Monday, 18 January 2021, 8:17 PM
Site: ConstructED
Course: ConstructED (ConstructED)
Glossary: Building Code Definitions
F
foul water drainage systemdrains joints and fittings normally laid underground and used specifically for the conveyance of water from the plumbing system to an outfall |
fractional effective dosemeans the fraction of the dose that would render a person of average susceptibility incapable of escape |
H
habitable spacea space used for activities normally associated with domestic living, but excludes any bathroom, laundry, water-closet, pantry, walk-in wardrobe, corridor, hallway, lobby, clothes-drying room, or other space of a specialised nature occupied neither frequently nor for extended periods |
handraila rail to provide both support to, or assist with the movement of a person |
hard-standingmeans a hard-surfaced area that is sufficiently stable to carry a fire truck, and includes a road |
hazardouscreating an unreasonable risk to people of bodily injury or deterioration of health |
hazardous substancehas the meaning ascribed to it by the Fire Service Act 1975 |
heating degrees, in relation to a location and a heating month, means the degrees obtained by subtracting from a base temperature of 14°C the mean (calculated using the approved temperature data) of the outdoor temperatures at that location during that month |
heating degrees total, in relation to a location and a year, means whichever is the greater of the following: (a) the value of 12; and (b) the sum of all the heating degrees (calculated using the approved temperature data) for all of the heating months of the year |
heating energy, in relation to a building, means the energy from a network utility operator or a depletable resource (expressed in kilowatt-hours, and calculated using the Building Research Association of New Zealand’s ALF 3, The ‘Annual Loss Factor Method’, A design tool for energy efficient houses (3rd edition, April 2000) or some other method that can be correlated with that manual) needed to maintain the building at all times within a year at a constant internal temperature under the following standard conditions: (a) a continuous temperature of 20°C throughout the building: (b) an air change rate of 1 change per hour or the actual air leakage rate, whichever is the greater: (c) a heat emission contribution arising from internal heat sources for any period in the year of 1 000 kilowatt-hours for the first 50 m2 of floor area, and 10 kilowatt-hours for every additional square metre of floor area: (d) no allowance for— (i) carpets; or (ii) blinds, curtains, or drapes, on windows: (e) windows to have a shading coefficient of 0.6 (made up of 0.8 for windows and recesses and 0.75 for site shading) |