AA
ampere
a
year
A/A
angle of attack
A&A
amendments and additions
A&I
Alternative and Innovative
AA
Aluminum Association, affected areas, approving authority, accountable area,
adverse action, advices of allowance, assistant administrator, associate
administrator, atomic absorption
AAA
American Arbitration, Association, American Automobile Association, Average
Adjuster Association, anti-aircraft artillery
AAAAI
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
AAAS
American
Association for the Advancement of Science
AABW
Antarctic Bottom Water
AACEM
American Association of Cleaning Equipment Manufacturers
AAEE
American Academy of Environmental Engineers
AAES
American Association of Engineering Societies
AAI
Alliance of American Insurers
AAII
American Association of Individual Investors
AAIS
American Association of Insurance Services
AAFA
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
AAM
American Association of Museums
AAMA
American Architectural Manufactures Association, Architectural Aluminum Manufactures
Association
AANWR
Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
AAP
asbestos action program
AAPCO
American Association of Pesticide Control
Officials
AARP
American Association of
Retired Persons
AAS
American Astronomical Society
AATCC
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
ABC
Associated Builders and Contractors Association
ABCI
Associate Business Continuity Institute
ABCP
Associate Business Continuity Planner
ABES
Alliance for Balanced Environmental Solutions
ABET
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
ABI
Association of British Insurers, automated brokerage interface
ABIH
American Board of Industrial Hygiene
ABL
airborne laser
ABM
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
ABPA
allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
ABPC
Associate Business Continuity Planner
ABPM
allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis
ABR
air barrier system
ABSL
animal biosafety levels
A/C
air conditioning, asbestos cement
A.C.
alternating current, air conditioning
AC
area of ceiling,
anticipated convection, actual commitment, Advisory Circle
A&C
abatement and control
ACA
American Conservation Association
ACBM
asbestos-containing building material
ACC
American Chemistry Council
ACCC
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACCS
altocumulus castellans
ACE
Annual Claims Expo & Conference, Alliance for Clean Energy, accumulated
cyclone energy
ACEM
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
ACES
altus cumulus electrification study
ACGIH
American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienist
ACH air exchanges per hour, automated clearing house
ACHE
American Council for Headache Education, American Council for Hypnotists
Examiners
ACI
American Concrete Institute
ACM
asbestos-containing material
ACORDS
Appellate Court Records and Data System
ACS
American Chemical Society, air conveyance system, automated commercial
system
ACSP
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
ACT
Association for Contract Textiles, Association of Cleaning Technicians
ACV, A. C. V.
actual cash value
ACWM
Asbestos-Containing Waste
Materials
AD
plywood grading
ADA
Americans with Disability Act
ADABA
acceptable data base
ADB
applications data base
ADF
after deducting freight
ADI
acceptable daily intake
Adj.
adjuster, adjust
ADM
Archer Daniel Midland
ADP
AHERA Designated Person, automated data processing
ADQ
audits of data quality
ADR
alternative dispute resolution
ADRs
American Depository Receipts
ADS
autonomous detection system,
alkaline detergent solution
ADSS
air data screening system
ADT
average daily traffic
AEA
Atomic Energy Act
AEC
Associate Enforcement Counsels
AEE
Association of Energy Engineers, Alliance for Environmental Education
AEERL
Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
AEG
Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists
AEGCP
assured equipment ground conductors program
AEI
American Educational Institute
AEM
Associate Emergency Manager, acoustic emission monitoring
AEP
aggregate exceedance probability
AERE
Association of Environmental and Resource
Economists
AES
auger electron spectrometry
AF
area of floor, Acronym Finder
AFA
American Forestry Association
AFC
arc fault circuit interrupter
AFCA
area fuel consumption allocation
AFCEE
Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence
AFDK
after dark
AFF
above finished floor
AFL-CIO
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization
AFMA
American Furniture Manufactures Association
AFNOR
French National Standards Body and Publisher
AFP
Agence-France-Presse
AFPA
American Forest and Paper Association
AFS
AIRS facility subsystem
AFU
air filtration unit, archaeological field unit
AFUE
annual fuel utilization efficiency
AFUG
AIRS Facility Users Group
AFWS
Automated Flood
Warning System
AGA
American Gas Association
AFOS
automation of field operations and services
AFU's
air filtration units
AGCA
American General Contractors Association
AGI
all glass impinger
AGLO
Attorney General letter opinions
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A
(cont.)
AGMA
American Gear Manufactures Association
AH
allowance holders
AHAM
Association of Home Appliance Manufactures, American Home Association Measurements
AHERA
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act.
AHJ
authority having jurisdiction
AHU
air handling unit
AI
active ingredient
AIA
American Insurance Association, American Institute of Architects
AIAA
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
AIAC
American Institute of Architects Committee
AIC
Associate In Claims, active to inert conversion
AICE
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
AICHAW
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
AICUZ
Air Installation Compatible Use Zones
AID
Agency for International Development
AIDS
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
AIEE
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
AIG
American International Group
AIHA
American Industrial Hygiene Association
AIHC
American Industrial Health Council
AIM
Alternative Investment Market
AIMMPE
American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
AIMU
American Institute of Marine Underwriters
AIP
auto ignition point
AIRB
Arson Immunity Reporting Bill
AIRM
Australian Institute of Risk Management
AIRMON
Atmospheric Integrated Research Monitoring Network
Air hp.
air horsepower
AIRS
aerometric information retrieval system
AISC
American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc.
AISE
Association of Iron and Steel Engineers
AISI
American Iron and Steel Institute
AITA
International Air Transport Association
AITC
American Institute of Timber Construction
a/k/a, A/K/A
also known as
AL
acceptable levels
ALA
American Library Association,
American Lung Association, delta-aminolevulinic acid
ALA-O
delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydrates
ALAPO
Association of Local Air Pollution Control
Officers
ALARA
as low as reasonably achievable
ALARP
as low as reasonably particle
ALC
Application Limiting Constituent
ALE
additional living expense, annual loss exposure, annual loss expectancy
ALGOL
algorithmic computer programming language
ALJ
Administrative Law Judge
ALMS
atomic line molecular spectroscopy
ALR
Action Leakage Rate
Alt.
altitude
Alum
aluminum
AMA
American Medical Association,
American Management Association
AMBIENS
Atmospheric Mass Balance of Industrially Emitted
and Natural Sulfur
AMCA
Air Movement and Control Association International, Inc.
AMIA
American Mutual Insurance Alliance
AMMO
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses
AMO
Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation,
Accredited Management Organization, area maintenance office
AMOS
Air Management Oversight System
AMP
ampere
Amphetamine
alpha-methyl-phenethylamine
AMPS
Automatic Mapping and Planning System
Amp.-hr.
ampere-hour
AMRT
Applied Microbial Remediation Technician
AMS
American
Meteorological Society, automated manifest system
AMSA
Association of Metropolitan Sewer Agencies
AMSR-E
advanced microwave scanning radiometer
AMT
alternative minimum tax
ANA
Association of National Advertisers
ANC
Acid Neutralizing Capacity
Anod.
anodized
ANPR
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
ANRHRD
Air, Noise, & Radiation Health Research Division/ORD
ANS
American Nuclear Society,
American National Standard
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ANSS
American Nature Study Society
AO
Atlantic Oscillation
AOAC
Association of Official Analytical Chemists
AOC
army operations center, Abnormal Operating Conditions
AOD
Argon-Oxygen Decarbonization
AOEC
Association of
Occupational and Environmental Clinics
AOIA
Association of Online Insurance Agents
AOL
America On Line
AOML
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological
Laboratory
AP
Associated Press, anomalous propagation, accounting point
APA
Acid Precipitation Act, Administrative Procedure Act
APC
antigen-processing cell
APCA
Air Pollution Control Association
APCD
Air Pollution Control District
APD
air passenger duty
APDL
Association of Professional Drycleaners and Launderers
APDS
automated procurement documentation system
APHA
American Public Health Association
APIC
Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology
APIs
application programming interfaces
APF
assigned protective factor
APR
air purifying respirator
APRA
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
APRAC
urban diffusion model for carbon monoxide from
motor vehicle traffic
Apt.
apartment
APTI
Air Pollution Training Institute
APWA
American Public Works Association
AQI
Air Quality Index
AQ-7
non-reactive pollutant modeling
AQCCT
air-quality criteria and control techniques
AQCP
Air Quality Control Program
AQCR
Air-Quality Control Region
AQD
Air-Quality Digest
AQDHS
air-quality data handling system
AQDM
air-quality display model
AQMA
air-quality maintenance area
AQMD
Air Quality Management District
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A (cont.)
AQMP
air-quality maintenance plan; air-quality
management plan
AQSM
air-quality simulation model
AQTAD
air-quality technical assistance demonstration
AR
administrative record
A&R
air and radiation
ARA
Assistant Regional Administrator, Associate Regional Administrator
ARAC
Acid Rain Advisory Committee
ARAR
Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Standards,
Limitations, Criteria, and Requirements
ARARs
Applicable or Relevant and
Appropriate Requirements
ARB
Air Resources Board
ARC
American Red Cross, Agency Ranking Committee
ARCC
American Rivers Conservation Council
ARCS
alternative remedial contract strategy
ARE
Associated Reciprocal Exchange
ARES
Amateur Radon Emergency Services
ARG
American Resources Group
ARI
Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
ARIP
Accidental Release Information Program
ARL
Applied Research Laboratories, Air Resources Laboratory
ARM
Air Resources Management
ARMA
Association of Records Management and Administration
ARNEWS
acid rain national early warning systems
ARO
alternate regulatory option
ARRL
American Relay Radio League
ARRP
acid rain research program
ARRPA
air resources regional pollution assessment Model
ARS
asbestos roof shingle, agricultural research service
ARWO
aerial reconnaissance weather|
ARZ
auto restricted zone
AS
acid spotter, area source
ASA
accredited senior appraiser, American Society of Appraisers, American Subcontractors
Association
ASAES
American Society of Agricultural Engineers Standards
ASAP
American Society of Public Administrators,
as soon as possible
Asb.
asbestos
ASBC
American Standard Building Code
ASBPA
American Shore and Beach Preservation Association
ASC
Associated Specialty Contractors, area source category
ASCE
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Exchange
ASCR
Association of Specialists in Cleaning and Restoration (ASCR International)
ASCS
air system-cleaning specialist
ASD
Applied Structural Drying Technician
ASDWA
Association of State Drinking Water Administrators
ASF
administrative support facility
ASHA
American Senior Housing Association
ASHAA
Asbestos in Schools Hazard Abatement Act
ASHRAE
American Society of Heating Refrigeration and AC Engineers
ASIWCPA
Association of State and Interstate Water
Pollution Control Administrators
ASM
American Society for Microbiology, administrative support manual
ASMDHS
airshed model data handling system
ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASOS
automated surface observation systems
ASPA
American Society of Public Adminstration
ASPEP
American Society of Professional Emergency Planners
ASPE
American Society of Plumbing Engineers
ASRL
Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory
ASSE
American Society of Safety Engineers, American Society of Sanitary Engineers
AST
Atlantic Standard Time, aspartate aminotransferas, Advanced secondary
treatment
A.T.
American Terms
ATA
Alliance for Technology Access, American Tinnitus Association,
American Teleservices Association, alimentary toxic aleukia
ATC
Applied Technology Council
ASTHO
Association of State and Territorial Health
Officers
ATTC
American type culture collection
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substance & Disease Registry
ATF
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Academy of Textiles and Flooring
ATIS
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
ATRA
American Tort Reform Act
ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
ASTSWMO
Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste
Management Officials
AT
advanced treatment.
alpha track detection
ATERIS
air toxics exposure and risk information system
Atm.
atmosphere
ATMI
American Textile Manufacturers Institute
ATP
adenosine triphosphate
ATS
action tracking system; allowance tracking system
ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
At. Wt.
atomic weight
ATTF
Air Toxics Task Force
A.U.
astronomical unit
AUSM
advanced utility simulation model
Auto
automatic
AVN
aviation model, aviation run of the NCEP
AW
area of wall
aw
water activity
AWC
area of wall and ceiling
AWCC
Association of Wisconsin Cleaning Contractors
AWIPS
advanced weather interactive processing system
AWG
American Wire Gauge, Associated Wholesale Grocers, Association for Women
Geoscientists, Australian Writers Guild
AWMA
American Waste Management Association
AWOL
alcohol without liquid
AWPA
American Wood-Preservers' Association
A/WPR
air/water pollution report
AWRA
American Water Resources Association
AWS
American Welding Society
AWT
advanced wastewater treatment
AWWA
American Water Works Association
AWWARF
American Water Works Association Research
Foundation
A.W.W.I.
American Wood Window Institute
AZA
Association of Zoos and Aquariums
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B
B
boron, magnetic induction: magnetic field
BA
bachelor of arts, biological agent, Bell Atlantic
BAA
Board of Assistance Appeals, British Airport Authority
BAC
Bioremediation Action Committee; Biotechnology
Advisory
Committee
BACA
Baltic Air Charter Association
BACM
best available control measures
BACT
best available control technology
bact
bacterial, bacteriological
BADT
best available demonstrated technology
BAF
bioaccumulation factor
BaP
benzo(a)pyrene
BAP
benefits analysis program
BART
best available retrofit technology
BASE
building assessment survey and evaluation
BAT
best available technology
BATEA
best available treatment economically achievable
BAQ
building air quality
BAQA
Building Air Quality Alliance
BASIC
beginning all-purpose symbolic instruction code
BASIS
Battelle's automated search information system
bar.
barometer
B.B.
base board
B/B
brake-bulk cargo
B.B.B.
Better Business Bureau
bbl.
barrel
BBSR
Bermuda Biological Station for Research
BC
bar code
BCD
binary code decimal
BCE
before current era
BCI
Business Continuity Institute
BCM
business continuity management
BCP
business continuity plan
BCPCT
best conventional pollutant control technology
BCR
bar code reader
BCS
bar code sorter
BCSP
Board of Certified Safety Professionals
BCT
best control technology
BCYE
buffered charcoal yeast
extract
BD
biological defense
BDAT
best demonstrated available
technology
BDC
Building Deconstruction Consortium
BDCT
best demonstrated control technology
BDT
best demonstrated technology, Telecommunication
Development Bureau
BDMA
British Damage Management Association
BDS
biohazard detection system
BEAC
Board of Environmental, Health Safety Auditor Certification
BEJ
best engineering judgment, best expert judgment
BENS
Business Executives for National Security
BEPS
building energy performance standards
BERC
British Envelope Research Consortium
BF
board feet, bonafide notice of intent to manufacture or import (IMD/OTS)
BFE
base flood evaluation
BI
business interruption, bodily injury, baroclinically initiated
BIA
business impact analysis
BIB
Bureau of International Broadcasting
bid
bis in die (twice daily), background information document, buoyancy induced
dispersion
BIOPLUME
model to predict the maximum extent of existing
plumes
BIOS
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science
BIRRA
business impact resource recovery analysis
bit
binary digit
Bk
berkelium
Bkrs.
electrical breaker
BLEVE
boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion
Blk.
cement block
B/M
bill of material
BM
beam
BMC
borrowing member countries
BMP
Best Management Practices
BMR
baseline monitoring report
BMRA
Building Materials Reuse
Association's
BNQ
Bureau of Standardization
Quebec, Canada
BO
budget obligations
BOA
basic ordering agreement
BOCA
Building Officials & Code Administrators International
BOD
biochemical oxygen demand,
biological oxygen demand
BOLD
bibliographic on-line display
BOF
basic oxygen furnace
BOM
bill of material
BOMA
Building Owners and Managers Association
BOMI
Building Owners Management
Institute
BOP
basic oxygen process
BOPF
basic oxygen process furnace
BOYSNC
beginning of year significant non-compliers
b. p.
boiler pressure, boiling point
PB
boiling point
BPC
Business Planning Council
BPEC
biological protective equipment and clothing
PBJ
best professional judgment
BPL
betapropiolactone, broadband over power lines
BPM
bound printed matter
BPT
best practicable technology, best practicable
treatment
BPWTT
best practical wastewater treatment technology
BRAC
base realignment and closure
BRP
business resumption planning
BRI
building-related illness
Brk
brick
BRN
Bulk Richard Number
BRS
building related symptoms, bibliographic retrieval service
Brs.
brass
Brz.
bronze
BSA
Bank Secrecy Act
B.S., B.Sc.
bachelor of science
BSC
Building Systems Council,
building service contractor
BSCAI
Building Service Contractors Association International
BSE
Bovine Spongiform encephalopathy
BSI
British Standards Institute
BSL
biosafety level
Bs/L
bill of lading
BSMT
basement
BTN
Brussels Tariff Nomenclature Number
BSO
benzene soluble organics
BTS
British Tunneling Institute
BTU, b. t. u.
british thermal unit
BTUH
BTU per hour
BTZ
below the treatment zone
BU
board-up
BUN
blood urea nitrogen
BURK
Burkard spore trap
BW
biological warfare
BX
interlocked (electrical) armored cable
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