glossary
Welcome to our glossary of useful terms and expressions related to sustainability in the m&e sector.
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- Warm Deal
- Equivalent of Warm Front for homes in Scotland. (See Warm Front).
- Warm Front
- Government funded scheme targeting the Fuel Poor, to help cover the cost of basic energy efficiency measures, e.g. loft insulation, draught proofing, cavity wall insulation and heating controls.
- Warm Homes
- Equivalent of Warm Front for homes in Northern Ireland. (See Warm Front).
- Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP)
- A not for profit company created in 2000 as part of the Government's waste strategies across the United Kingdom. Its main objectives are to reduce waste and increase the uptake of recycling.
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE)
- A European directive aimed a minimising the impact of electrical and electronic goods on the environment, by increasing re-use and recycling and reducing the amount of waste going to landfill. It seeks to achieve this by making producers responsible for financing the collection, treatment, and recovery of waste electrical equipment, and by obliging distributors to allow consumers to return their waste equipment free of charge.
- Water Technology List
- A list of products and systems developed by DEFRA and the Inland Revenue in partnership with Envirowise to encourage more efficient water use and improvements in water quality.
- White certificate
- A term used to describe any means of exchanging quantified energy savings resulting from the introduction of energy efficiency measures.
- Whole Life Costing (WLC)
- The true economic cost of a building to cover the costs of construction and maintenance over its lifetime.
- Wind Turbines
- Technologies for capturing energy from the wind via large propeller blades linked to energy batteries.