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DEFINITIONS [RE] CONDITIONED AREA. That area within a building provided with heating or cooling systems or appliances capa- ble of maintaining, through design or heat loss or gain, 68°F (20°C) during the heating season or 80°F (27`C) during the cooling season, or has a fixed opening directly adjacent to a conditioned area. [RE] CONDITIONED FLOOR AREA. The horizontal pro- jection of the floors associated with the conditioned space. [RE] CONDITIONED SPACE. An area, room or space that i is enclosed within the building thermal envelope and that is directly heated or cooled or that is :indirectly heated or cooled. Spaces are indirectly heated or cooled where they communi- cate thru openings with conditioned spaces, where they are separated from conditioned spaces by uninsulated walls, .1 floors or ceilings or where they contain uninsulated ducts, piping or other sources. of heating or cooling. [RB] CONS'T'RUCTION DOCUMENTS. Written, graphic and pictorial documents prepared or assembled for describing the design, location and physical characteristics of the ele- ments of a project necessary for obtaining a. building permit. Construction drawings shall be drawn to an appropriate scale. CONTAMINATION. A high hazard or health hazard impairment of the quality of the potable water that creates an actual hazard to the public health through poisoning or through the spread of disease by sewage, industrial fluids or waste. [RE] CONTINUOUS INSULATION (e3). Insulating mate- rial that is continuous across all structural members without thermal bridges other than fasteners and service openings. It is installed on the interior or exterior or is integral to any opaque surface of the building envelope. CONTINUOUS WASTE. A drain from two or more similar adjacent fixtures connected to a single trap. CONTROL, LIMIT. An automatic control responsive to changes in liquid flow or level, pressure, or temperature for limiting the operation of an appliance. CONTROL, PRIMARY SAFETY. A safety control responsive directly to flame properties that senses the pres- ence or absence of flame and, in event of ignition failure or unintentional flame extinguishment, automatically causes shutdown of mechanical equipment. CONVECTOR. A system. -incorporating heating element in an enclosure. in which air enters an opening below the heating element, Is heated and leaves the enclosure through an open- ing located above the heating element. CORE. The lightweight middle section of a structural insu- lated panel, composed of foam plastic insulation that provides the link between the two facing shells. [RB] CORROSION RESISTANCE. The ability of a mate- rial to withstand deterioration of its surface or its properties where exposed to its environment. ]RB] COURT. A space, open and unobstructed to the sky, I ocated at or above grade level on a lot and bounded on three or more sides by walls or a building, [RB] CRIPPLE WALL. A framed wall extending from the. top of the foundation to the underside of the floor framing of the first story above grade plane. CROSS CONNECTION. Any connection between two oth- erwise separate piping systems that allows a flow from one system to the other. [RB] CROSS -LAMINATED TIMBER. A prefabricated engineered wood product consisting of not less than three layers of solid -sawn lumber or structural composite lumber where the adjacent layers are cross -oriented and bonded with structural adhesive to form a solid wood element. [RE] CURTAIN WALL. See Section N1101.6 for definition applicable in Chapter 11. [RB] DALLE GLASS. A decorative composite glazing material made of individual pieces of glass that are embedded In a cast matrix of concrete or epoxy. DAMPER, VOLUME. A device that will restrict, retard or direct the flow of air in any duct, or the products of combus- tion of heat -producing equipment, vent connector, vent or chimney. [RB] DEAD LOADS. The weight of the materials of con- struction incorporated into the building, including but not limited to walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, stairways, built-in par- titions, finishes, cladding, and other similarly incorporated architectural and structural items, and fixed service equip- ment (RB] DECORATIVE GLASS. A carved, leaded or Dalle glass or glazing material with a purpose that is decorative or artistic, not functional; with coloring, texture or other design qualities or components that cannot be removed without destroying the .glazing material, and with a surface. or assem- bly into which it Is Incorporated, that is divided into seg- ments. [RE] DEMAND RECIRCULATION WATER SYSTEM. See Section N1101.6 for definition applicable in Chapter 11. DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. See 'Registe-red design proles- sionaL" DEVELOPED LENGTH. The length of a pipeline mea- sured along the center line of the pipe and fittings. DIAMETER Unless specifically stated, the term "diameter" is the nominal diameter as designated by the approved mate- rial. standard. [RB) DIAPHRAGM. A horizontal or nearly horizontal sys- tem acting to transmit lateral forces to the vertical resisting elements. Where the term "diaphragm" is used, it includes horizontal. bracing systems. DILUTION AIR Air that enters a draft hood or draft regula- tor and mixes with flue gases. DIRECT SYSTEM. A solar thermal system in which the gas or liquid in the solar collector loop is not separated from the load. DIRECT -VENT APPLIANCE. 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