EEMD—Environmental and Energy Management
Directorate (UK)
EES—Environmental Extension Service
EF—Emissions Factor
EFCE—European Federation of Chemical Engineers
EFCEA—European Federation of Consulting Engineers
Associations
EFFS—European Flood Forecasting System
EFR—External Floating Roof
EG—Ethylene Glycol
EGA—Exhaust Gas Analyzer
EGL—Energy Grade Line
EGR—Exhaust Gas Recirculation
EGSB—Expanded Granular Sludge Bed
EGTC—Exhaust Gas Test Cell
EHC—Environmental Health Criteria
EHO—Environmental Health Officer (UK)
EHS—Environmental Health and Safety
EHS—Extremely Hazardous Substance
EI—Energy Institute (UK)
EIA—Energy Information Administration (U.S.)
EIA—Environmental Impact Assessment
EIA—Environmental Investigation Agency (UK)
EIC—Energy Industry Council
EIC—Engineering Institute of Canada
EIO-LCA—Economic Input-Output Life-Cycle
Assessment
EIP—Eco-Industrial Park
EIS—Environmental Impact Statement
EJ—Environmental Justice
EKMA—Empirical Kinetic Modeling Approach
ELNES—Energy Loss Near Edge Structure
EMAS—Ecoaudit and Management Scheme (EU)
EMAS—Employment Medical Advisory Service (UK)
eM&T—Energy Monitoring and Targeting
EMB—Eosin Methylene Blue
EMC—Event Mean Concentration
EMEC—European Marine Energy Centre
EMEP—European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme
EMF—Electromagnetic Field
EMIS—Environmental Management Information System
EML—Environmental Measurement Laboratory (U.S.)
EMP—Emergency Management Plan
EMS—Environmental Management Systems
EMTIC—Emission Measurement Technical Information
Center (U.S.)
EN—European Committee for Standardization
ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technology,
Energy and the Environment
EngC—Engineering Council (UK)
ENHPA—European Network of Health Protection Agencies
ENSO—El Nino-Southern Oscillation
EO—Ethylene Oxide
EO—Executive Order (U.S.)
EOS—Earth Observation (Observing) System
EPA—Energy Policy Act (U.S.)
EPA—Environmental Protection Act (UK)
EPA—Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)EPB—Extractable Lead
EPCRA—Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act (U.S.)
EPE—Environmental Performance Evaluation
EPER—European Pollutant Emissions Register
EPFT—Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
EPH—Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons
EPHA—European Public Health Alliance
EPM—Environmental Pressure Measurement
EPMA—Electron Probe Micro Analysis
EPNdB—Effective Perceived Noise Level
EPR—European Pressurized Reactor
EPR—Extended Producer Responsibility
EPS—Extracellular Polymeric Substance
EPSRC—Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council (UK)
EPTC—S-ethyl, N,N-dipropylthiocarbamate
EPS—Engineering Process Safety
EQIP—Environmental Quality Incentive Program
ER—Environmental Review
ERA—Environmental Risk Assessment
ERC—Emissions Reductions Credits
ERDA—Energy Research and Development
Administration (U.S.)
ERP—Emergency Response Plan
ERP—Enterprise Resource Planning
ERS—Environmental Remote Sensing
ERTS—Earth Resources Technology Satellite
ESA—Ecological Society of America
ESA—Endangered Species Act (U.S.)
ESD—Electrostatic Dissipation
ESEF—European Science and Environment Forum
ESEM—Earth Systems Engineering and Management
ESEM—Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope
ESEP—European Science Exchange Program
ESF—Exploratory Studies Facility
ESF—European Science Foundation
ESP—Electrostatic Precipitator
ESR—Electron Spin Resonance
ESR—Environmental Screening Review
EST—Energy Saving Trust (UK)
ESV—Equivalent Sample Volume
ETA—Ecologically Threatened Area
ETAN—European Technology Assessment Network
ETB—Engineering and Technology Board (UK)
ETBE—Ethyl Tert-Butyl Ether
ETC/S—European Topic Center on Soil
ETG—Emissions Trading Group
ETH—Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETO—Ethylene Oxide
ETR—Ecological Tax Reform (UK)
ETS—Emissions Tracking System
ETS—Emissions Trading Scheme
ETS—Environmental Tobacco Smoke
ETSU—Energy Technology Support Unit (UK)
ETT—Effluent Toxicity Treatability
ETU—Ethylene Thiourea
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