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Abreviaturas

A  
ac asbesto de cemento
ADAVA Asociation for the development of traditional (African Urbanism and Architesture Ovagudougou (Burfina Faso I 45)
AIT Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (Tailandia)
Al aluminio
ASTRA Centre for Application of Science and Technology for Rural Areas, Bangalore (India)
AT tecnolog�a apropiada
ATDO Appropriate Technology Development Organization, Islamabad (Pakistan)
   
B  
BASIN Building Advisory Service Information Network
BRE Building Research Establishment, Garston (Reino Unido)
   
C  
C grado concreto (fuerza compresiva en N/mm�)
CaCO3 carbonato de calcio (piedra caliza, tiza, etc.)
CaMg(CO3)2 caliza dolomitica
CaO oxido de calcio (cal viva)
Ca(OH)2 hidr�xido de calcio (cal hidratada o apagada)
CAS Cements and Binders Advisory Service
CaSO4 sulfato de calcio (yeso anhidro)
CaSO4.2H2O sulfato de calcio dihidratado (yeso)
CaSO4.1/2H2O sulfato de calcio semi-hidratado (Enlucido de Par�s)
CBRI Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee (India)
Cd cadmio
CEB Bloque de Barro Comprimido
CECAT Centro de Estudio de Construcci�n y Arquitectura Tropical
CEMAT Centro de Estudios Mesoamericanos sobre Tecnolog�a Apropiada, Guatemala
CETA Centro de Experimentaci�n en Tecnolog�a Apropiada, Guatemala
CFI Commonwealth Forestry Institute, Oxford (Reino Unido)
CH4 metano
C3H8 propano
C4H10 butano
CIBAM Centro de Investigaci�n de Bamb� y Madera, Bogot� (Colombia)
CINVA Centro Interamericano de Vivienda, Bogot� (Colombia)
CNSL l�quido de c�scara de nuez de acaj�
CO2 dioxido de carbono
Cr cromo
CRATerre
EAG
International Center for Earth Construction, Ecole d'Architecture de Grenoble (Francia)
CRDI Ceramic Research and Development Institute, Bandung (Indonesia)
CRI Cement Research Institute of India
CTA Centro de Tecnolog�a Apropiada, Asunci�n (Paraguay)
Cu cobre
CWPC concreto pretensa de alambre de acero estirado en fr�o con bajo contenido de carb�n.
   
D  
DDT diocloro difenil tricloretano
DESWOS Deutsche Entwicklungshilfe fur soziales Wohnungs - und Siedlungswesen e.V., Koln (Rep�blica Federal de Alemania)
DW Development Workshop, Toronto (Canada) and Fumel ( Francia)
   
E  
EAS Earth Building Advisory Service
   
F  
FAS Fibre Concrete Roofing Advisory Service (SKAT, St. Gallen, Suiza) (ahora: RAS)
FC fibro concreto
FCR techados de fibro concreto
FEB Forschungslabor fur Experimentelles Bauen, Gesamthochschule Kassel (Rep�blica Federal de Alemania)
FPRDI Forest Products Research and Development Institute, Los Ba�os, Laguna (Filipinas)
   
G  
GATE German Appropriate Technology Exchange, Rep�blica Federal de Alemania)
gci Hierro galvanizado corrugado (calamina)
ggbfs escoria de alto horno granulado triturada
   
H  
HBRI Housing & Building Research Institute, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
H2O agua
   
I  
IFIC International Ferrocement Information Centre, AIT, Bangkok (Tailandia)
IFT Institut fur Tropenbau, Starberg (Rep�blica Federal de Alemania)
IL Institut fur leichte Flachentragwerke, Universitat Stuttgart (Rep�blica Federal de Alemania)
IPT Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnol�gicas, Sao Paulo (Brasil)
ITDG Intermediate Technology Development Group, Rugby/Londres (Reino Unido)
ITW Intermediate Technology Workshops, Cradley Heath Reino Unido)
   
K  
KVIC Khadi Village Industries Commission, Bombay (India)
   
M  
MgO oxido de magnesio
MC micro concreto
MCR techados de micro concreto
   
N  
NBO National Building Organization, Nueva Dehli (India)
NBRI National Building Research Institute, Karachi (Pakistan)
NBRI National Building Research Institute, Pretoria (Sud Africa)
Ni niquel
   
O  
OPC cemento portland ordinario
   
P  
Pb plomo
PBFC cemento portland de alto horno
PCP pentaclofenol
PCSIR Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
pfa ceniza pulverizada combustible (ceniza volante)
Pl �ndice de plasticidad
PREVI Proyecto Experimental de Vivienda, Per�
PVC cloruro polivinilo
   
R  
RAS Roofing Advisory Service (integrado a FAS)
RCC concreto de cemento reforzado
RHA ceniza de c�scara de arroz
RRL Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat (India)
   
S  
SADEL Swedish Association for Development for Low-Cost Housing, Lung (Suacia)
SENA Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje, Bogot� (Colombia)
SERC Structural Engineering Research Centre, Madras/Roorkee (India)
SHAM Housing Society for the Amazon State, Brasil
SKAT Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management, St. Gallen (Suiza)
Sn esta�o
   
U  
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Viena (Austria)
UNATA Union for Adapted Technological Assistance, Ramsel-Herselt ( B�lgica)
   
W  
WAS Wall Building Advisory Service
   
Z  
Zn zinc



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