Glossary B

The Environmental Glossary. Letter B +++ Popular Articles: 'Building', 'Buffer', 'Bovine'

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.

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

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

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.

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

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).

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

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

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'

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