ACRONYMS

ACH Air changes per hour

ACM Alternative Calculation Method
AHU Air handling unit
AIA American Institute of Architects
AIRR Adjusted internal rate of return
ARI Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers
Autodesk GBS Autodesk Green Building Studio
BAS Building automation system
BAU Business as usual
BCA Building Commissioning Association
BEES Building for Environmental and Economic Stability
BEMBook Building Energy Modeling Book of Knowledge
BEMP Building Energy Modeling Professional
BHP Brake horsepower
BIM Building Information Modeling
BLCC5 Building Life-Cycle Cost Program
BLDG-SIM mailing list for users of building energy simulation programs
BMS Building management system
BTU British thermal unit
CAD Computer-aided design
Carrier HAP Carriers Hourly Analysis Program
CAV/CV Constant volume/constant air volume
CBE Center for the Built Environment
CBECS Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey
CCC California Commissioning Collaborative
CD Construction Documents
CEC California Energy Commission
CES Continuing Education System
CF Cash flow
CFD Computational fluid dynamics
CFM Cubic feet per minute
CHW Chilled water
CIBSE AM11 Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers Applications Manual 11
COG Center-of-glass
COMNET Commercial Energy Services Network
COP Coefficient of performance
CRAC Computer room air conditioner
CSV comma-separated-value
CT Cooling tower
CV Coefficient variation
CV(RMSE) Coefficient of variation of the root-mean-square error
CVSTD Coefficient of variation of the standard deviation

CWST Condenser water supply temperature
Cx Commissioning
DCV Demand-controlled ventilation
DD Design development
DDC Direct digital control
DHW Domestic hot water
DOE Department of Energy
DP Dew point
DSM Demand-side management
DX Direct expansion
ECAM Energy charting and metrics
ECM Energy Conservation Measure
EEM Energy Efficiency Measure
EER Energy Efficiency Ratio
EERE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
EIA Energy Information Administration
EIR Energy Input Ratio
EISA Energy Independence and Security Act
EMCS Energy Management Control System
EMIT Energy Model Input Translator
EMS Energy management system
EPAct Energy Policy Act
EPD Equipment power density
EPW EnergyPlus weather files
eQUEST Quick Energy Simulation Tool

ESB Empire State Building
ESCO Energy Service Company
EUI Energy usage intensity
EVO Efficiency Valuation Organization (formerly IPMVP)
FEMP Federal Energy Management Program
FPLR function of Part Load Ratio
FY Fiscal year
gbXML Open Green Building XML
GPM Gallons per minute
HID High-intensity discharge
HOF Handbook of Fundamentals (ASHRAE)

HVAC Heating, ventilation, air conditioning
HW Hot water
IA Indoor air
IAQ Indoor Air Quality
IBSPA International Building Performance Simulation Association
IDF Intermediate distribution frame
IES Integrated Environmental Solutions
in w.c. inches water column
IPMVP International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol
IRR Internal rate of return
kVAr kilovolt-amperes reactive
kW Kilowatt
kWh Kilowatt hour
LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LCC Life Cycle Cost
LCCA Life cycle cost analysis
LED Light-emitting diode
LEED BD+C LEED Building Design and Construction
LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LPD Lighting power density
LSG Light to Solar Heat Gain Ratio
M&V Measurement and verification
MA Mixed Air
MAT Mixed air temperature
MBtu one million BTUs
MEP Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing
MMBtu one million BTUs
MSE Mean squared error
NBE Net determination bias error
NC New Construction
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NMBE Net mean bias error
NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NOI Net operating income
NPLV Non-standard Part Load Value
NPV Net present value
O&M Operation and Maintenance
OA Outside air
OAT Outside air temperature
OSA Outside air
PE Professional Engineer
PG&E Pacific Gas and Electric Company
PLR Part load ratio
PMV Predicted Mean Vote
PPD Percent of People Dissatisfied
PRM Performance Rating Method
PSD Poudre School District
PV Photovoltaic
QA Quality assurance
QC Quality control
RAS Room air stratification
RAT Return air temperature
RF Response factor
RFI Request for Information
RFP Request for Proposal
RH Relative humidity
RMI Rocky Mountain Institute
RMSE Root mean squared error
ROI Return on investment
RT Refrigeration ton
RTU Roof-top unit
SA Supply air
SAT Supply air temperature
SC Shading coefficient
SD Schematic design
SEER Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio
sf square foot
SHGC Solar Het Gain Coefficient
SIR Savings to Investment Ratio
SP Static pressure
SPOT Sensor Placement Optimization Tool
SPP Simple payback period
SW Swirl diffusers
T_db Dry bulb temperature
T_dp Dew point temperature
TAB Test and Balance
TAS Thermal Analysis System
TDV Thermal displacement ventilation
TMY Typical Meteorological Year
TOU Time of use
Trane TRACE
TRNSYS Transient System Simulation Tool
TRY Test Reference Year-type
UCLA University of California, Los Angeles
UFAD Under floor air-distribution
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
USGBC United States Green Building Council
VAV Variable air volume
VFD Variable frequency drive
Visual DOE
VLT Visible Light Transmission
VSD Variable speed drive
WF Weighting factor
WYEC Weather Year for Energy Calculations
XML Extensible Markup Language