AA

- 1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ACEEE American Council for an Energy

- Efficient Economy

AEC annual energy consumption

AEO Annual Energy Outlook

AHAM Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers

AHRI Air -Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ARI Air -Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air -Conditioning

Engineers

ASM Annual Survey of Manufacturers

AWC annual water consumption

AWWA American Water Work s Association

BOM bill of materials

BT Building Technologies

CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule

CAMR Clean Air Mercury Rule

CAPM c apital a sset p ricing m odel

CBECS Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey

CEC California Energy Commission

CEE Consortium fo r Energy Efficiency

CFC chlorofluorocarbon

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CIR Current Industrial Report

COGS cost of goods sold

CRE commercial refrigeration equipment

CSCR c ap acitor start/capacitor run (motor)

CSIR c ap acitor start/induction run (motor)

D OE U.S. Department of Energy

EER energy efficiency ratio

EIA Energy Information Administration

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPACT 2005 Energy Policy Act of 2005

EPCA Energy Policy and Conservation Act

ERP equity risk premium

EUROVENT European C ommittee of Air Handling and Refrigeration Equipment

FEMP Federal Energy Management Program

FR Federal Register

G&A general and administrative

GHG greenhouse gas

GRIM Government Regulatory Impact Model

H harvest rate

HARDI Heating, Air -conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International

HCFC hydrochlorofluorocarbonAA

- 2 HVAC heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning

HVACR refrigeration and HVAC

IMPLAN Impact Analysis for Planning

IPCC Internatio nal Panel on Climate Change

LCC life

- cycle cost

LED light

- emitting diode

Manufacturers

MEPS minimum energy performance standards

MIA manufacturer impact analysis

MPC manufacturer production cost

MSP manufacturer selling price

MTA market and technology ass essment

NAFEM North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers

NAICS North American Industry Classification System

NEEA Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

NEMS National Energy Modeling System

NES national energy savings

NIA national impact ana lysis

NODA n otice of d ata a vailability

NOPR notice of proposed rulemaking

NPV net present value

NRCan Natural Resources Canada

NYSERDA New York State Energy Research and Development Administration

OMB Office of Management and Budget

PBA p rincipal building a ctivities

PBP payback period

PG&E Pacific Gas and Electric

PHAC plumbing, h eating, and a ir conditioning

PPI Producer Price Index

PSC p ermanent s plit c apacitor

quads quadrillion British thermal units

R&D research and development

RSCR resistance start/capac itor run (motor)

RSIR resistance start/induction run (motor)

SBA Small Business Administration

SCC s ocial cost of carbon

SCE Southern California Edison

SCT saturated condenser temperature

SDG&E San Diego Gas and Electric

SEC Securities and Exchange Commiss ion

SET saturated evaporator temperature

TEC total energy consumption

TSD technical support document

TSL trial standard level

TXV thermostatic expansion valve

U.S.C. United States CodeAA

- 3 UEC unit energy consumption

WACC weighted average cost of capitalAA

- 4 EQUIP MENT CLASS DESIGNATIONS FOR AUTOMATIC COMMERCIAL ICE

MAKERS

Equipment Types

IMH i ce -m aking h ead

S CU s elf -contained unit

RC U r emote condensing unit

Condenser Cooling Type

W w ater -cooled unit

A a ir -cooled unit

Ice -Making Type

B b atch

C continuous