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The Structure of a House
Planning for a Home
Structural Components and Materials
Systems in Structures
Advances in Construction
100
A method of building a house in a factory
What is prefabrication?
100
Where a house is to be built.
What is a site?
100
The base of the house that carries the load of the entire house
What is a foundation?
100
This type of system uses feedback to monitor the output of the system
What is a closed-loop system?
100
This type of building uses computer systems to monitor and control it.
What is a smart building?
200
A type of prefabrication that is sold as units or rooms.
What is modular construction?
200
This person could help with the planning of a homes interior and exterior.
What is an architect?
200
A support that the foundation wall sits on
What is a footing?
200
HVAC stands for?
What is Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
200
Buildings that are more environmentally friendly
What are green buildings?
300
A mixture of clay and straw that is used in southwest america
What is Adobe?
300
This is usually a top view of a living space. The view shows the placement of walls, windows and possible furniture placement.
What is a floor plan?
300
A covering over joists.
What is a subfloor?
300
This typed of system there is an input, process and output
What is an open-loop system?
300
Using resources to meet human needs while still preserving the environment
What is sustainability
400
The simplest framed structure where posts are vertical struts and beams are simply supported by the posts.
What is post and lintel?
400
This calculation is used to find the "size" of a room or home.
What is area?
400
A design for an exterior of a house.
What is landscaping?
400
a smaller system found within a system
What is a subsystem?
400
another way to say Solar Panels
What are photovoltaic cells
500
Carpenters, electricians and masons can also be called __________.
What is tradespeople
500
Boards that are used to show the dimensions of a house prior to excavation
What are batter boards?
500
A triangle shaped framework that is used to support the load of a roof.
What is a roof truss?
500
A material found in walls and ceilings
What is insulation?
500
Sustainable lumber is "certified" by what two groups?
What is the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, and the Forest Stewardship Council.