List of Abbreviations
Last updated on 15 Mar 2019 12:34 (cf. Authors)
| A | |
|---|---|
| AbfAblV | Ordinance on Environmentally Compatible Storage of Waste from Human Settlements and on Biological Waste-Treatment Facilities (Abfallablagerungsverordnung - AbfAblV) |
| ABL | Old German Länder - Alte Bundesländer |
| AD | Activity Data |
| 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 |
| B | |
| B0 | Maximal CH4-production capacity |
| BAFA | Federal Office of Economics and Export Control - Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle |
| BASt | Federal Highway Research Institute - Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen |
| BAT | Best Available Technique |
| BDZ | Federal Association of the German Cement Industry - Bundesverband der Deutschen Zementindustrie e.V. |
| 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 - Bundes-Immissionsschutzverordnung |
| BMEL | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
| BMELV | see BMEL |
| BMF | Federal Ministry of Finance |
| BMI | Federal Ministry of Interior, Building and Community |
| BML | see BMEL |
| BMU | Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
| BMUB | see BMU |
| BMVg | Federal Ministry of Defence |
| BMVI | Federal Ministry of Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure |
| BMWi | Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy |
| 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 | Federal Forest Inventory - Bundeswaldinventur |
| BZE | Survey of soil condition - Bodenzustandserhebung |
| C | |
| 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 |
| CO | Carbon monoxide |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| Corg | Organic carbon stored in the soil |
| CORINAIR | Coordination of Information on the Environment, sub-project: Air |
| CORINE | Coordinated Information on the Environment |
| COPERT | Tool for Road Transport Emission-Calculation |
| CRF | Common Reporting Format |
| CSB | Chemical oxygen demand (COD) |
| D | |
| D | Germany (Deutschland) |
| D7 | Tree-trunk diameter at a height of 7 m above the ground |
| DEHSt | German Emissions Trading Authority - Deutsche Emissionshandelsstelle |
| DESTATIS | Federal Statistical Office - Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland |
| DFIU | Franco-German Institute for Environmental Research, at the University of Karlsruhe |
| DG | Landfill gas (Deponiegas) |
| 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.) |
| E | |
| EBZ | Line-number in the NEB (Energiebilanzzeile |
| 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) |
| F | |
| FA | Combustion systems |
| FAP | Co-ordinating expert (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 (Fachverantwortlicher) assigned to cover specific NaSE source categories |
| FWL | Thermal output from combustion (Feuerungswärmeleistung) |
| G | |
| 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 |
| H | |
| HBEFA | Handbook Emission Factors for Road Transport; emission-factor data base for road vehicles, compiled and pubslished by INFRAS |
| HDV | Heavy-Duty Vehicle (Trucks & Lorries) |
| 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 |
| I | |
| 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, Heidelberg |
| IKW | Industrial power stations (Industriekraftwerk) |
| IMA | Interministerial Working Group - Interministerielle Arbeitsgruppe |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPPU | Industrial Processes and Product Use |
| K | |
| K | Fuel input for power generation (direct drive) |
| k.A. | keine Angabe (no entry) |
| KP | Kyoto Protocol |
| KS | Sewage sludge (Klärschlamm) |
| kt | kilotonnes |
| L | |
| L | Level (used in the level assessment pursuant to IPCC Good Practice Guidance) |
| LDV | Light-Duty Vehicle |
| LF | Agriculturally used land (Landwirtschaftlich genutzte Flächen) |
| LTO | Landing/take-off cycle |
| LUCF | Land-use change and forestry |
| LULUCF | Land use, land-use change and forestry |
| M | |
| MBA | Mechanical-biological waste treatment - Mechanisch-Biologische Abfallbehandlung) |
| MCF | Methane Conversion Factor |
| MFC | Methane Correction Factor: factor for quality of landfill-gas management |
| MS | Medium voltage |
| MSW | Amount of municipal waste stored |
| M2W | Motorized Two-Wheeler |
| MVA | Waste incineration plant - Müllverbrennungsanlage |
| MW | Megawatt |
| N | |
| N2O | Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) |
| 'NA' | Not applicable |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NaSE | National System of Emissions Inventories |
| NBL | New German Länder |
| NCV | Net Calorific Value |
| 'NE' | Not estimated |
| NEAT | Non-energy Emission Accounting Tables |
| NEB | National Energy Balance (compiled and published by AGEB) |
| 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 |
| O | |
| OCF | One-component foam (installation foam) |
| OX | Oxidation factor |
| P | |
| PAH(s) | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon(s) (German: Polycyclische aromatische Kohlenwasserstoffe (PAK)) |
| PAK | see PAH |
| PARTEMIS | Measurement and prediction of emissions of aerosols and gaseous precursors from gas turbine engines |
| PC | Passenger Car |
| PCCD/F | Polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxins/-furans |
| PF | Process furnaces |
| PFC(s) | Perfluorocarbons |
| PM2.5 | Particulate Matter with an aerodynamical diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers |
| PM10 | Particulate Matter with an aerodynamical diameter of less than 10 micrometers |
| POP(s) | Persistend Organic Pollutant(s) |
| PU | Polyurethane |
| Q | |
| QK | Quality control (QC) |
| QS | Quality assurance (QA) |
| QSE | Quality System for Emissions Inventories |
| R | |
| REA | Flue gas desulphurising plant (German: Rauchgasentschwefelungsanlage) |
| ROE | Oil equivalent - Rohöleinheiten |
| RSt | Raw steel |
| RWI | Leibniz Institute for Economic Research - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung |
| S | |
| 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 |
| SCR | Selective Catalytic Reduction |
| SF6 | Sulphur hexafluoride |
| SKE | Hard-coal units - Steinkohleneinheit |
| SNAP | Selected Nomenclature for Air Pollution |
| SO2 | Sulphur dioxide |
| STEAG | STEAG stock corporation: large electricity producer in Germany |
| T | |
| 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 - Technische Anleitung Luft |
| TAN | Total Ammoniacal Nitrogen |
| TJ | terajoules |
| THG | Greenhouse gases (Treibhausgase = GHG) |
| TM | Dry mass - Trockenmasse |
| TOC | Total Organic Carbon |
| TREMOD | Transport Emission Model; developed and maintained by ifeu |
| TREMOD AV | Transport Emission Model - Aviation; developed and maintained by ifeu |
| TREMOD MM | Transport Emission Model - Mobile Machinery; developed and maintained by ifeu |
| TS | Dry matter - Trockenstoff |
| TÜV | Certifying body for technical and product safety - Technischer Überwachungs-Verein |
| TVF | Tonne of utilisable production - Tonne verwertbare Förderung |
| U | |
| UBA | German 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) |
| V | |
| 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 | Association of the Energy and Power Industry - Verband der Industriellen Energie- and Kraftwirtschaft e.V., Essen |
| VOC(s) | Volatile Organic Compounds |
| W | |
| W | Fuel input for heat generation |
| WS | WS = Portion of a specific waste water treatment system (e.g. aerobic, anaerobic) |
| X | |
| XPS | Extruded polystyrene |
| Y | |
| Z | |
| ZSE | Central System of Emissions (CSE) |
