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1Building insulation materials — A selection of insulation materials can aid in building insulation. All of these are based on standard principles of thermal insulation. Materials used to reduce heat transfer by conduction, radiation or convection are employed in varying… …
2Building regulations in England and Wales — Building regulations are statutory instruments that seek to ensure that the policies set out in the relevant liegislation are carried out and Building regulations approval is required for most building work in the UK. Building regulations that… …
3Building Integrated Timing Supply — (BITS), also called Building Integrated Timing System, is a method for distributing a precision clock among telecommunications equipment. The physical medium is a T1/E1 (DS1) line. Faster networks depend on accurate timing. As the number of bits… …
4building block — building blocks N COUNT: usu with supp If you describe something as a building block of something, you mean it is one of the separate parts that combine to make that thing. ...molecules that are the building blocks of all life on earth …
5building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …
6Building — For other uses, see Building (disambiguation). Further information: Real estate development A building and skybridge in Munich, Germany …
7Building code — Code Violation: This concrete block wall is penetrated by cable trays and cables. The hole should be firestopped to restore the fire resistance rating of the wall. Instead, it is filled with flammable polyurethane foam. A building code, or… …
8Separate metering — Measurement of electricity or natural gas consumption in a building using a separate meter for each of several tenants or establishments in the building. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …
9Austrian Parliament Building — The Austrian Parliament Building, (German: Parlament or Hohes Haus , formerly the Reichsratsgebäude ), is where the two Houses of the Parliament of Austria conduct their sittings. The building lies at the Ringstraße in the first district Innere… …
10Containment building — NRC drawing of containment building. A containment building, in its most common usage, is a steel or reinforced concrete structure enclosing a nuclear reactor. It is designed, in any emergency, to contain the escape of radiation to a maximum… …
