"building envelope" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: building envelopes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} building envelope (plural building envelopes)
  1. (architecture) The physical separator between the conditioned and unconditioned environment of a building. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-building_envelope-en-noun-ZIxLB7ip Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: architecture

Inflected forms

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