Abbreviations and acronyms

BPIE

Buildings Performance Institute Europe

CAD

Canadian dollar

CAP

Climate Action Plan

CEB

Council of Europe Development Bank

COP26

26^th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties

CoR

European Committee of the Regions

European Commission

EISA

Energy Independence and Security Act

EPBD

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EU)

ESCO

Energy service companies

ESG

Environmental, Social and Governance

ETS

Emissions Trading System

European Union

EUR

Euro

Electric vehicle

GHG

Greenhouse gas

Gigatons

IoT

Internet of Things

NDC

Nationally Determined Contributions

NZEB

Net-zero energy building, nearly zero energy building or net-zero emissions building

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Particulate matter

SBS

Sick Building Syndrome

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprise

USD

United States dollar

ZEB

Zero energy building or zero emissions building

ZEH

Zero energy house

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