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Building Envelope

For Building Envelope we have terms and definitions in 5 topics. The topics are Air Quality, Energy, Environment, Green Energy and Natural Gas.



Building Envelope (Air Quality)

Elements of the building, including all external building materials, windows, and walls, that enclose the internal space.


Building Envelope (Energy)

The assembly of exterior partitions of a building which enclose conditioned spaces, through which thermal energy may be transferred to or from the exterior, unconditioned spaces, or the ground. [See California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Section 2-5302]


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Building Envelope (Environment)

The exterior surface of a building's construction--the walls, windows, floors, roof, and floor. Also called building shell.


Building Envelope (Green Energy)

Anything that is a boundary between the inside and the outside of a building; i.e. walls, windows, doors, roof, floor.


Building Envelope (Natural Gas)

The walls, doors, windows and roof that separates the inside of a building from the outside.




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