Guidelines for the Inclusion of Environmental Aspects in Product Standards

Annex 1: Glossary of Terms

BEAT 2000    Building Environment Assessment Tool, developed by Danish Institute for Building and Urban Research
CEN Comité Européen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardisation).
CENELEC Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation)
CEN EHD CEN Environmental Help Desk
CO2 Carbon dioxide
EN European standard published by CEN or CENELEC
EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme developed by the EU.
Eurocode European building standard
IPP Integrated Product Policy
ISO International Standardisation Organisation
LCA Life Cycle Assessment
NWI New Work Item
prEN Proposal for European standard developed by CEN or CENELEC
PVC Poly vinyl chloride
TC Technical Committee
EDIP Environmental Design of Industrial Products, developed by Institute for Product Development
VOC Volatile Organic Compounds
WG Working Group
WI Work Item

 



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