Explain how the choice of enclosure materials for a building can affect construction costs and ongoing maintenance and repair costs.

What will be an ideal response?


Enclosures are built from many materials, including solid and composite wood, metal, cement, gypsum, plastic, and glass. The materials are chosen for their appearance, cost, and availability, as well as for their physical, mechanical, electrical, magnetic, thermal, optical, and acoustic properties. Degradation of enclosure materials due to decay, insect damage, or water leakage around walls and windows can result in high repair costs for building owners and serious disturbances for building occupants.

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Cuando se pelan conductores trenzados de pequeño tamaño utilizando conectores tipo crimpado, _____ puede resultar un problema

a. los filamentos perdidos b. una conexión débil c. resistencia excesiva d. la limpieza

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The cost for construction of a desulfurization sys­tem for flue gas from boilers at a 600 MW power plant was estimated to be $250 million. If a similar system for a smaller plant had a cost of $55 million and the exponent in the cost-capacity equation is 0.67, what is the size of the smaller plant that served as the basis for the cost projection?

What will be an ideal response?

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PLC relay outputs that have a common power or ground terminal have that terminal connected to the ________

A) Make after break contact of the relays B) NC contact of all the relays C) NO contact of all the relays D) Pole of all the relays

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The total system response is the sum of the natural and forced responses

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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