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2. Garage door - Wikipedia

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   A garage door is a large door to allow egress for a garage that opens either manually or by an electric motor (a garage door opener ). Garage doors are frequently large enough to accommodate automobiles and other vehicles. The operating mechanism is usually spring-loaded or counterbalanced to offset the door's weight and reduce the human or ...

3. Insulated glazing - Wikipedia

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   EURO 68 wooden window profile with insulated glazing. Insulating glass ( IG) consists of two or more glass window panes separated by a space to reduce heat transfer across a part of the building envelope. A window with insulating glass is commonly known as double glazing or a double-paned window, triple glazing or a triple-paned window, or ...

4. Muntin - Wikipedia

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   Muntins divide a single window sash or casement into a grid system of small panes of glass, called "lights" or "lites". In UK use, a muntin is a vertical member in timber panelling or a door separating two panels. Windows with "true divided lights" make use of thin muntins, typically 1/2" to 7/8" wide in residential windows, positioned between ...

5. Building envelope - Wikipedia

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   The building envelope or enclosure is all of the elements of the outer shell that maintain a dry, heated, or cooled indoor environment and facilitate its climate control. Building envelope design is a specialized area of architectural and engineering practice that draws from all areas of building science and indoor climate control. [2]

6. R-value (insulation) - Wikipedia

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   The R-value is a measure of an insulation sample's ability to reduce the rate of heat flow under specified test conditions. The primary mode of heat transfer impeded by insulation is conduction, but insulation also reduces heat loss by all three heat transfer modes: conduction, convection, and radiation.

7. Curtain wall (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Curtain wall (architecture) A building project in Wuhan, China, demonstrating the relationship between the inner load-bearing structure and an exterior glass curtain wall. Curtain walls are also used on residential structures. A curtain wall is an exterior covering of a building in which the outer walls are non-structural, instead serving to ...