EERE Editorial Style Guide April 30, 2021 (This page intentionally left blank) EERE Editorial Style Guide April 30, 2021 ii Table of Contents EERE Style Guide Instructions ................................................................................................... 1 A► .................................................................................................................................................. 2 a, an ............................................................................................................................................. 2 abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms .................................................................................... 2 abstract ........................................................................................................................................ 2 academic degrees ........................................................................................................................ 2 acknowledgments ........................................................................................................................ 3 acronyms ..................................................................................................................................... 3 addresses ..................................................................................................................................... 3 air conditioning ........................................................................................................................... 3 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, ARRA ..................................................... 3 ampersand (&) ............................................................................................................................ 4 appendices or appendixes ........................................................................................................... 4 assure, ensure, and insure ............................................................................................................ 4 author-date citations .................................................................................................................... 4 B► .................................................................................................................................................. 5 balance of systems, BOS............................................................................................................. 5 bandgap ....................................................................................................................................... 5 baseload....................................................................................................................................... 5 bibliography ................................................................................................................................ 5 bioeconomy ................................................................................................................................. 5 bioenergy..................................................................................................................................... 6 bioenergy feedstocks ................................................................................................................... 6 biofuels ........................................................................................................................................ 6 biomass ....................................................................................................................................... 6 biopower ..................................................................................................................................... 6 bioproducts .................................................................................................................................. 6 biorefinery ................................................................................................................................... 7 British thermal unit, Btu ............................................................................................................. 7 bullets .......................................................................................................................................... 7 EERE Editorial Style Guide April 30, 2021 iii C► .................................................................................................................................................. 9 capitalization ............................................................................................................................... 9 captions ..................................................................................................................................... 11 chemical terms .......................................................................................................................... 12 citations ..................................................................................................................................... 12 cleantech ................................................................................................................................... 12 close-spaced sublimation .......................................................................................................... 12 cogeneration .............................................................................................................................. 12 colons ........................................................................................................................................ 13 commas ..................................................................................................................................... 13 compose and comprise .............................................................................................................. 14 compound words and modifiers ................................................................................................ 14 comprise and compose .............................................................................................................. 15 concentrating photovoltaics, CPV ............................................................................................ 15 concentrating solar-thermal power, CSP .................................................................................. 16 Congress and congressional ...................................................................................................... 16 consortia, consortium ................................................................................................................ 16 cooperative research and development agreement, CRADA ................................................... 16 COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019 ...................................................................................... 16 coproduction ............................................................................................................................. 16 countries and states ................................................................................................................... 16 country ...................................................................................................................................... 17 criteria, criterion ........................................................................................................................ 17 D► ................................................................................................................................................ 17 dashes (em) ............................................................................................................................... 17 Dashes (en)................................................................................................................................ 17 data, datum ................................................................................................................................ 18 data in tables ............................................................................................................................. 18 dates .......................................................................................................................................... 18 decision maker .......................................................................................................................... 19 degree symbol ........................................................................................................................... 20 EERE Editorial Style Guide April 30, 2021 iv Department of Energy ............................................................................................................... 20 desalination ............................................................................................................................... 20 disclaimer .................................................................................................................................. 20 dish/engine systems .................................................................................................................. 20 dollars ........................................................................................................................................ 20 E► ...............................................................................................................................................