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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 Works Association

BOM bill of materials

BT Building Technologies 

CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule

CAMR Clean Air Mercury Rule

CAPM capital asset pricing model

CBECS Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey 

CEC California Energy Commission

CEE Consortium for Energy Efficiency

CFC chlorofluorocarbon 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CIR Current Industrial Report 

COGS cost of goods sold 

CRE commercial refrigeration equipment

CSCR capacitor start/capacitor run (motor)

CSIR capacitor start/induction run (motor) 

DOE 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 Committee 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 hydrochlorofluorocarbon
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HVAC heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning 

HVACR refrigeration and HVAC

IMPLAN Impact Analysis for Planning 

IPCC International 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 assessment

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 analysis

NODA notice of data availability

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 principal building activities

PBP payback period

PG&E Pacific Gas and Electric

PHAC plumbing, heating, and air conditioning 

PPI Producer Price Index 

PSC permanent split capacitor

quads quadrillion British thermal units

R&D research and development

RSCR resistance start/capacitor run (motor) 

RSIR resistance start/induction run (motor) 

SBA Small Business Administration

SCC social cost of carbon 

SCE Southern California Edison 

SCT saturated condenser temperature

SDG&E San Diego Gas and Electric

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission 

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 Code 
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UEC unit energy consumption 

WACC weighted average cost of capital
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EQUIPMENT CLASS DESIGNATIONS FOR AUTOMATIC COMMERCIAL ICE 

MAKERS

Equipment Types

IMH ice-making head

SCU self-contained unit 

RCU remote condensing unit 

Condenser Cooling Type 

W water-cooled unit 

A air-cooled unit 

Ice-Making Type

B batch

C continuous