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 |