16.3 List of abbreviations

AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology

CCC – CircularCityChallenge

CSR – Corporate social responsibility

EEG – Renewable energy community (German: Erneuerbare Energiegemeinschaft)

ESG – Environmental, social and corporate governance: criteria and framework conditions for the consideration of environmental, sustainability-related and social issues in company management, public bodies, governments and public authorities

EWG – Renewable Energy Expansion Act (German: Erneuerbare-Wärme-Gesetz)

FH – University of applied sciences (German: Fachhochschule)

GB* – Urban Renewal Office (German: Gebietsbetreuung Stadterneuerung)

GFA – Gross floor area

JPI Urban Europe – Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe (network)

kWh – Kilowatt hours

kWp – Kilowatt peak

MA – Municipal Department (German: Magistratsabteilung)

MIT – Motorised individual traffic

MRG – Landlord and Tenant Act (German: Mietrechtsgesetz)

MWh/a – Megawatt hours / year

ÖGUT - Austrian Society for Environment and Technology

OPUSH – Open Urban Sustainability Hubs

PM – Particulate matter (given in micrometres)

PV – Photovoltaics

SDGs – United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

SPI – Division for Strategic Projects and International Relations, domiciled at MA 50 – Housing Promotion and Arbitration Board for Legal Housing Matters

TU Wien – Vienna University of Technology

WEG – Condominium Act (German: Wohnungseigentumsgesetz)

WGG – Limited-Profit Housing Act (German: Wohnungsgemeinnützigkeitsgesetz)

WU – Vienna University of Economics and Business