| AAC |
Absorption/Adsorption Chiller |
| AC |
Alternating Current |
| ATES |
Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage |
| BA |
Battery (electrical) |
| BB |
Biomass Boiler |
| BETS |
Borehole Thermal Energy Storage |
| BRF |
Gross Room Volume |
| BIM |
Building Information Modeling |
| BKI |
Building cost index |
| BMWK |
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action |
| C-rate |
Charging rate (of storage) |
| CC |
Compression Chiller |
| CDT |
Cool-Down Time |
| CHPP |
Combined Heat and Power Plant |
| COP |
Coefficient of Performance |
| CSV |
Comma-Separated Values [data format] |
| DC |
Direct Current |
| DWD |
German weather service (Deutscher Wetterdienst) |
| EER |
Energy Efficiency Ratio |
| EPW |
Energy Plus Weather |
| ER |
Electric Heating Rod |
| FC |
Hydrogen Fuel Cell |
| GB |
Gas Boiler |
| GCV |
Gross Calorific Value, also known as Higher Heating Value (HHV) |
| GenSim |
Generic Building Simulation [simulation tool] |
| GFA |
Gross floor area (BGF) of a building |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| HC |
Hydrogen Compressor |
| HEL |
Hydrogen Electrolyser |
| HHV |
Higher Heating Value, also known as Gross Calorific Value (GCV) |
| HP |
Heat Pump |
| HR |
Heat recovery |
| HVAC |
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning |
| ID |
Identifier |
| IS |
Ice Storage |
| JSON |
JavaScript Object Notation [data format] |
| K |
Kelvin |
| LHV |
Lower Heating Value, also known as Net Calorific Value (NCV) |
| MOT |
Minimum Operation Time |
| NCV |
Net Calorific Value, also known as Lower Heating Value (LHV) |
| NFA |
Net floor area (NRF) of a building |
| OH |
Oil Heating |
| PLF |
Part Load Factor |
| PLR |
Part Load Ratio |
| PTES |
Pit Thermal Energy Storage |
| PV |
Photovoltaic |
| QuaSi |
Quarter Simulation [project name] |
| REPL |
Read-Eval-Print Loop of Julia |
| ReSiE |
Computational Engine for the Simulation of Energy Systems [simulation tool] |
| SAM |
System Advisor Model |
| SCC |
Simple Compression Chiller |
| SCOP |
Seasonal Coefficient of Performance |
| SEER |
Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio |
| SFP |
Specific fan power |
| STES |
Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage |
| STTES |
Short-Therm Thermal Energy Storage |
| SUT |
Start-Up Time |
| SoDeLe |
Solar Simulation as easy as can be [simulation tool] |
| TRNSYS |
TRaNsient SYstems Simulation [simulation tool] |
| TRY |
Test Reference Year |
| TMY |
Typical Meteorological Year |
| TTES |
Tank Thermal Energy Storage |
| UAC |
User Address Codes |
| VS Code |
Visual Studio Code |
| WP |
Wind Power |
| abbrev |
abbreviation |