Advanced aircrafts - Aircrafts that are considerably more fuel efficient and produce less emissions than conventional models used in China.

Advanced coal mining equipment - Coal mining equipment that is more energy efficient and enables higher extraction rates than conventional equipment.

Advanced diesel internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles - Vehicles with diesel ICE that are considerably more fuel efficient and produce less emissions than conventional models used in China.

Advanced diesel locomotives - Diesel locomotives that are considerably more fuel efficient and produce less emissions than conventional models used in China.

Advanced envelopes - Includes insulation, windows, roofing and other passive solutions either installed more accurately than China's market convention or combined with active systems such as moisture or temperature sensors to enable reduced heat gain or loss.

Advanced gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles - Vehicles with gasoline ICE that are considerably more fuel efficient and produce less emissions than conventional models used in China.

Advanced metering infrastructures (AMI) - Integrated systems that measure, collect, store and analyze utility usage, such as electricity, gas or water usage; a broader concept than AMR-IP based solutions.

Advanced recycling fees - Fees paid upon the purchase of new electric or electronic equipment and are used to finance the recycling of electric and electronic equipment wastes.

Advanced ships - Ships that are considerably more fuel efficient and produce less emissions than conventional models used in China.

Aeration - Wastewater treatment application in which water is passed through air. The subsequent increase in the water's oxygen content assists bacteria in the clean-up process.

Amine treatments - Also called amine gas sweetening (a desulfurization technique), these processes removes hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide from natural gas.

Amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic cells (a-Si PV) - Type of thin film solar cells based on amorphous silicon chemical compound.

Anaerobic digestion - Series of processes in which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen. Application is widely used to treat wastewater sludge and organic waste. It reduces the emission of landfill gas and produces a methane and carbon dioxide-rich biogas suitable for energy production.

Anthropogenic - Caused by humans.