Sustainable Construction, 5th Edition

Appendix EAbbreviations and Acronyms

4-PCH:: 

4-Phenylcyclohexene

AABC: 

Associated Air Balance Council

AAMA: 

American Architectural Manufacturers Association

ACI: 

American Concrete Institute

ACT: 

Acoustical ceiling tile

ADA: 

Americans with Disabilities Act

AGC: 

Associated General Contractors of America

AGMBC: 

Application Guide for Multiple Buildings and On-Campus uilding Projects

AIA: 

American Institute of Architects

ANSI: 

American National Standards Institute

ARI: 

Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute

ASG: 

Aluminosilicate glass

ASHRAE: 

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

ASLA: 

American Society of Landscape Architects

ASTM: 

American Society for Testing and Materials

ATFS: 

American Tree Farm System

AWEA: 

American Wind Energy Association

BAS: 

Building automation system

BAU: 

Business as usual

BCA: 

Building Commissioning Association

BCVTB: 

Building controls virtual test bed

BD&C: 

Building design and construction

BEA: 

Building energy analysis

BEE: 

Building environmental efficiency

BEES: 

Building for environmental and economic sustainability

BIM: 

Building information modeling

BIPV: 

Building-integrated photovoltaic

BOD: 

Basis of design

BOMA: 

Building Owners and Managers Association

BREEAM: 

Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (the United Kingdom's building assessment system)

BRI: 

Building-related illness

BRIC: 

Brazil, Russia, India, and China

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