Skills and Knowledge
from the Homes and Communities Agency

Skills and Knowledge
from the Homes and Communities Agency
| BAP | Biodiversity Action Plan |
| BERR | Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
| BKCC | Building Knowledge for a Changing Climate |
| BREEAM | BRE Environmental Assessment Method |
| CAMS | Catchment Abstraction Management Strategies |
| CHP | Combined Heat and Power |
| CLG | Communities and Local Government |
| CHPA | Combined Heat and Power Association |
| DECC | Department of Energy and Climate Change |
| Defra | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| DER | Display Energy Rating |
| DES | District Energy System |
| EA | Environment Agency |
| EPC | Energy Performance Certificate |
| ERF | Energy Recovery Facility |
| FRA | Flood Risk Assessment |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
| GVA | Gross Value Added |
| ICZM | Integrated Coastal Zone Management |
| LAA | Local Area Agreement |
| LAEP | Local Authorities Energy Partnership |
| LDD | Local Development Documents |
| LDF | Local Development Framework |
| LEFM | Local Economy Forecasting Model |
| MBT | Mechanical Biological Treatment |
| PAS | Planning Advisory Service |
| PPG | Planning Policy Guidance |
| PPS | Planning Policy Statement |
| RDA | Regional Development Agency |
| REAP | Resource and Energy Analysis Programme |
| REEIO | Regional Economy Environmental Input Output Model |
| RES | Renewable Energy Strategy |
| RFRA | Regional Flood Risk Assessment |
| RPB | Regional Planning Body |
| RPG | Regional Planning Guidance |
| RSF | Regional Sustainability Framework |
| RSS | Regional Spatial Strategies |
| RTS | Regional Transport Strategy |
| SA | Sustainability Appraisal |
| SAP | Standard Assessment Procedure |
| SBEM | Simplified Building Emissions Models |
| SEA | Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive |
| SEERA | South East England Regional Assembly |
| SFRA | Strategic Flood Risk Assessment |
| STM | Strategic Transport Model |
| SUDS | Sustainable Drainage Systems |
| TCPA | Town and Country Planning Association |
| UKCIP | UK Climate Impacts Programme |