Glossary of acronyms and terms used in
this report
CCC Committee
on Climate Change, an independent body established by the Climate
Change Act 2008 to advise the Government and report to Parliament
on climate change issues.
CEEF Community
Energy Efficiency Fund, Government funded programme to improve
the effectiveness of Warm Front and the CERT.
CERT Carbon
Emissions Reduction Target, an obligation on energy suppliers
to achieve targets for promoting reductions in carbon emissions
from the household sector - previously known as the EEC.
CESP Community
Energy Saving Programme, funded by energy companies to create
partnerships with local groups for street by street programmes
offering free and discounted central heating, energy efficiency
measures and benefit checks.
CHP Combined
Heat and Power.
CSE Centre
for Sustainable Energy.
DBERR Department
for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
DCLG Department
for Communities and Local Government.
Defra Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
DECC Department
of Energy and Climate Change.
DoH Department
of Health.
DSO Departmental
Strategic Objective.
DWP Department
for Work and Pensions.
EEC Energy
Efficiency Commitment, superseded by the CERT.
EPC Energy
Performance Certificates, set out the energy efficiency of buildings
on a scale of 'A' to 'G' with 'A' being the most energy efficient.
ERA Energy
Retail Association.
EST Energy
Saving Trust.
EU The
European Union.
EU ETS European
Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Scheme, a Europe wide scheme
aiming to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.
Fuel Poverty A
household is defined by Government as being in fuel poverty if
it needs to spend more than 10% of its income on all household
fuel use in order to maintain a satisfactory heating regime.
FPAG Fuel
Poverty Advisory Group, a non-Departmental Public Body formerly
sponsored by Defra/DBERR.
GHG Greenhouse
gases
HESS Heat
and Energy Saving Strategy, draft Government strategy published
in February 2009 to save energy and decarbonise the heating that
is used.
HHSRS Housing
Health and Safety Rating System. Risk assessment procedure for
all residential properties in England and Wales.
HMT Her
Majesty's Treasury.
LCZ Low
Carbon Zone.
LPG
Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
NAO National
Audit Office.
NCC National
Consumer Council.
NEA National
Energy Action.
NGO Non-Governmental
Organisation.
NI National
Indicator, a means of measuring national priorities set by Government
for local authorities and local authority partnerships.
NRFC National
Right to Fuel Campaign.
ODPM Office
of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Ofgem Office
of the Gas and Electricity Markets.
PPM Pre-payment
meters.
PSA Public
Service Agreement, set across Government departments these set
out the Government key priority outcomes for each spending period.
SAP Government's
Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings,
uses a scale of 1 to 100, with a higher rating indicating a better
level of energy efficiency.
Warm Front The
Government's grant-funded scheme that aims to make homes easier
to heat and more energy efficient.
WFP Winter
Fuel Payments, an annual Government payment to pensioners, to
help pay fuel bills.
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