ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 

ACCA Air Conditioning Contractors of America 

ACEEE American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy 

AEO Annual Energy Outlook 

AHRI Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute 

AIRD active infiltration reduction device 

ANSI American National Standards Institute 

ARI Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute 

ASAP Appliance Standards Awareness Project 

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning 

Engineers 

ASM Annual Survey of Manufacturers 

BOM bill of materials 

BT building technologies 

BTU British thermal units 

CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule 

CAMR Clean Air Mercury Rule 

CBECS Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey 

CFC chlorofluorocarbons 

CFL compact fluorescent light 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

CIR Current Industry Reports 

CMER consumer marginal energy rates 

CRE commercial refrigeration equipment 

CRMD Commercial Refrigerator Manufacturers Division 

CSL candidate standard level 

DC direct current 

DF discount factor 

DOE U.S. Department of Energy 

DOJ U.S. Department of Justice 

DPTXV differential pressure thermostatic expansion valve 

ECM electronically commutated motors 

EEI Edison Electric Institute 

EER energy efficiency ratio 

EEV electronic expansion valve 

EGU electric generating unit 

EIA Energy Information Agency 

EISA 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

EPCA Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 

°F degrees Fahrenheit 

FTC U.S. Federal Trade Commission 

GAMA Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association 

GHG greenhouse gas 

GRIM Government Regulatory Impact Model 

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HARDI Heating, Airconditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International 

HCFC hydrocholorofluorcarbon 

HFC hydrofluorocarbon 

HVAC heating, ventilation, and air conditioning 

ICS International Cold Storage 

ImSET Impact of Sector Energy Technologies 

INPV industry net present value 

IRD infiltration reduction device 

kWh kilowatt hour 

LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 

LCC life-cycle cost 

LED light emitting diode 

LFH load factor at high load 

LFL load factor at low load 

LTTR long-term thermal resistance 

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 

NAEEEC National Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee 

NAFEM North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers 

NAICS North American Industry Classification System 

NEEA Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance 

NEMS National Energy Modeling System 

NECPA National Energy Conservation Policy Act 

NES national energy savings 

NIA national impact analysis 

NPV net present value 

NOPR Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

NRCan Natural Resources Canada 

OHA Office of Hearings and Appeals 

OLED organic light emitting diode 

OMB U.S. Office of Management and Budget 

PBP payback period 

PIMA Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association 

PIRD passive infiltration reduction device 

PM particulate matter 

PMA Polyurethane Manufacturers Association 

PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 

PPI producer price indices 

PSC permanent split capacitor 

PU polyurethane 

R&D research and development 

RIA regulatory impact analysis 

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SBA U.S. Small Business Administration 

SCC social cost of carbon 

SCE Southern California Edison 

SCT saturated condensing temperature 

SEC U.S. Securities Exchange Commission 

SET saturated evaporator temperature 

SPFA Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance 

SST saturated suction temperature 

TD temperature difference 

TSD Technical Support Document 

TXV thermostatic expansion valve 

UEC unit energy consumption 

USC United States Code 

VIP vacuum insulated panel 

W watt 

Wh watt-hour 

WACC weighted-average cost of capital 

WICF walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers 

XPS extruded polystyrene 

XPSA Extruded Polystyrene Foam Association 

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