Materials Exam 1

Shape, texture, proportion, scale, acoustic properties, and light reflectance

6 Finish Selection Considerations

Slip and Shatter Resistance

Two safety considerations of interior finish selections.

Durability

The ability to resist destructive forces, retain original appearance, and continue to function as intended.

Color

The property dependent on quality and quantity of light.

Workability, texture, strength, refinement, form, elasticity, durability, and color

Properties of materials.

Comfort

The most important criteria for materials that come in contact with the human body.

Fire Resistance Materials

Prevents or retards the passage of excessive heat, hot gasses, or flames under condition of use.

Acoustic Properties of Interior Materials

Affect the acoustic quality of a space by absorbing or reflecting sound within it and by transferring sound from one space to another.

Sound Diffusion

A sound made by one object striking another, reflecting into the room where it originates but also passing through the building structure to another location.

International Building Code

IBC

Occupancy Classifications

Developed to address risk factors associated with specific types of building use.

Occupant Load

The number of people that is assumed to safely occupy a space or building.

Noncombustible Materials

Materials that do not ignite, burn, support combustion, or release flammable vapors when subjected to fire or heat.

Fire Resistant Materials

Materials that delay the spread of fire for a designated time period.

Combustible Materials

Materials that will ignite and continue to burn when the flame source is removed.

Means of Egress

A continuous and unobstructed path of travel from any point in a building to its exterior/public way.

Doorways, corridors, stairs, ramps, enclosures, and intervening rooms.

6 vertical/horizontal passage-ways.

Sound transmission coefficient

STC

National Green Building Standard

NGBS

ANSI

The methods for defining and developing standards.

Accessible Design

The design that only addresses the requirements of a single group within a larger population, specifically, people with disabilities.

Universal Design

Design that is inclusive of all people with respect to human factors.

Resource use, embodied energy, water use, and greenhouse gas production

4 Environmental Impacts from Interior Materials

Embodied Energy

Used to obtain, process, fabricate, and transport a unit of building material.

Aluminum

The building material that has the highest level of embodied energy.

3 Sources of Renewable Energy

Wind, solar, and geothermal.

Indoor Air Quality

Dependent on adequate ventilating air, control of airborne contaminants, and maintenance of acceptable temperature and humidity.

Volatile Organic Compounds

Vapors and gases released by synthetic organic chemicals at room temperature.

Sources of VOCs

Building materials, consumer products, and combustion sources (heating systems).

Manufacturing, transportation, installation, use, and disposal.

Sustainable products support energy efficiency throughout

Carbon Footprint

The energy used in manufacturing the product as well as its maintenance and disposal contribute to this.

Sustainable Materials

Materials that are renewable or regenerative that can be acquired without ecological damage and used at a rate that does not exceed the natural rate of replenishment.

Closed-loop Recycling Process

A manufacturer product is recycled back into the same or a similar product without significant deterioration of the quality of the product.

Demolition by Hand Salvage

The dismantling of reusable building parts for reuse.

Leadership in energy and environmental design.

LEED

Credit Categories

How the 2009 LEED rating system was structured.

U.S. Green Building Council

The council that created LEED.

2 Highest Forms of Recycling

Historic preservation and adaptive reuse.

Historic Preservation

The act or process of applying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity, and materials of a historic property.

Lead and Asbestos

Hazardous materials that may threaten human health that may be found in existing buildings- classified as hazardous waste.

Cancer, fluid in lungs, and asbestosis

Long-term effects of asbestos.

Lead

A neurotoxin that can cause damage to fetuses, learning disabilities, nausea, trembling, and numbness in arms and legs.

1978

The year lead was banned in America.

1950

Houses built prior to this year are likely to contain paint with high levels of lead.

Encapsulation

The most economical and simplest procedure that does not require hazardous waste removal or relocation of building occupants.

Encapsulated

Lead based paint that gets a liquid form of coating applied to create a flexible, impact resistant barrier.

Mold

Fungi that can be found inside and outside throughout the year.

Mold Growth

Presence of moisture, adequate air supply, source of organic matter, and temperature above 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Wood, carpet, insulation, paper, foods, and building dust.

6 areas mold thrives on

How does one control mold growth?

By minimizing excessive indoor moisture.