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| BUILDING LIFE
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Estimated useful life of a building. |
| BUILDING LINE
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Guidelines limiting distance from the street or adjacent property a home or structure can be erected. Line established by a building or zoning code beyond which a building structure may not extend. Alternately, The outer edge of the rafter plate. |
| BUILDING LOAN AGREEMENT
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Loan agreement where a lender gives money to a builder at varying stags of construction and is also referred to as a construction loan. |
| BUILDING MORATORIUM
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An enforced halt to construction, used to slow the rate of development in a town. |
| BUILDING ORIENTATION
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The relationship of a building to true south, as specified by the direction of its longest axis. |
| BUILDING OVERALL ENERGY EFFICIENCY LOSS COEFFICIENT-AREA PRODUCT
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The factor, when multiplied by the monthly degree-days, that yields the monthly space heating load. |
| BUILDING OVERALL HEAT LOSS RATE
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The overall rate of heat loss from a building by means of transmission plus infiltration, expressed in BTU per hour, per degree temperature difference between the inside and outside. |
| BUILDING PAPER
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Thick, water-resistant paper, serving as insulation to water proof, dust proof or wind proof various points in a house, commonly under siding, between subfloors, beneath roofing, behind paneling and on finish floors. |
| BUILDING PERMIT
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A permit issued by a municipal government authorizing the construction of a building or structure. |
| BUILDING RESIDUAL TECHNIQUE
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Appraisal method for determining a building's value on the basis of the residual building income after adjusting for land value. |
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