ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AD Analytically Derived

ADL Arthur D. Little, Inc.

ADP Adjusted Dew Point

AEC Annual Energy Consumption

AEO Annual Energy Outlook

AHAM Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers

ANOPR Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ARI Air­Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute

AS Australian Standard

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air­Conditioning

Engineers

BLAST Building Loads Analysis System Thermodynamics

BOM Bill of Materials

BT Building Technologies

Btu British Thermal Units

CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule

CAPM Capital Asset Pricing Model

CBECS Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey

CDEC Calculated Daily Energy Consumption

CEC California Energy Commission, Compressor Energy Consumption

CEE Consortium for Energy Efficiency

CFC Chlorofluorocarbon

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CIMS Canadian Integrated Modeling System

CIP Conservation Improvement Program

CIR Current Industrial Report

CMER Consumer Marginal Energy Rates

CO2 Carbon Dioxide

COGS Cost of Goods Sold

COP Coefficient of Performance

CPUC California Public Utilities Commission

CRE Commercial Refrigeration Equipment

CRMD Commercial Refrigerator Manufacturers Division (ARI)

CSA Canadian Standards Association

CSL Candidate Standard Level

CUAC Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps

DAT Discharge Air Temperature

DC Direct Current

DOE Department of Energy

DOJ Department of Justice

ECM Electronically Commutated Permanent Magnet

EERE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

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EER Energy Efficiency Ratio

EEV Electronic Expansion Valve

EFS Existing Display Floor Space

EHD Electro­hydrodynamic

EIA Energy Information Administration

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPACT 2005 Energy Policy Act of 2005

EPCA Energy Policy and Conservation Act

EPR Evaporator Pressure Regulator

ERP Equity Risk Premium

EUI Energy Use Intensity

FEMP Federal Energy Management Program

FMI Food Marketing Institute

FR Federal Register

G&A General and Administrative

GRIM Government Regulatory Impact Model

GW Gigawatt

HARDI Heating, Air­Conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International

HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon

HVAC Heating, Ventilating and Air­Conditioning

IAT Integrated Average Temperature

IMBUILD Impact of Building Energy Efficiency Programs

IMPLAN Impact Analysis for Planning

ImSET Impact of Sector Energy Technologies

INPV Industry Net Present Value

IPCC International Panel on Climate Change

kWh Kilowatt Hours

LCC Life­Cycle Cost

LED Light­Emitting Diode

LSHX Liquid­Suction Heat Exchanger

MEPS Minimum Energy Performance Standards

MIA Manufacturer Impact Analysis

MLP Manufacturer List Price

MPC Manufacturer Production Cost

MSP Manufacturer Selling Price

MTA Market and Technology Assessment

PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratories

NAECA Appliance Energy Conservation Act

NAICS North American Industry Classification System

NECPA National Energy Conservation Policy Act

NEMS National Energy Modeling System

NES National Energy Savings

NFS New Construction Floor Space

NIA National Impacts Analysis

NOPR Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NOX Oxides of Nitrogen

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NPV Net Present Value

NRCan Natural Resources Canada

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

OMB Office of Management and Budget

PBA Principal Building Activities

PBP Payback Period

PG&E Pacific Gas and Electric

PHAC Plumbing, Heating, and Air­Conditioning

PPE Plant, Property, and Equipment

PPI Producer Price Index

PSC Permanent Split Capacitor

Quad Quadrillion Btu

R&D Research and Development

RIA Regulatory Impact Analysis

RPBP Rebuttable Presumption Payback Period

S&P Standard and Poor’s

SBA Small Business Administration

SCE Southern California Edison

SCT Saturated Condenser Temperature

SDG&E San Diego Gas and Electric

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission

SEDS State Energy Consumption, Price, and Expenditure Estimates

SET Saturated Evaporator Temperature

SG&A Sales, General, and Administration Expenses

SO2 Sulfur Dioxide

TDA Total Display Area

TEC Total Energy Consumption

TMY Typical Meteorological Year

TSD Technical Support Document

TSL Trial Standard Level

TWh Terawatt hours

TXV Thermostatic Expansion Valve

UEC Unit Energy Consumption

U.S.C. United States Code

V Volume

W Watts

WACC Weighted Average Cost of Capital

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EQUIPMENT CLASS DESIGNATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION
 

EQUIPMENT

Equipment Families

VOP Vertical without Doors

SVO Semi­Vertical without Doors

HZO Horizontal without Doors

SOC Service Over Counter

VCT Vertical with Transparent Doors

HCT Horizontal with Transparent Doors

VCS Vertical with Solid Doors

HCS Horizontal with Solid Doors

Condensing Unit Configuration

RC Remote Condensing Unit

SC Self­Contained Condensing Unit

Rating Temperature

M Refrigerator (“Medium Temperature”), 38 °F

L Freezer (“Low Temperature”), 0 °F

I Ice­Cream Freezer (“Ice­Cream Temperature”), ­15 °F

Equipment classes are defined as a combination of a equipment family, condensing unit

configuration and rating temperature. For example, “VOP.RC.M” is a vertical display

refrigeration case without doors using a remote condensing unit for medium temperature

applications.

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