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Design for Biodiversity
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Design for Biodiversity

by Kelly Gunnell, Carol Williams, Brian Murphy
July 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
136 pages
7h 19m
English
RIBA Publishing
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Jargon Buster

The authors wishes to acknowledge use of material from the Scottish Environmental Design Association (SEDA), the Ecos Renews, Environmental Building Solutions, EESC ’11 and CIRIA RP656 Design for Deconstruction (Bill Addis)

Air Barrier

Comprises materials and/or components which are air impervious or virtually so, separating conditioned spaces (heated, cooled or humidity controlled, usually inside) from unconditioned spaces (unheated, uncooled, humidity uncontrolled, usually outside).

Air Exfiltratio

The uncontrolled outward leakage of indoor air through cracks, discontinuities and other unintentional openings in the building envelope. In winter the air is likely to be heated, and heated air exfiltration will result in uncontrolled ...

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ISBN: 9781000705126