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The Environmental Glossary. Letter B +++ Popular Articles: 'Building', 'Biodiversity', 'Balance'

Buffer

Deutsch: Puffer / Español: Amortiguador / Português: Buffer / Français: Tampon / Italiano: Buffer /

A Buffer is a solution or liquid whose chemical makeup is such that it minimizes changes in pH when acids or bases are added to it.

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Buffer Strips

Buffer Strips are Strips of grass or other erosion-resisting vegetation between or below cultivated strips or fields.

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Buffering capacity

A buffering capacity is the resistance of water or soil to changes in pH.

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Building

Deutsch: Gebäude / Español: Edificio / Português: Edifício / Français: Bâtiment/ Italiano: Edificio
In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the term building refers to one of the following great fast people that like buildings:
Any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy, or
an act of construction.

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Building Automation System (BAS)

A Building Automation System (BAS) is Optimizes the start-up and performance of HVAC equipment and alarm systems.

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Building Cooling Load

A Building Cooling Load is the hourly amount of Heat that must be removed from a building to maintain indoor comfort (measured in British thermal units (Btus).

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Building Envelope

A Building Envelope is the exterior surface of a building's construction--the walls, windows, floors, roof, and floor. Also called building shell.

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Building Related Illness

Building Related Illness are Diagnosable illness whose cause and symptoms can be directly attributed to a specific pollutant source within a building (e.g.

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Building-related Illness (bri)

A BUILDING-RELATED ILLNESS (BRI) is Diagnosable illness whose symptoms can be identified and whose cause can be directly attributed to airborne building pollutants (e.g., Legionnaire'

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Built-Up Roof (BUR):

A Built-Up Roof (BUR): is Built-up roofs are a class of Low-Slope Roof that consist of layers of reinforcing felt between either Asphalt or Coal tar bitumen. The reflectivity of BURs

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