• A building envelope or building enclosure is the physical separator between the conditioned and unconditioned environment of a building, including the...
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    Leaky condo crisis (category Buildings and structures in British Columbia)
    infiltrating the exterior building envelope (walls and roofs) of buildings, usually through a water-resistant barrier (e.g. building paper, or housewrap) that...
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    Building insulation is material used in a building (specifically the building envelope) to reduce the flow of thermal energy. While the majority of insulation...
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  • Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope (OBE) is a North American manufacturer, fabricator and distributor of building materials including architectural hardware,...
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    be as simple as constructing a different shape for the building envelope or facing the building towards the south to maximize solar exposure for energy...
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    be as simple as constructing a different shape for the building envelope or facing the building towards the south to maximize solar exposure for energy...
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  • Airship § Envelope, the fabric skin covering the airship Building envelope, the exterior layer of a building that protects it from the elements Envelope (motion)...
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    An envelope is a common packaging item, usually made of thin, flat material. It is designed to contain a flat object, such as a letter or card. Traditional...
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    the building envelope. It is expressed in watts per square metre kelvin. The higher the U-value, the lower the ability of the building envelope to resist...
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    collectively ensure the building is protected from external elements such as air, water, heat, light, and noise. The building envelope plays a crucial role...
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  • Building airtightness (also called envelope airtightness) can be defined as the resistance to inward or outward air leakage through unintentional leakage...
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  • ASHRAE 90.1 includes prescriptive requirements for the following: Building envelope (Section 5): minimum wall insulation, minimum roof insulation, roof...
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    protect contents and structural integrity. The waterproofing of the building envelope in construction specifications is listed under 07 - Thermal and Moisture...
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  • Building automation (BAS), also known as building management system (BMS) or building energy management system (BEMS), is the automatic centralized control...
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    for a variety of applications. Common applications are studies of building envelope thermal resistance, studies of the effect of fire and flames or laser...
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  • a double building envelope. This design is from 1975 by Lee Porter Butler in the United States. Lee Porter Butler's 1975 Double Envelope (Shell) design...
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    they can be controlled by the building envelope and electrical and mechanical systems. The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) additionally...
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    Passive cooling (category Low-energy building)
    environment, combined with the architectural design of building components (e.g. building envelope), rather than mechanical systems to dissipate heat. Therefore...
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    Thermal bridge (category Building engineering)
    context of a building's thermal envelope where thermal bridges result in heat transfer into or out of conditioned space. Thermal bridges in buildings may impact...
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    airtightness and to help physically locate air leakage sites in the building envelope. There are three primary components to a blower door: a calibrated...
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    Building information modeling (BIM) is an approach involving the generation and management of digital representations of the physical and functional characteristics...
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  • technology market. In 2021, Carlisle acquired Henry Company, a provider of building envelope systems (air barriers and waterproofing) for residential and commercial...
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    Polyisocyanurate (category Building insulation materials)
    polyurethane foams).[citation needed] Effectiveness of the insulation of a building envelope can be compromised by gaps resulting from shrinkage of individual...
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    building envelope such as the roof, skylights, or façades. They are increasingly being incorporated into the construction of new buildings as a principal...
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    the building envelope stays constant for extended periods of time.[verify] Heat capacity is not normally calculated in the engineering of buildings. In...
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  • Indira Paryavaran Bhawan (category Low-energy building)
    further enhances the process of cross ventilation.[citation needed] The building envelope construction comprises heavy weight construction. The external wall...
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    BC Energy Step Code (category Building codes)
    measure of the rate that air leaks through the building envelope per unit area of the building envelope, as recorded in L/(sm2) at a 75 Pa pressure differential...
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    barriers, building durability, construction technology, and microbial contamination — and an advisor on numerous prominent building envelope failures....
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    side; this eases installation and increases energy performance of the building envelope. OSB is also used in furniture production. Oriented strand board is...
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  • Stack effect (category Building engineering)
    infiltrate the building through doors, windows, or ductwork without backdraft dampers. Warm air will attempt to exfiltrate the building envelope through floors...
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