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List of Acronyms<br />

BAT<br />

BEE<br />

BLEVE<br />

BOD<br />

BREF<br />

CAS<br />

CDM EB<br />

CDM<br />

CER<br />

CFC<br />

CFL<br />

CHP<br />

CNS<br />

COP/MOP<br />

CP<br />

ECHA<br />

EMS<br />

EU<br />

GHG<br />

GHS<br />

GWP<br />

HCFC<br />

HDPE<br />

HET<br />

HFC<br />

HID<br />

HVAC<br />

IEQ<br />

IGEN<br />

ILO<br />

IPCC<br />

IPPC<br />

IPTS<br />

ISO<br />

JRC<br />

LCA<br />

MA<br />

MIPS<br />

MSDS<br />

MTBE<br />

NCPC<br />

ODP<br />

ODS<br />

OECD<br />

ÖGUT<br />

OH&S<br />

OHSAS<br />

OSHA<br />

PBB<br />

PBDE<br />

PDCA<br />

Best Available Techniques<br />

Bureau of Energy <strong>Efficiency</strong><br />

Boil<strong>in</strong>g Liquid Expand<strong>in</strong>g Vapour Explosion<br />

Biochemical Oxygen Demand<br />

Best Available Techniques Reference Document<br />

Chemical Abstracts Service<br />

CDM Executive Board<br />

Clean Development Mechanism<br />

Certified Emission Reduction<br />

Chlorofluorocarbon<br />

Compact Fluorescent Lamp<br />

Comb<strong>in</strong>ed Heat and Power System<br />

Central Nervous System<br />

Conference of the Parties<br />

Cleaner Production<br />

European Chemicals Agency<br />

Environmental Management System<br />

European Union<br />

Green House Gases<br />

Globally Harmonized System of<br />

Classification and Labell<strong>in</strong>g of Chemicals<br />

Global Warm<strong>in</strong>g Potential<br />

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons<br />

High-density Polyethylene<br />

High-<strong>Efficiency</strong> Toilets<br />

Hydro-Fluoro-Carbons<br />

High Intensity Discharge<br />

Heat<strong>in</strong>g/Ventilation/Air Condition<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Indoor Environment Quality<br />

Indo-German Energy Programme<br />

International Labour Organization<br />

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<br />

Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control<br />

Institute for Prospective Technological Studies<br />

International Organization for Standardization<br />

Jo<strong>in</strong>t Research Centre<br />

Life Cycle Assessment<br />

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment<br />

Million Instructions per Second<br />

Material Safety Data Sheet<br />

Methyl Tert-butyl Ether<br />

National Cleaner Production Centre<br />

Ozone Depletion Potential<br />

Ozone Deplet<strong>in</strong>g Substances<br />

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development<br />

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Umwelt und Technik<br />

Occupational Health and Safety<br />

Occupational Health and Safety Assessment System<br />

Occupational Safety and Health Adm<strong>in</strong>istration<br />

Polybrom<strong>in</strong>ated biphenyls<br />

Polybrom<strong>in</strong>ated Diphenyl Ether<br />

Plan-Do-Check-Act<br />

PEL Permissible Exposure Limit<br />

PER Perchloroethylene<br />

PET Polyethylene Terephthalate<br />

PPE Personal protective equipment<br />

PPIC Pollution Prevention Information Clear<strong>in</strong>ghouse<br />

PRE-SME <strong>Promot<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Efficiency</strong> <strong>in</strong> SMEs<br />

RE<br />

<strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Efficiency</strong><br />

RECP <strong>Resource</strong> Efficient and Cleaner Production<br />

RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive<br />

RTU Roof Top Units<br />

SME <strong>Small</strong> and <strong>Medium</strong> Sized Enterprises<br />

SP<br />

Safer Production<br />

TCE Trichlorethylene<br />

TEWI Total Equivalent Warm<strong>in</strong>g Index<br />

UNCED United Nations Conference on Environmental and Development<br />

<strong>UNEP</strong> United Nations Environment Program<br />

UNFCCC/FCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<br />

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organisation<br />

USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency<br />

USGS U.S. Geological Survey<br />

UVCE Unconf<strong>in</strong>ed Vapour Cloud Explosion<br />

VFD Variable Frequency Drives<br />

VOC Volatile Organic Compounds<br />

WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment<br />

WWF World Wide Fund for Nature<br />

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