Protecting Building Occupants and Operations from Biological and Chemical Airborne Threats: A Framework for Decision Making (2007)
Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations
D
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AD Aerodynamic diameter
AEGL Acute exposure guideline level
AHU Air-handling unit
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
ASTM American Society for Testing and Methods
BPTK Building Protection Toolkit
BSL Biosafety level
BVAMP Building Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Program
CB-EMIS Chemical/biological emergency management information system
CCTV Closed-circuit television
CONOPS Concept of operations
COTS Commercial off-the-shelf
CP Collective protection
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DOD Department of Defense
DOJ Department of Justice
DOP Dioctyl phthalate
DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency
EO Executive order
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FBE Fraction of building exposed
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FOE Fraction of occupants exposed
FTIR Fourier transform infrared
GAO Government Accountability Office
GSA General Services Administration
HEPA High-efficiency particulate air
HVAC Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
IMS Ion mobility spectrometry
ISC Interagency Security Committee
IT Information technology
JBPDS Joint Biological Point Detection System
JOC Joint Operation Center
LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LCAT Life-cycle Cost Analysis Tool
LIDAR Light-detection and ranging
LP Level of protection
MERV Minimum efficiency reporting value
MOS Metal oxide sensor
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NRC National Research Council
OCC Olympic Coordination Center
PCO Photocatalytic oxidation
PCR Polymerase chain reaction
PPE Personal protective equipment
PROTECT Program for Response Options and Technological Enhancements
TARA Threat assessment and risk analysis
TIC Toxic industrial chemical
TIM Toxic industrial material
UFAD Underfloor air distribution
UFC Unified Facilities Criteria
UOPSC Utah Olympic Public Safety Command
UV-LIF Ultraviolet laser-induced fluorescence
UVGI Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation
VFS Ventilation and filtration air-handling systems
WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
