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AD
Approved Document
ASHREA
American society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
AWA
Aluminium Window Association (now CAB)
BER
Building Emission Rate
BFRC
Bristish Fenestration Rating Council
BR
Building Regulations
BS
British Standard
BSI
Bristish Standards Institution
CAB
Council for Aluminium in Building
CEN
Comité Europé ende Normalisation (European Committee for Standardisation)
CEN/TC
CEN - Technical Committee
CHP
Combined Heat and Power
CIBSE
Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers
CO2
Carbon Dioxide
CSA
Canadian Standards Association
CWCT
Centre for Window and Cladding Technology
DCLG
Department for Communities and Local Government
DHW
Domestic Hot Water
DIN
Deutsches Institut fü r Normung (German Institute for Standardisation)
DWER
Domestic Window Energy Rating
EN
European Norm
EPBD
European Performance of Buildings Directive
FEA
Finite Element Analysis
GGF
Glass and Glazing Federation
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
IEA
International Energy Agency
iSBEM
Interface for SBEM
ISO
International Standards Organisation
ISO/TC
ISO - Technical Committee
LZC
Low and Zero Carbon
NCM
National Calculation Methodology
NFRC
National Fenestration Rating Council
ODPM
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
prEN
Provisional European Norm
PVS
Photovoltaic System
SAP
Standard Assessment Procedure
SBEM
Simplified Building Energy Model
TER
Target Emission Rate
UKAS
United Kingdon Accreditation Scheme
WERS
Window Energy Rating Scheme

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