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Building Enclosure

The system or assembly of components that provides environmental separation between the conditioned space and the exterior environment.

Note: The enclosure is a special type of environmental separator. Environmental separators also exist within buildings as dividers between spaces with different environmental conditions.

Related resources: BSD-018: The Building Enclosure, BSI-042: Historical Development of the Building Enclosure
 

Variants

  • building envelope (outdated)