| 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 |