Glossary

Energy Efficiency Terms
Energy Efficiency Organisations

Glossary - Energy Efficiency Terms

This glossary aims to cover the main energy efficiency terms involved in the Partnership.

 

 

Carbon Dioxide emissions	Carbon Dioxide (CO2) which is produced whenever fuel is burned, is one of the main 'greenhouse gases' which contribute to global warming
CCL	Climate Change Levy
CERT	Carbon Emissions Reduction Target
CFL	Compact Fluorescent Lamp (a low energy light bulb)
CHP	Combined Heat and Power
DCCP	Draft Climate Change Programme
DEES	Domestic Energy Efficiency Scheme
DIYHEC	Do It Yourself Home Energy Check
EEC	Energy Efficiency Commitment - a scheme by which energy suppliers promote energy efficiency to their customers, in order to achieve energy saving targets which are set and enforced on the supplier by government.
EEBPH	Energy Efficiency Best Practice in Housing
Fuel Poverty	A household is defined to be fuel poor if more than 10% of its income needs to be spent to achieve a satisfactory indoor heating regime, after including other energy services such as cooking and lighting.
GPG	Good Practice Guides (a series of guides published by BRECSU)
HECA	Home Energy Conservation Act
HECA Forum	Regional grouping of local authorities dedicated to the implementation of HECA strategies
HEED	Home Energy Efficiency Database - a database tracking the level of domestic energy efficiency measures across the country.
HEES	Home Energy Efficiency Scheme - the Welsh equivalent of Warm Front and Warm Deal - a government funded scheme to help cover the cost of basic energy efficiency measures, e.g. loft insulation, draught proofing, cavity wall insulation and heating controls
kWh	Kilowatt Hour
Kyoto Protocol	The international climate change conference which took place in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997, where developed countries agreed climate change targets to 2012
LA	Local Authority
LA21	Local Agenda 21
Powershift	EST's clean fuel vehicle programme
SAP	Standard Assessment Procedure (government endorsed energy rating system for homes, giving properties a score out of 120 whereby a score of 120 is the most efficient and 0 the least)
SME	Small or Medium Sized Enterprise
Warm Deal	Scottish equivalent of the English Warm Front Scheme
Warm Front	A government funded scheme targeting the Fuel Poor, to help cover the cost of basic energy efficiency measures, e.g. loft insulation, draught proofing, cavity wall insulation and heating controls.

Glossary - Energy Efficiency Organisations

This glossary aims to cover the main organisations who are involved with the Partnership.

ACE	Association for the Conservation of Energy
AMDEA	Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Electrical Appliances
APHC	Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors
ARLA	Association of Residential Lettings Agents
BBA	British Board of Agrement
BERR	Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
BFRC	British Fenestration Rating Council
BEEF	British Energy Efficiency Federation
BMF	Builders Merchants Federation
BPF	British Property Federation
BRE	Building Research Establishment
BRECSU	Building Research Energy Conservation Support Unit
CA	Consumers' Association
CEED	Council for Energy Efficiency Development
CHPA	Combined Heat and Power Association
CIBSE	Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers
CIC	Construction Industry Council
CIGA	Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency
CIEH	Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
CIH	Combined Independent Holdings Ltd
CLAW	Convention of Local Authorities in  Wales
CLG	Communities and Local Government
CML	Council for Mortgage Lenders
CORGI	Council for Registered Gas Installers
COSLA	Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
CREATE	Centre for Research, Education and Training in Energy
CSE	Centre for Sustainable Energy
CSV	Community Service Volunteers
CT	Carbon Trust
DEFRA	Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DPAA	Draught-Proofing Advisory Association
EAF	Environmental Action Fund (DEFRA Fund, England & Wales only)
EAGA	Energy Action Grants Agency
EAS	Energy Advisory Service
ECA	Energy Conservation Authority
EDAS	Energy Design Advice Service
EEACs	Energy Efficiency Advice Centres
EMAS	Energy Management Assistance Scheme
ESCO	Energy Service Company
EST	Energy Saving Trust
ETSU	Energy Technology Support Unit
EWIA	External Wall Insulation Association
FAERO	Federation of Accredited Energy Rating Organisations
FEEAC	Federation of Energy Efficiency Advice Centres
FoE	Friends of the Earth
GCC	Gas Consumers' Council
GGF	Glass and Glazing Federation
GLEEN	Greater London Energy Efficiency Network
HA	Housing Association
HHIC	Hotwater and Heating Information Council
HVCA	Heating and Ventilation Contractors' Association
IDeA	Improvement and Development Agency
IDHE	Institute of Domestic Heating Engineers
INCA	Insulated Render and Cladding Association Ltd
IOP	Institute of Plumbing
ITSA	Institute of Trading Standards Administration
LEEP	Lothian and Edinburgh Environmental Partnership
LGA	Local Government Association
LGMB	Local Government Management Board (now the IDA)
LIF	Lighting Industry Federation
NACAB	National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
NAEA	National Association of Estate Agents
NALIC	National Association of Loft Insulation Contractors
NCC	National Consumers' Council
NCIA	National Cavity Insulation Association
NCVO	National Council of Voluntary Organisations
NEA	National Energy Action (formerly Neighbourhood Energy Action)
NEF	National Energy Foundation (charitable arm of NES)
NES	National Energy Services
NHER	National Home Energy Rating
NHIC	National Home Information Council
OFFER	Office of Electricity Regulation
OFGAS	Office of Gas Regulation
OFGEM	Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
OFT	Office of Fair Trading
OFTEC	Oil-firing Technical Association for the Petroleum Industry
PRASEG	Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group
PUAF	Public Utilities Access Forum
RIBA	Royal Institute of British Architects
RICS	Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
RSPB	Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
SBGI	Society of British Gas Industries
SERA	Socialist Environment & Resource Association
SNIPEF	Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers Federation
TACMA	The Association of Controls Manufacturers
WEN	Women's Environmental Network
WWF	World Wide Fund for Nature
WMA	Water-heater Manufacturers' Association