Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms

Atmosphere and Air Resource Excellence

Australian Building Greenhouse Rating

Architects, Engineers, Constructors

Alberta Environment and Parks

Alberta Energy Regulator

Area of Excellence Weight

Analytic Hierarchy Process

Acid Metalliferous Drainage

Analytic Network Process

Athabasca Oil Sands Projects

American Petroleum Institute

Asset Performance Management

Air Quality Health Index

Air Quality Index

Acid Rock Drainage

Assessing the Sustainability of Societal Initiatives and Proposing Agendas for Change

Barrels

Barrel of Oil per Day

Benefit-Cost Analysis

Building Environmental Efficiency

Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability

Building Environmental Quality Evaluation for Sustainability through Time

Biodiversity Impact Assessment

Biophysical Impact Assessment

Best Management Practices

Barrel Oil Equivalent

Barrel per Day

Building Research Establishment

Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method

Balance Scorecard

British Standard Institution

Beam Society Limited

British Thermal Unit

Bitumen Valuation Methodology Regulation

Comparative Assessment Method

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency

CASBEE for Existing Buildings

CASBEE for New Construction

CASBEE for Heat Island Relaxation

CASBEE for Market Promotion

CASBEE for Renovation

CASBEE for Temporary Construction

CASBEE for Urban Development

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Canadian Dam Association

City Development Strategies

Cumulative Effects Assessment

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

Cumulative Energy Demand

European Committee for Standardization

Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Energy Research Institute

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators

Criteria/Criterion Final Score

Criteria/Criterion Final Weight

Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sands

Methane

Composite Indicator

Community Impact Analysis

Conseil International du Batiment

Community Impact Evaluation

Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum

Criteria Initial Score

Canada Mining Innovation Council

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd.

Carbon Monoxide

Community of Interest

Consumer Policy Committee

Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance

Carbon Dioxide

Carbon Dioxide Equivalent

Continuous/Continual Performance Improvement

Canadian Standard Association

Commission on Sustainable Development

Corporate Social Responsibility

Cyclic Steam Stimulation

Contingent Valuation Method

Criterion Weight Factor

Criteria Weighting Tool

Cradle to Cradle

Design-Award-Build

Design-Build

Design-Bid-Build

Design-Build-Operate-Maintain

Discounted Cash Flow Rate of Return

Australian Department of Environment and Heritage

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Demographic Impact Assessment

Draft International Standard

Decision Maker(s)

Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response

Driving-Force-State-Response

Decision Support Systems

Environmental Assessment

European Environmental Agency

Economic Impact Assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment/Analysis

Economic and Fiscal Impact Assessment

Elimination And Choice Expressing Reality

Environmental Management System(s)

European Standard

Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations

Earth Observation

Engineering, Procurement, and Construction

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act

Environmental Performance Indicator(s)

Earnings per Share

Energy Resources Conservation Board

Education, Research, and Community Excellence

Energy Resource Excellence

Environmental Risk Management

Economic Rate of Return

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

Environmental and Sustainability Rating System(s)

Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development

Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development

Forest Stewardship Council

Geometrical Analysis for Interactive Decision Aid

Green Building Challenge

Green Building Council of Australia

Gross Domestic Product

Group Decision Support System

Green Home Evaluation Manual

Greenhouse Gas(es)

Geographical Information System

Gigajoules

Green Mining Initiative

Gross National Product

Genuine Progress Indicator

Global Reporting Initiative

Hydrogen Sulphide

Hectares

Hudson’s Bay Company

Health Impact Assessment

Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method

Hong Kong Sustainable Development Unit

Haute Qualité Environnementale

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

Infrastructure and Buildings Excellence

Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

International Council on Mining and Metals

Information and Communication Technology

Initial Development and Business Case

Innovation in Design and Operations Excellence

International Energy Agency

Indoor Environment Quality

Intergovernmental Organizations

Integrated Impact Assessment

International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment

International Institute for Environment and Development

International Institute for Sustainable Development

International Labour Organization

Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining

Internal Rate of Return

Integrated Sustainability Assessment

Integrated Sustainable Cities Assessment Method

International Organization for Standardization

International Union for Conversation of Nature

Institute for Environmental Studies

Japan Sustainable Building Consortium

Kilobarrel

Kilometres

Square Kilometre

Key Performance Indicator(s)

Kilotonnes

Royal Institute of Technology

Local Agenda 21

Life Cycle Assessment

Life Cycle Assessment of Oil Sands Technologies

Life Cycle Costing

Life Cycle Thinking

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

LEED Building Design and Construction

LEED Interior Design and Construction

LEED Neighbourhood Development

LEED Operations and Maintenance

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

Lot-Time Injury Frequency

Large Urban Distressed Areas

Cubic Metre

Mining Association of Canada

Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation Technique

Methods and Tools for Integrated Sustainability Assessment

Multi-Attribute Utility Theory

Thousand Barrels

Million Barrels per Day

One Thousand Barrels of Oil Equivalent

Multi-Criteria Analysis

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Millennium Development Goals

Multi-Disciplinary Stakeholder Committee

Mine Environment Neutral Drainage

Material Intensity per Service

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Million Metre

Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent

Metal Mining Effluent Regulations

Metal Mining Liquid Effluent Regulations

Mining, Mineral and Sustainable Development

Mining, Mineral and Sustainable Development North America

Mineable Oil Sands Strategy

Management Performance Indicator(s)

Multi-Stakeholder Committee

Megatonnes

Megatonnes in Carbon Dioxide Equivalent

North American Exploration and Production

Natural and Artificial Lighting Excellence

Norwegian Building Research Institute

National Energy Board

National Environmental Policy Act

Natural Gas Liquids

Non-Governmental Organizations

U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology

Nitrogen Oxides

Nitrogen Dioxide

Net Present Value

Ozone

Oil Equivalent

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development

Operational Performance Indicator(s)

Oil Sands Allowed Costs Regulation

Oil Sands Development Group

Oil Sands Research and Information Network

Oil Sands Royalty Regulation

Oil Sands Tailings Research Facility

Oil Sands Tailings Consortium

Pactual

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Pbaseline

Planning Balance Sheet

Plan-Do-Check-Act

Project and Environmental Management Excellence

Potential of Hydrogen

Privacy Impact Assessment

Performance Improvement Factor

Project Lifecycle Assessment

Particular Matter

Fine Particulate Matter

Performance Measurement

Political and Policy Assessment

Policies, Plans, and Programmes

Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment of Evaluations

Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program

Relevance Factor

Resources and Materials Excellence

Regional Municipality of Waterloo

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

Return on Investment

Rate of Return

Sustainability Appraisal/Sustainability Assessment

Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage

South African Sustainable Building Assessment Tool

Sustainability Balanced Scorecard

Danish Building Research Institute

Subcommittee

Sustainable Community Indicator(s)

Synthetic Crude Oil

Shutdown

Sustainable Development Indicator(s)

Sustainable Development Goal(s)

Sustainable Development Key Performance Indicator(s) or Key Performance Indicators for Sustainability

Sustainable Development Strategy

Sub-Divisions Weights

Strategic Environmental Assessment/Analysis

System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting

Stockholm Environment Institute

Sustainable Europe Research Institute

Sustainability Impact Assessment

Social Impact Assessment

Sustainability Management System

Steam to Oil Ratio

Sulphur Oxides

Sulphur Dioxide

Sustainable Performance Indicator(s)

Sustainable Resource Development

Socially Responsible Investing

Social Return on Investment

Sustainability Rating Scale

Suspended Solids

Site and Soil Resource Excellence

Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System

Tonnes

Treatment of the Alternatives according to the Importance of Criteria

Turnarounds

Triple Bottom Line Assessment

Technical Committee

The Energy and Resources Institute

Technology Impact Assessment

Total Quality Assessment

Total Quality Management

Technical Report

Total Recordable Injury Frequency

Technical Specification

Towards Sustainable Mining

Total Suspended Solids

Urban Impact Assessment

United Nations

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

United Nations Environment Programme’s Mineral Resource Forum

United Nations Human Settlements Programme

U.S. Green Building Council

Utility Additive

Vapour Recovery Extraction

Visual Interactive Method for Decision Analysis

Volatile Organic Compounds

Wood Buffalo Environmental Association

World Commission on Environment and Development

Whitehorse Mining Initiative

Water Resource Excellence

World Resources Institute

World Summit on Sustainable Development