Mitigating Against Climate Change in Scotland

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AD

Anaerobic Digestion

AEA

AEA

BAU

Business as Usual

BERR5

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - formally the DTI

C&D

Construction and Demolition (waste)

C&I

Commercial and Industrial (waste)

CCS

Carbon Capture and Storage

CEEF

Central Energy Efficiency Fund

CERT

Carbon Emission Reduction Commitment

CHP

Combined Heat and Power

CH 4

Methane

CO 2

Carbon Dioxide

CO 2eq

Carbon dioxide equivalent

Defra 5

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DfT

Department for Transport

DH

District Heating

DTI

Department of Trade and Industry

EEC

Energy Efficiency Commitment

EfW

Energy from Waste

EPC

Energy Performance Certificate

EUETS

European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

F Gas regulations

EC Regulation No 842/2006 on Certain Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases

GSHP

Ground Source Heat Pump

GWP

Global Warming Potential

HECA

Home Energy Conservation Act

HFCs

Hydrofluorocarbons

HMRC

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

IEA

International Energy Agency

ktCO 2eq

Thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LESA

Landlord's Energy Saving Allowance

LULUCF

Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry

MACC

Marginal Abatement Cost Curve

MARKAL

The IEA Market Allocation model

MBT

Mechanical Biological Treatment

MoD

Ministry of Defence

MtCO 2

Million tonnes of CO 2

MSW

Municipal Solid Waste

MVHR

Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery

NAEI

National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory

NO x

A term for mono-nitrogen oxides, Nitric Oxide and Nitrogen Dioxide.

N 2O

Nitrous Oxide

OSPAR

Oslo Treaty and Paris Treaty regarding prevention of marine pollution

PFCs

Perfluorocarbons

PV

Photovoltaic

RO

Renewables Obligation

ROS

Renewables Obligation (Scotland)

SCHRI

Scottish Communities and Householder Renewables Initiative

SF6

Sulphur hexafluoride

SKM

Smith Knight Merz

SMEs

Small and Medium Enterprises

SO 2

Sulphur Dioxide

SPP6

Scottish Planning Policy 6

SWH

Solar Water Heating

SWI

Solid Wall Insulation

UEP30

BERR's Updated Energy Projections

Page updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2008