List Of Abbreviations
Last updated on 24 Jan 2013 17:05 by Kevin Hausmann
AbfAblV | Ordinance on Environmentally Compatible Storage of Waste from Human Settlements and on Biological Waste-Treatment Facilities (Abfallablagerungsverordnung - AbfAblV) |
ABL | Old German Länder |
AGEB | Working Group on Energy Balances (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Energiebilanzen) |
AK | Working group (Arbeitskreis) |
ALH | All other deciduous trees with high life expectancies (Tree-species group as defined within the Federal Forest Inventory (BWI)) |
ALN | All other deciduous trees with low life expectancies (Tree-species group as defined within the BWI) |
ANCAT | Abatement of Nuisances from Civil Air Transport |
AR | Activity rate |
AWMS | Animal Waste Management System |
B0 | Maximal CH4-production capacity |
BAFA | Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle) |
BAT | Best Available Technique |
BDZ | Federal Association of the German Cement Industry (Bundesverband der Deutschen Zementindustrie) |
BEF | Biomass expansion factors |
BEU | Balance of emissions sources for stationary and mobile combustion processes (Bilanz der Emissionsursachen für stationäre und mobile Verbrennungsprozesse) |
BGR | Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe) |
BGW | Federal Association of the German Gas and Water Industry (Bundesverband der deutschen Gas- and Wasserwirtschaft) |
BHD | Breast-height diameter: tree-trunk diameter at a height of 1.30 m above the ground |
BHKW | micro-CHP (CHP = combined heat/power generating system) (Blockheizkraftwerk) |
BImSchV | Statutory Ordinance under the Federal Immission Control Act |
BML | see BMVEL |
BMU | Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
BMELV | Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection |
BMVEL | see BMELV |
BMVG | Federal Ministry of Defence |
BMWA | see BMWi |
BMWi | Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology |
BoHE | Main survey on soil use (Bodennutzungshaupterhebung) |
BREF | BAT (Best Available Technique) Reference Documents |
BSB | Biological oxygen demand (BOD) |
BSB5 | Biological oxygen demand (BOD) within 5 days |
BV Kalk | German Lime Association (Bundesverband der Deutschen Kalkindustrie) |
BWI | Bundeswaldinventur (Federal Forest Inventory) |
BZE | Survey of soil condition (Bodenzustandserhebung) |
C2F6 | Hexafluoroethane |
CAPIEL | Coordinating Committee for the Associations of Manufacturers of Industrial Electrical Switchgear and Controlgear in the European Union |
CFC | Chlorofluorocarbons (= Fluorchlorkohlenwasserstoffe (FCKW)) |
CH4 | Methane |
CLRTAP | Convention on long range transboundary air pollution |
Corg | Organic carbon stored in the soil |
CO | Carbon monoxide |
CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
CORINAIR | Coordination of Information on the Environment, sub-project: Air |
CORINE | Coordinated Information on the Environment |
CRF | Common Reporting Format |
CSB | Chemical oxygen demand (COD) |
D | Germany (Deutschland) |
D7 | Tree-trunk diameter at a height of 7 m above the ground |
DEHSt | German Emissions Trading Agency (Deutsche Emissionshandelsstelle) |
DESTATIS | Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland) |
DFIU | Franco-German Institute for Environmental Research, at the University of Karlsruhe |
DG | Landfill gas |
DGMK | German Scientific Society for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Coal (Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Erdöl, Erdgas und Kohle e.V.) |
DIN | Deutsche Industrienorm (DIN standard) |
DIW | German Institute for Economic Research (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) |
DLR | German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) |
DMKW | Diesel-engine power stations |
DN | N in wastewater |
DOC | Degradable organic carbon |
DOCF | Fraction of DOC dissimilated |
DTKW | Steam-turbine power stations |
DVGW | German Association of Gas and Water Professionals (Deutsche Vereinigung des Gas- und Wasserfachs e.V.) |
EBZ | Line-number in the BEU |
EEA | European Environment Agency |
EECA | European Electronic Component Manufacturers Association |
EEG | Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz; text in Federal Law Gazette Part I No. 40 of 31 July 2004, p. 1918 ff.) |
EF | Emission factor |
EI | Emissions index = Emission factor |
EKA | Einwohner mit Kläranlagenanschluss (Inhabitants connected to wastewater-treatment systems) |
EL | Extra light (heating oil) |
EM | Emission |
EMEP | Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe |
EMEV | Emissions-relevant energy consumption (Emissionsrelevanter Energieverbrauch) |
ESIA | European Semiconductor Industry Association |
EU | European Union |
EU-EH | European Emissions Trading System (ETS; Europäischer Emissionshandel) |
EUROCONTROL | European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation |
EUROSTAT | Statistical Office of the European Communities |
EW | Population equivalents (Einwohnerzahl) |
FA | Combustion systems |
FAP | Co-ordinating expert (German: Fachlicher Ansprechpartner), assigned to organize the work in specific NaSE source categories |
FAL | Federal Agricultural Research Institute |
FAO | United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation |
FCKW | Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs; Fluorchlorkohlenwasserstoffe) |
F gases | Fluorinated hydrocarbons |
FHW | District heating stations |
FKW | Perfluorocarbons (PFCs; Fluorkohlenwasserstoffe) |
FKZ | Research index (Forschungskennziffer) |
FV | Relevant expert (German: Fachverantwortlicher) assigned to cover specific NaSE source categories |
FWL | Thermal output from combustion (Feuerungswärmeleistung) |
GAS-EM | GASeous EMissions – A calculation programme for emissions from agriculture |
GEREF | GERman Emission Factor Database |
GFA | Large combustion systems (Großfeuerungsanlagen) |
GG | Total weight (Gesamtgewicht) |
GIS | Gas-insulated switching systems |
GMBL | Joint Ministerial Gazette (Gemeinsames Ministerialblatt) |
GMKW | Gas-engine power stations |
GPG | Good Practice Guidance |
GT | Gas turbines |
GTKW | Gas-turbine power stations |
GuD | Gas and steam turbine power stations |
GWP | Global Warming Potential |
HFC | Hydrofluorocarbons (German: Wasserstoffhaltige Fluorkohlenwasserstoffe – HFKW) |
HCFC | Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (German: Wasserstoffhaltige Fluorchlorkohlenwasserstoffe – HFCKW) |
HQG | Key category (Hauptquellgruppe); includes both emissions sources and sinks. |
HS-GIS | High-voltage and gas-insulated switching systems |
IAI | International Aluminium Institute |
ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organisation |
IE | Included elsewhere |
IEA | International Energy Agency |
IEF | Implied emission factor |
IfE | Institute for Energy and Environment (Institut für Energetik und Umwelt) |
IFEU | Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung) |
IKW | Industrial power stations |
IMA | Interministerial Working Group (Interministerielle Arbeitsgruppe) |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change |
K | Fuel input for power generation (direct drive) |
k.A. | keine Angabe (no entry) |
KP | Kyoto Protocol |
KS | Sewage sludge |
l | Level (used in the level assessment pursuant to IPCC Good Practice Guidance) |
LF | Agriculturally used land (German: Landwirtschaftlich genutzte Flächen) |
LKW | Truck (Lastkraftwagen) |
LTO | Landing/take-off cycle |
LUCF | Land-use change and forestry |
LULUCF | Land use, land-use change and forestry |
MBA | Mechanical-biological waste treatment (german: Mechanisch-Biologische Abfallbehandlung) |
MCF | Methane conversion factor |
MFC | Factor for quality of landfill-gas management (methane correction factor) |
MS | Medium voltage |
MSW | Amount of municipal waste stored |
MVA | Waste incineration plant (Müllverbrennungsanlage) |
MW | Megawatt |
N2O | Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) |
NA | Not applicable |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NaSE | National System of Emissions Inventories |
NBL | New German Länder |
NE | Not estimated |
NEAT | Non-energy Emission Accounting Tables |
NEC | National emission ceilings for certain air pollutants, pursuant to Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on national emission ceilings for certain air pollutants |
NEV | Non-energy-related consumption (Nichtenergetischer Verbrauch) |
NFR | Nomenclature for Reporting (new format for reporting to UN ECE) |
NFZ | Utility vehicles (Nutzfahrzeuge) |
NH3 | Ammonia |
NIR | National Inventory Report |
NMVOC | Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds |
NO | Not occurring |
NO | Nitrogen monoxide |
NSCR | Non-selective catalytic reduction |
OCF | One-component foam (installation foam) |
OX | Oxidation factor |
PAH | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (German: Polycyclische aromatische Kohlenwasserstoffe (PAK)) |
PAK | see PAH |
PARTEMIS | Measurement and prediction of emissions of aerosols and gaseous precursors from gas turbine engines |
PCCD/F | Polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxins/- furans |
PF | Process furnaces |
PFC | Perfluorocarbons |
PKW | Automobile (Personenkraftwagen) |
PU | Polyurethane |
QK | Quality control (QC) |
QS | Quality assurance (QA) |
QSE | Quality System for Emissions Inventories |
REA | Flue gas desulphurising plant (German: Rauchgasentschwefelungsanlage) |
ROE | Oil equivalent (German: Rohöleinheiten) |
RSt | Raw steel |
RWI | Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung |
S | Fuel input for power generation |
S | Heavy (German: schwer); used in describing types of heating oil |
S&A report | Synthesis and Assessment Report |
SA | Heavy (German: schwer) and low in sulphur (German: schwefelarm); used in describing types of heating oil |
SF6 | Sulphur hexafluoride |
SKE | Hard-coal units (Steinkohleneinheiten) |
SNAP | Selected Nomenclature for Air Pollution |
SO2 | Sulphur dioxide |
STEAG | STEAG stock corporation: large electricity producer in Germany |
t | Trend (used in the level assessment pursuant to IPCC Good Practice Guidance) |
TA Luft | Technical instructions on air quality control; First General Administrative Provision on the Federal Immission Control Act |
TAN | Total Ammoniacal Nitrogen |
THG | Greenhouse gases (Treibhausgase = GHG) |
TM | Dry mass (Trockenmasse) |
TOC | Total Organic Carbon |
TREMOD | Traffic Emission Estimation Model |
TS | Dry matter (Trockenstoff) |
TÜV | Technischer Überwachungs-Verein (Certifying body for technical and product safety) |
TVF | Tonne of utilisable production (Tonne verwertbare Förderung) |
UBA | Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) |
UN ECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
UN FCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UN | United Nations |
UStatG | Environmental Statistics Act (Umweltstatistikgesetz) |
VDEW | Electricity Industry Association (Verband der Elektrizitätswirtschaft e.V.) |
VDI | Association of German Engineers (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure e.V.) |
VDN | Association of network operators (Verband der Netzbetreiber) |
VDZ | German Cement Works Association (Verein Deutscher Zementwerke e.V.) |
VfmD | Solid cubic meters of standing timber (Vorratsfestmeter Derbholz) |
VGB | Technical association of operators of large power stations (Technische Vereinigung der Großkraftwerksbetreiber e.V.) |
VIK | Verband der Industriellen Energie- and Kraftwirtschaft e.V. (VIK) (Association of the Energy and Power Industry), Essen |
VOC | Volatile Organic Compounds |
W | Fuel input for heat generation |
WS | WS = Portion of a specific waste water treatment system (e.g. aerobic, anaerobic) |
XPS | Extruded polystyrene |
ZSE | Central System of Emissions (CSE) |