ASTM E2151-02

Standard Terminology of Guides for Specifying and Evaluating Performance of Single Family Attached and Detached Dwellings

SCOPE
1.1 This terminology relates to a set of Standard Guides for Specifying and evaluating Performance of Single Family Attached and Detached Dwellings under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings. It does not necessarily correspond to the terminology used in other areas of building regulation and housing research.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Sep-2002
• ICS: 01.040.91 - Construction materials and building (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 91.020 - Physical planning. Town planning
• Technical Committee: E06 - Performance of Buildings
• Drafting Committee: E06.25 - Whole Buildings and Facilities

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM E2151-01 - Standard Terminology of Guides for Specifying and Evaluating Performance of Single Family Attached and Detached Dwellings
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2002
• Replaced By: ASTM E2151-02(2010) - Standard Terminology of Guides for Specifying and Evaluating Performance of Single Family Attached and Detached Dwellings (Withdrawn 2019)
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010

Standards Content (Sample)

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An American National Standard
Designation:E2151–02
Standard Terminology of
Guides for Specifying and Evaluating Performance of Single
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Family Attached and Detached Dwellings
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2151; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope where such a level or range cannot be established, the units
of measurement of the performance.
1.1 This terminology relates to a set of Standard Guides for
dwelling unit, n—a unit providing complete independent
Specifying and evaluating Performance of Single Family
living facilities for one or more persons, including perma-
Attached and Detached Dwellings under the jurisdiction of
nent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and
ASTM Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings. It does
sanitation.
not necessarily correspond to the terminology used in other
evaluation, n—the third part of a performance statement,
areas of building regulation and housing research.
consisting of the method(s) of assessing conformance of the
DEFINITIONS
element being addressed to the criteria
DISCUSSION—The evaluation states the standards, inspection meth-
attached dwelling, n—two or more dwelling units, each with
ods, review procedures, historical documentation, test methods, in-use
an independent means of entry and means of egress, that are
performance, engineering analyses, models, or other means to be used
connected to each other at a common wall, but not by a
in assessing whether or not a criterion has been satisfied.
common floor/ceiling.
commentary, n—the fourth part of a performance statement, objective, n—the first part of a performance statement, con-
consisting of an informative narrative explaining aspects of
sisting of a qualitative statement of the performance to be
the performance statement. provided by the built element being addressed in order to
satisfy a particular user need.
DISCUSSION—Acommentary may include one or more of the follow-
performance statement, n—an essential part of a perfor-
ing: an explanation of how the objective relates to user needs in fields
mance standard that addresses a specific attribute in terms of
such as physiology, psychology, and culture or tradition; an explanation
of how the criteria are established including guides for setting different an element in a hierarchy of built elements, and consists of
levels of performance to meet various user needs; a di
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