NCC 2022 Volume One - Building Code of Australia Class 2 to 9 buildings
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Abbreviations

Abbreviations

ABCB

Australian Building Codes Board

AC

Alternating Current

ACC

Acrylic conformal coating

ACL

Acrylic latex

ACP

Aluminium Composite Panel

AIRAH

Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air conditioning and Heating

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

AS

Australian Standard

ASET

Available Safe Egress Time

ASHRAE

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers

ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials

BAL

Bushfire Attack Level

BCA

Building Code of Australia

BE

Fire blocks evacuation route

CAN

National Standard of Canada

CCT

Correlated Colour Temperature

CF

Challenging fire

CHF

Critical Heat Flux

CIBSE

Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

CRF

Critical Radiant Flux

CRI

Colour Rendering Index

CS

Fire starts in a concealed space

CSHGC

Constant for solar heat gain

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

CU

Constant for conductance

DC

Direct Current

FED

Fractional Effective Dose

FI

Fire brigade intervention

FRL

Fire Resistance Level

FZ

Flame Zone

GEMS

Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

GRP

Glass fibre reinforced polyester

HDG

Hot dip galvanising

HRR

Heat Release Rate

HS

Horizontal fire spread

IS

Rapid fire spread involving internal surface linings

ISO

International Organisation for Standardisation

IZS

Inorganic zinc silicate

LED

Light-Emitting Diode

MEPS

Minimum Energy Performance Standards

NABERS

National Australian Built Environment Rating System

NASH

National Association of Steel-Framed Housing

NATA

National Association of Testing Authorities Australia

NatHERS

Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme

NCC

National Construction Code

NSF

National Sanitation Foundation

PBDB

Performance-based design brief

PCA

Plumbing Code of Australia

PMV

Predicted Mean Vote

ppm

parts per million

PUR

Polyurethane

PVC

Polyvinyl chloride

RC

Robustness check

RSET

Required Safe Egress Time

RW

Weighted sound reduction index

SF

Smouldering fire

SHGC

Solar Heat Gain Coefficient

SL

Square mesh

SS

Structural stability and other property

STC

Sound Transmission Class

TM

Trench mesh

UF

Unexpected catastrophic failure

UPVC

Unplasticized polyvinyl chloride

UT

Fire in normally unoccupied room threatening occupants of other rooms

U-Value

Thermal transmittance

VS

Vertical fire spread involving external cladding or external openings

WC

Water closet