List of energy abbreviations

This is a list of acronyms found in the context of energy issues.

A

  • AAQS—Ambient Air Quality Standards (environment) (US)
  • AAU—Assigned amount units (measurement)
  • ABT—Availability based tariff (electricity)
  • ABF—Aquatic Base Flow (Hydropower) (electricity)
  • AC—Alternating current
  • ACA—Annual Charge Adjustment (electricity)
  • ACE—Area Control Error (electricity)
  • ACEEE—American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
  • ACRS—Accelerated Cost Recovery System (finance)
  • ADITC—Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit (policy)
  • ADR—Asset Depreciation Range (finance)
  • AEP—American Electric Power (electricity)
  • AESO—Alberta Electric System Operator
  • AFE—Authority for Expenditure or Authorization for Expenditure
  • AFUDC—allowance for funds used during construction
  • AFV—Alternative fuel vehicle
  • AGA—American Gas Association
  • AGC—Automatic generation control
  • AGD—Associated Gas Distributors (US)
  • AIEE—American Institute of Electrical Engineers
  • AIMA—Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement (US)
  • ALJ—Administrative law judge
  • AMBO—Armenia, Macedonia, Bulgaria Oil pipeline
  • AMI—Advanced metering infrastructure
  • AMR—Automated meter reading also known as Automatic Meter Reading
  • AMRA—Automatic Meter Reading Association
  • ANGTA—Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1977 to build the Alaska gas pipeline
  • ANGTS—Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation System
  • ANSI—American National Standards Institute
  • AOS—Authorized Overrun Service
  • APA—Administrative Procedure Act
    • —Alaska Power Administration
  • APE—Area of potential effect (electricity)
  • API—American Petroleum Institute (oil)
  • APPA—American Public Power Association (electricity)
  • APR—Actual peak reduction (e.g. in demand response systems) (electricity)
  • AQCR—Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
  • ARA—(in shipping) ports of Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp (oil)
  • ARR—Auction Revenue Rights (electricity)
  • ASCC—Alaskan System Coordination Council
  • ASE—Alliance to Save Energy
  • ASTM—American Society for Testing and Materials
  • ATC—Available transfer capability
  • AVR—Automatic Voltage Regulator (electricity)

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F

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J

K

  • koe—One kilogram oil equivalent (EU) (measurement)
  • kV—Kilovolt (one thousand volts) (measurement)
  • kVA—One thousand volt Ampere (measurement)
  • kvar—one thousand vars (measurement)
  • kW—Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
  • kWE—kilowatt electric (measurement)
  • kWh—Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement)

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Appendix: Residential energy acronyms

The following table lists a number of terms that are used in the United States for residential energy audits.

  • AFUE—annual fuel utilization efficiency
  • BTL—building tightness limit (building tightness)
  • CDH—cooling degree hours (climate)
  • CFL—compact fluorescent light
  • COP—coefficient of performance
  • CRI—color rendering index
  • EEM—Energy Efficient Mortgage
  • EER—energy efficiency ratio
  • EF—energy factor (clothes washers)
  • EIM—Energy Improvement Mortgage
  • ERV—energy-recovery ventilator
  • HDD—heating degree day
  • HHI—home heating index
  • HID—high-intensity discharge
  • HRV—heat-recovery ventilator
  • HSPF—heating seasonal performance factor
  • HVI—Home Ventilating Institute
  • IECC—International Energy Conservation Code
  • K-value—thermal conductance
  • Low-e—low emissivity
  • LEED—Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, standard for Green Building design
  • MEF—modified energy factor (clothes washers)
  • MINHERS—Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating Systems Standards
  • MVG—minimum ventilation guideline (building tightness)
  • MVL—minimum ventilation level (building tightness)
  • NAECA—National Appliance Energy Conservation Act
  • ODS—oxygen depletion sensor
  • RESNET—Residential energy services network
  • R-value—thermal resistance
  • SC—shading coefficient (windows)
  • SEER—seasonal E efficiency ratio
  • SHGC—solar heat gain coefficient
  • SIR—savings-to-investment ratio (energy conservation investments)
  • SLA—Specific leakage area
  • SPB—Simple Payback (energy conservation investments)
  • SSE—steady-state efficiency
  • U-value—thermal transmittance (also called U-factor)
  • WF—water factor (clothes washers)

See also

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References

  1. ^ www.llbc.leg.bc.ca http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs/409037/info43192.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Notes

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