The general description of the main structural construction method used for an Opaque Surface.
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Commercial, Residential, Multifamily
The general description of the main structural construction method used for an Opaque Surface.
List Options | Option Definition | Unit of Measure | |
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Wood frame | None | ||
Unknown | Unknown | 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 | |
Structural brick | Structural brick is a hollow clay brick product. | 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 | |
Stone | None | ||
Steel frame | None | ||
Other | Other | None | |
Not applicable | Not applicable | None | |
None | None | 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 | |
Log solid wood | 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 | |
Double wood frame | 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 | |
Concrete solid | None | ||
Concrete poured | None | ||
Concrete panels | 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 load bearing | None | ||
Concrete lightweight | None | ||
Concrete insulated forms | None | ||
Concrete aerated | None | ||
Built-up | Built-up means it is made by fastening several layers or sections one on top of the other | None | |
Blue roof | A blue roof is a roof design that is explicitly intended to store water, typically rainfall. | None |
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