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Acronyms and abbreviations

Alu

Aluminium

AP

Acidification potential

BFH

Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products Hamburg

BUWAL

Federal Bureau for Environment, Forest and Landscape

CO

Carbon monoxide

CO2

Carbon dioxide

COD

Chemical oxygen demand

EDC

1.2 dichloroethane

EMPA

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Testing and Research

EP

Eutrophication potential

EPS-Method

Environment Priority Strategy in Product Design

eq.

Equivalent

GaBi

Ganzheitliche Bilanzierung/Software program

GJ

Giga joule

GWP

Global warming potential

HC

Hydrogen carbon compounds

IKP

Institute for Synthetics Testing, University of Stuttgart

k-value

Heat transition coefficient

LCA

Life cycle assessment

LCI

Life cycle inventory

MDF

Medium-density fibreboard

OHt

Ordinariat für Holztechnologie (Department for Wood Technology)

OSB

Oriented strand board

POCP

Photochemical ozone creation potential

PVAc

Polyvinyl acetate

PVC

Polyvinyl chloride

SO2

Sulphur dioxide

VCM

Vinyl chloride monomer

VOC

Volatile organic compounds

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