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  2. Reflective surfaces (climate engineering) - Wikipedia

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    The albedo of several types of roofs (lower values means higher temperatures). Reflective surfaces, or ground-based albedo modification (GBAM), is a solar radiation management method of enhancing Earth's albedo (the ability to reflect the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet wavelengths of the Sun, reducing heat transfer to the surface).

  3. Insulated glazing - Wikipedia

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    A typical installation of insulated glass windows with uPVC frames. Possibly the earliest use of double glazing was in Siberia, where it was observed by Henry Seebohm in 1877 as an established necessity in the Yeniseysk area where the bitterly cold winter temperatures regularly fall below -50 °C, indicating how the concept may have started: [2]

  4. Covering (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Roofers in Germany,. In construction, covering is the exterior layer of a building's roof. The covering ensures waterproofing by directing and collecting rainwater.It also provides mechanical protection against various external elements such as dust and intrusions.

  5. Double-skin facade - Wikipedia

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    In each case the assumption is that a higher insulative value may be achieved by using this glazing configuration versus a conventional glazing configuration. Recent studies showed that the energy performance of a building connected to a double-skin facade can be improved both in the cold and the warm season or in cold and warm climates by ...

  6. Glaze (painting technique) - Wikipedia

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    A glaze is a thin transparent or semi-transparent layer on a painting which modifies the appearance of the underlying paint layer. Glazes can change the chroma , value , hue and texture of a surface.

  7. Volume solid - Wikipedia

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    This is an important concept when using paint industrially to calculate the cost of painting. [1] It can be said that it is the real volume of paint. Here is the formula by which one can calculate the volume solid of paint, (Total sum by volume of each solid ingredient in paint x 100%)/ Total sum by volume of each ingredient in paint.

  8. Stand density index - Wikipedia

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    Stand density index (SDI; also known as Reineke's Stand Density Index [1] after its founder) is a measure of the stocking of a stand of trees based on the number of trees per unit area and diameter at breast height (DBH) of the tree of average basal area, also known as the quadratic mean diameter.

  9. Glazing (window) - Wikipedia

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    Glazing, which derives from the Middle English for 'glass', is a part of a wall or window, made of glass. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Glazing also describes the work done by a professional " glazier ". Glazing is also less commonly used to describe the insertion of ophthalmic lenses into an eyeglass frame.