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Acronyms/Abbreviations 389

SKE Stein-kohle-einheit (average heating value of 1 kg hard coal);
kilogram of coal equivalent (kgce)
SLCA Social (or societal) life cycle assessment
SOM Soil organic matter
SOC Soil organic carbon
SPINE Sustainable product information network for the
environment (SE); data format for LCI data banks (CPM)
SPOLD Society for the Promotion of LCA Development; Data
format for LCI data transfer developed by SPOLD
TASi Technische anleitung siedlungsabfall
TBS Toxicity-based scoring
TC Technical committee (ISO)
TN Trip number (of re-fillable bottles)
TR Technical report (ISO)
TRACI Tool for the reduction and assessment of chemical and
other environmental impacts
TREMOD Transport emission model (IFEU)
TRK Technische richt-konzentration
TRS Total reduced sulphur
UBA Umweltbundesamt (Dessau/Berlin: ‘‘German EPA’’; UBA
Vienna: ‘‘Austrian EPA’’)
UCPTE Union pour la Coordination de la Production et du
´
Transport de l’Electricit´ e (until 1998)
UCTE Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity
(since 1999)
UN United Nations
UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme
U.S. EPA (US EPA) United States Environmental Protection Agency
USEtox UNEP-SETAC toxicity model (in LCIA)
VDEW Verband der Elektrizit¨ atswirtschaft
VDI Verein Deutscher Ingenieure
VOC Volatile organic compounds
WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WCED World Commission on Environment and Development
WHO World Health Organization
WMO World Meteorological Organization
WRI World Resources Institute