Below are the first 10 and last 10 pages of uncorrected machine-read text (when available) of this chapter, followed by the top 30 algorithmically extracted key phrases from the chapter as a whole.
Intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text on the opening pages of each chapter.
Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
Do not use for reproduction, copying, pasting, or reading; exclusively for search engines.
OCR for page 218
F
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ARROI (adjusted) rate of return on investment
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
BCA benefit-cost analysis
BLCC building life-cycle cost
BOMA Building Owners and Managers Association
BRE Building Research Establishment (United Kingdom)
BREEAM Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method
CBE Center for the Built Environment (at University of California, Berkeley)
CBECS Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (conducted by the EIA)
CEA cost-effectiveness analysis
CIEB Continual Improvement of Existing Buildings (Green Globes)
CPI Consumer Price Index
DOD U.S. Department of Defense
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
EIA Energy Information Administration (Department of Energy)
EISA Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
EPACT Energy Policy Act of 2005
EUI Energy Use Intensity
FY fiscal year
GBCI Green Building Certification Institute
GBI Green Building Initiative
GSA U.S. General Services Administration
HVAC heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning
IEQ indoor environmental quality
IESNA Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
IFMA International Facility Management Association
IgCC International Green Construction Code
LCC Life-cycle costs
LCCA Life-cycle cost analysis
LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
PREPUBLICATION COPY—SUBJECT TO FURTHER EDITORIAL CORRECTION
F-1
OCR for page 219
LEED-EB LEED- Existing Buildings
LEED-NC LEED-New Construction and Major Renovations
NAHB National Association of Home Builders
NAVFAC Naval Facilities Engineering Command
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NRC National Research Council
NPV net present value
NDAA National Defense Authorization Act of 2012
OFEE U.S. Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
OMB U.S. Office of Management and Budget
OM&R operations, maintenance and repair
PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
USGBC U.S. Green Building Council
PREPUBLICATION COPY—SUBJECT TO FURTHER EDITORIAL CORRECTION
F-1