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| Bearing Walls | Solid walls that provide support for each other and for the roof of a structure. |
| Non-Load Bearing Walls | A wall that does not carry a vertical load other than its own weight. |
| Building Envelope | The portion of a building that encloses the treated environment, including the walls, ceiling or roof, and floor. |
| Building Code | Legal requirements designed to protect the public by providing guidelines for structural, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical areas of a structure. |
| Vernacular Architecture | Culturally and climatically relevant architecture using locally available materials and traditional building techniques. |
| CADD | An acronym for-Computer Aided Design and Drafting |
| Habitable space | Space used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating such as a bedroom, living room, dining room, kitchen or family room. |
| Non-habitable space | Space such as a bathroom, laundry, closets, pantry and utility rooms. |
| Golden Mean Rectangle | A rectangle where the length is three feet greater than the width, best facilitates furniture placement. |
| Door types by motion | Hinged, Bifold, Sliding/bypass and pocket. Door styles- flush, panel, glass, or glass and panel combination. |
| Window types | Double hung, Casement, Sliding, Awning, Fixed, Hopper, Bay and Bow |
| Jamb | The frame that supports a window or door. |
| Sash | The frame that surrounds a windows glass and is mounted in the jamb. |
| Sill | The bottom portion of the window jamb that is pitched toward the exterior of the building. |
| Fixture | Permanent items connected to the plumbing, such as lavatories/ sinks, water closets/toilets, bathtubs and showers. |
| Traffic areas | The area of the building through which people pass to get from one place to another, such as hallways and stairs. |
| Dimension Lines | Solid unbroken lines with arrowheads or tick marks at both ends used to show the distance between two points. |
| LEED | An acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design a green building rating system that is nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. |
