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 Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute 

AS Australian Standard 

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning 

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, Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International 

HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon 

HVAC Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning 

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 Life-Cycle Cost 

LED Light-Emitting Diode 

LSHX Liquid-Suction 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 Air-Conditioning 

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 Semi-Vertical 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 Self-Contained Condensing Unit 

Rating Temperature 

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

L Freezer (“Low Temperature”), 0 °F 

I Ice-Cream Freezer (“Ice-Cream 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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