Decreasing Energy Intensity in Manufacturing: Assessing the Strategies and Future Directions of the Industrial Technologies Program (2005)
Chapter: Appendix C: Abbreviations and Acronyms
Appendix C
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AF&PA
American Forest and Paper Association
AFS
American Foundry Society
AISI
American Iron and Steel Institute
CFD
computational fluid dynamics
Climate VISION
Voluntary Innovative Sector Initiatives: Opportunities Now
DAS
deputy assistant secretary
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
EERE
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
GMIC
Glass Manufacturers Industrial Council
GPRA
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
IOF
Industry of the Future
ITP
Industrial Technologies Program
MYPP
Multi-Year Program Plan
NCASI
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
NEP
National Energy Policy
NEPDG
National Energy Policy Development Group
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
OIP
Office of Industrial Programs
OIT
Office of Industrial Technologies
PART
Program Assessment Rating Tool
PM2
powder metallurgy and particulate materials
R&D
research and development
RD&D
research, development, and demonstration
RO
regional office
SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research (program)
SME
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
STTR
Small Business Technology Transfer (program)
TAPPI
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry
TMS
The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society
VOC
volatile organic compound
