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  2. Uniform Plumbing Code - Wikipedia

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    Chapter II is the largest chapter at 45 pages and includes "Plumbing Regulations of the New York City Board of Health". On page 25 Dr. Tracy presents a "plan of construction" that was recommended by the Board of Health but no date is provided and it is not stated whether the city adopted this proposal or not. The Board of Health's plan ...

  3. Building insulation material - Wikipedia

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    The blue plastic on the central building is the vapour barrier for the thermal wall insulation before the exterior cladding has been fixed. Building insulation materials are building materials that form the thermal envelope of a building.

  4. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing - Wikipedia

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    Pipes and cables in the Large Hadron Collider, an example of the unity between mechanical, electrical and plumbing. Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) refers to the installation of services which provide a functional and comfortable space for the building occupants. In residential and commercial buildings, these elements are often ...

  5. Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols - Wikipedia

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    A basic dimension is one that is the theoretical value without any tolerance range. It does not serve as an acceptance criterion. It is thus similar in some respects to a reference dimension. The reason why a basic dimension does not carry a tolerance is that its actual value will fall (acceptably) wherever it is put by other features' actual ...

  6. Coefficient of performance - Wikipedia

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    For a heating system this would mean two things: Reducing the output temperature to around 30 °C (86 °F) which requires piped floor, wall or ceiling heating, or oversized water to air heaters. Increasing the input temperature (e.g. by using an oversized ground source or by access to a solar-assisted thermal bank [ 10 ] ).

  7. British Standard Pipe - Wikipedia

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    British Standard Pipe (BSP) is a set of technical standards for screw threads that has been adopted internationally for interconnecting and sealing pipes and fittings by mating an external thread with an internal (female) thread.

  8. Energy density - Wikipedia

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    The density of thermal energy contained in the core of a light-water reactor (pressurized water reactor (PWR) or boiling water reactor (BWR)) of typically 1 GW (1000 MW electrical corresponding to ≈ 3000 MW thermal) is in the range of 10 to 100 MW of thermal energy per cubic meter of cooling water depending on the location considered in the ...

  9. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning - Wikipedia

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    The three major functions of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning are interrelated, especially with the need to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality within reasonable installation, operation, and maintenance costs. HVAC systems can be used in both domestic and commercial environments.