20-656: [REDACTED] Look up nef in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nef or NEF may refer to: Businesses and organizations [ edit ] National Energy Foundation , a British charity National Enrichment Facility , an American uranium enrichment plant New Economics Foundation , a British think-tank Near East Foundation , an American international social and economic development organization National Equity Fund, Inc. , an American non-profit syndicator of Low Income Housing Tax Credits New England Firearms ,
40-678: A 1,000m building to be heated from a single gas condensing boiler little larger than would be used in a typical UK home. This served as NEF's headquarters until 2004. A 39kWp photovoltaic array was added to this building in 2012, taking advantage of special fixings that had been designed into the original building. Both buildings are now owned by Return on Investment Ltd, and NEF operates from offices in Bletchley . Past chairs include Brian White , Eryl McNally and Professor John Chesshire. NEF Law College NEF Law College , or in its full name National Education Foundation Law College ,
60-567: A brand of H&R Firearms People [ edit ] Abdou Nef (1995–2013), Algerian footballer Adolfo Nef (born 1946), Chilean football goalkeeper Alain Nef (born 1982), Swiss footballer Francisco Nef (1863–1931), Chilean naval officer and member of the government junta Hospital Naval Almirante Nef Hari Nef (born 1992), American actress, model, and writer Isabelle Nef (1895–1976), Swiss pianist and harpsichordist John Ulric Nef (chemist) (1862–1915), discoverer of
80-489: A fifth of the office's energy is supplied by a 6.47kWp photovoltaic array. As well as energy features, its environmental credentials include the use of rainwater for toilet flushing and a low thermal mass sustainably sourced timber-frame structure. The adjacent low energy building was constructed in 1999 for NEF on land provided by the Commission for New Towns . This was designed to show how super-insulation could enable
100-547: A number of regional programmes to combat fuel poverty . After around 2002, most local and regional domestic energy efficiency activities were handed over to the United Sustainable Energy Agency (formerly Milton Keynes Energy Agency – MKEA), but NEF retained involvement in projects such as Milton Keynes' Low Carbon Living (formerly ThimkAgain!) campaign, and in 2013 agreed to merge with USEA. The Foundation undertakes work with local communities across
120-452: A protein, alias NEF Mathematics [ edit ] Nef line bundle , in algebraic geometry Natural exponential family , in probability and statistics Other uses [ edit ] Nef (ship) , French name for a three- or four-masted ocean-going sailing ship Nef (metalwork) , a table ornament in the shape of a ship .nef, or Nikon Electronic Format, a type of raw image format Notice of electronic filing , issued by
140-628: A secular order of knighthood in the Kingdom of Naples Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nef . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nef&oldid=1195776931 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
160-491: Is a private law school located in Guwahati, Assam , India. It was established in 2006 and it offers various undergraduate and postgraduate law courses. The NEF Law College is affiliated to Gauhati University and it also got a status of ' Section 2(f) of UGC Act, 1956 ' from University Grants Commission . The college offers a three-year LL.B. (Honours) program and several five years integrated programmes. It also offers
180-678: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Energy Foundation The National Energy Foundation (NEF) is an independent British charity, established to improve the use of energy in buildings. The charity aims to improve the use of energy in buildings . This statement simplified the earlier stated mission to mobilise individuals, businesses and communities to make their contribution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions through energy efficiency and use of sustainable energy sources (notably renewable energy ) to maintain affordable energy services and combat global climate change . NEF
200-642: The Duke of Edinburgh's Award to become involved in saving energy. In 2007-8 it launched a global warming game called Logicity , funded by the Defra Climate Challenge Programme, in an attempt to raise interest in the subject among young adults. For several years it ran a mobile education unit called the Green Energy Machine . Until 2019, NEF occupied a purpose built low energy building designed to demonstrate some of
220-506: The Carbon Trust Standard with some NEF administrative involvement until 2013. NEF's current focus includes post-occupancy building performance evaluation , as well as identifying strategies to minimise the performance gap between the design and in-use energy consumption of buildings. It also works with housing stock owners (such as UK local authorities and housing associations ) to minimise tenants' housing use, and operates
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#1732798172538240-721: The Milton Keynes Energy Park. In 1994, the NHER Scheme was injected into a subsidiary company (sold in 2011) to run the business on behalf of the charity. In recent years, many of its projects have more of an applied research element, including collaborative projects with UK universities. From 1993 to 2001 NEF worked closely with the Energy Saving Trust , setting up the UK's network of Energy Efficiency Advice Centres (EEACs) on their behalf, and managing
260-912: The Nef reaction John Ulric Nef (economic historian) (1899–1988) Karl Nef (1873–1935), Swiss musicologist Roland Nef (born 1959), chief of the Swiss Armed Forces in 2008 Sonja Nef (born 1972), Swiss skier Tanguy Nef (born 1996), Swiss skier Walter Nef (1919–2013), Swiss mathematician after whom the Nef polygon is named Nef the Pharaoh (Tonee Hayes, born 1995), American rapper Places [ edit ] Nef Glacier , Chile Nef River , Chile Science and technology [ edit ] Biology and chemistry [ edit ] Nef (protein) (Negative Regulatory Factor) Nef reaction Nef synthesis Nef isocyanide reaction Nucleotide exchange factor S100B ,
280-781: The Solar Trade Association and the Ground Source Heat Pump Association, as well as running from 2010 to 2015 the Green Energy Supply Certification Scheme that implemented Ofgem's guidelines for marketing "green" electricity. Although working mainly with organisations and the general public, NEF has from time to time run projects aimed at educating young people. This includes the Energy Envoys project, aimed at encouraging students undertaking
300-536: The U.S. court system NEF College , in Guwahati, India NEF Law College , in Guwahati, India Nefamese , a pidgin language, ISO 639-3 language code nef See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Nef La Nef (disambiguation) Neff , a surname Constructa-Neff , a German kitchen appliance manufacturer Nave (French: nef ) Order of the Ship (French: Ordre de la Nef ),
320-753: The UK in partnership with the Sustainable Energy Academy, most notably through the Superhomes project (originally known as Old Home Superhome), and through its involvement with the Local United and Communities & Climate Action Alliance projects. Most of the charity's work is within the UK, although it participates in a number of EU projects, has undertaken some work in SE Asia and actively supports international standardisation work through CEN and ISO . NEF has also been active in
340-456: The area of renewable energy and, in particular, with integrating it into buildings and assisting local authorities and other bodies to create the right environment for a wider uptake of sustainable energy . Since 2015, it has operated the formerly independent Yougen website, targeted mainly at UK households wishing to install small-scale renewable energy measures. Historically, it also provided secretariat functions to trade associations such as
360-442: The features that it espouses. Built in 2002–3, the building is heated by a Ground Source Heat Pump , with hot water being partly provided by an evacuated tube solar water heating system. There is a winter back-up heating system in the form of a wood pellet stove. The building is naturally ventilated, with brise-soleils to prevent overheating in summer, and use of daylight is encouraged through light tubes ('SunPipes'). Around
380-557: The network for the first five years. But as domestic energy efficiency moved more into the mainstream, NEF expanded its interests into Renewable Energy (from 1995) and non-domestic energy efficiency, through its management of the Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme from 1998 onwards. In 2005 this scheme was transferred to the Carbon Trust but still managed by NEF; in 2008 it was relaunched as
400-644: Was founded in 1988 by Milton Keynes Development Corporation to preserve for the future benefit of the UK public some of the energy initiatives that had been undertaken within the new city. Its initial projects included extending a technical home energy label (known as the Milton Keynes Energy Cost Index – MKECI) into a more generally applicable home energy rating called the National Home Energy Rating (NHER), and technical energy monitoring work on low energy homes in
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