The general description of the main structural construction method used for an Opaque Surface.
Data Type:
Constrained List
Category:
Unit of Measure:
None
Sector:
Commercial, Residential, Multifamily
Construction Method
| List Options | Option Definition | Unit of Measure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue roof | A blue roof is a roof design that is explicitly intended to store water, typically rainfall. | None | |
| Built-up | Built-up means it is made by fastening several layers or sections one on top of the other | None | |
| Concrete aerated | None | ||
| Concrete insulated forms | None | ||
| Concrete lightweight | None | ||
| Concrete load bearing | None | ||
| Concrete masonry unit | A concrete masonry unit (CMU) Ð also called concrete brick, concrete block, cement block, besser block, breeze block and cinder block Ð is a large rectangular brick used in construction. | None | |
| Concrete panels | None | ||
| Concrete poured | None | ||
| Concrete solid | None | ||
| Cool roof | A cool roof reduces roof temperature with a high solar reflectance (or albedo) material that helps to reflect sunlight and heat away from a building. | None | |
| Double wood frame | None | ||
| Green roof | A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane. | None | |
| Log solid wood | None | ||
| Masonry | Masonry a structure built from individual units laid in and bound together by mortar. The common materials of masonry construction are brick, stone, marble, granite, travertine, limestone, cast stone, concrete block, glass block, stucco, tile, and cob. | None | |
| None | None | None | |
| Not applicable | Not applicable | None | |
| Other | Other | None | |
| Steel frame | None | ||
| Stone | None | ||
| Straw bale | Straw bale construction uses baled straw from wheat, oats, barley, rye, rice and others in walls covered by earthen or lime stucco | None | |
| Structural brick | Structural brick is a hollow clay brick product. | None | |
| Structural insulated panel | A structural insulated panel (or structural insulating panel), SIP, are a composite building material. They consist of an insulating layer of rigid core sandwiched between two layers of structural board. | None | |
| Unknown | Unknown | None | |
| Wood frame | None |
Term ID: 16d028b7-fe74-4fb7-a17a-46c42310febb
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