Facilities Manager's Desk Reference, 3rd Edition

List of Abbreviations

AC	air conditioning
ACAS	Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
ACM	asbestos‐containing material
ACoP	Approved Code of Practice
ACPO	Association of Chief Police Officers
AD	anaerobic digestion
ADR	alternative dispute resolution
AE	annual equivalent
AED	automated external defibrillator
AFDD	arc fault detection devices
AFM	Association of Facilities Managers
AGA	Authorised Guarantee Agreement
AHU	air handling unit
AI	assignment instruction
AIB	asbestos insulating board
AMR	automatic meter reader
AP	appointed person
ASHRAE	American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air‐Conditioning Engineers
BALI	British Association of Landscape Industries
BAR	British Association of Removers
BAS	building automation system
BCIS	Building Cost Information Service
BCM	business continuity management
BCO	British Council for Offices
BCP	business continuity planning/plan
BE	built environment
BEIS	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
BEMS	building energy management systems
BESA	Building Engineering Services Association
BIA	business impact analysis
BICSc	British Institute of Cleaning Science
BIFM	British Institute of Facilities Management
BIM	building information modelling
BITC	Business in the Community
BMS	building management system
BOO	Build, Own, Operate
BOT	Build, Operate, Transfer
BRE	Building Research Establishment
BREEAM	Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
BRICS	Brazil, Russia, India, China and ...