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Wholesalers

ASHRAE: American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.

BLAST: Building Loads and Systems Thermodynamics simulation tool

BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics 

BOM: Bill of Materials 

BRS: Building Research and Standards, office of DOE

Btu: British thermal unit

C: carbon

CAC: central air conditioner

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CAC-HP: central air conditioner and heat pump

CAPM: capital asset pricing model 

CBECS: Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey, DOE/EIA publication

CDD: cooling degree day

CFR: Code of Federal Regulations 

CIR: Current Industrial Reports 

CMER: consumer marginal energy rates

CO2: carbon dioxide 

Co-op: rural cooperative utility

CRF: capital recovery factor 

DC: direct current

DOE: Department of Energy 

DOJ: Department of Justice 

EA: Environmental Assessment 

EBIT: Earnings Before Interest and Taxes

EBT: Earnings Before Taxes

ECM: electronically commutated motor

EER: energy efficiency ratio

EIA: Energy Information Administration

EJ: exajoules (1018 joules)

E.O.: Executive Order 

EPA: Environmental Protection Agency 

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EPCA: Energy Policy and Conservation Act

EPACT: Energy Policy and Conservation Act

FEMP: Federal Energy Management Program 

FLEOH: full load equipment operating hours

FONSI: Finding of No Significant Impact

FR: Federal Register

G & A: General and Administrative 

GJ: gigajoules (109

 joules)

GNP: gross national product

GRI: Gas Research Institute

GRIM: Government Regulatory Impact Model 

GW: gigawatt

HCFC: hydrochlorfluorocarbon

HDD: heating degree day

HFC: hydrofluorocarbon

HP: heat pump

HSPF: heating seasonal performance factor

HVAC: heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning

ImBuild: Impact of Building Energy Efficiency Programs model

INPV: industry net present value

IOU: investor owned utility

ISO: International Standards Organization

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kt/a: thousand metric tons per year

kWh: kilowatt-hour

LBNL: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

LCC: Life-Cycle Cost

Max Tech: maximum technologically feasible

Mfr: manufacturer

MIA: Manufacturer Impact Analysis 

MMBtu: million Btu

Mt/a: megatons (106

 metric tons) per year 

Muni: municipal utility

NAECA: National Appliance Energy Conservation Act 

NEMS: National Energy Modeling System

NEMS-BRS: National Energy Modeling System - Building Research and Standards

NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

NES: National Energy Savings 

NOPR: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NOx: nitrogen oxides

NPV: net present value 

OEM: original equipment manufacturer

OIRA: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

OMB: Office of Management and Budget 

ORNL: Oak Ridge National Laboratory 

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PAC: packaged air conditioner

PBP: payback period

PHP: packaged heat pump

PNNL: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 

PPI: producer price index

PSC: permanent split capacitor

PTAC: packaged terminal air conditioner

Quads: quadrillion Btu

R&D: Research and Development 

RECS: Residential Energy Consumption Survey, DOE/EIA publication

Rev Eng: reverse engineering

RIA: Regulatory Impact Analysis

ROIC: return on invested capital

RTPF: round tube, plate fin

S & P: Standard & Poor's 

SANOPR: Supplementary Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

SCF: Survey of Consumer Finances, Federal Reserve Board publication

SEER: seasonal energy efficiency ratio

SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission

SG&A: Sales, General, & Administration

SIC: Standard Industrial Classification

SO2: sulfur dioxide

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src_conv: source conversion factor 

SRM: switched reluctance motor

t: metric ton

TSD: Technical Support Document

TSL: trial standard level

TWh: terrawatt-hour

TXV: thermostatic expansion valve

UEC: unit energy consumption

U.S.C.: United States Code

VS: variable-speed

WACC: weighted average cost of capital

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