Building envelope design and construction are exposed to a wide variety of mandatory and non-mandatory frameworks and regulations relating to climate-based design.
These primarily serve too:
- Protect the building occupants from the weather, such as wind, rain, solar radiation, snow, etc
- Regulate the indoor environment in terms of temperature, humidity, moisture
- Provide privacy for occupants
- Prevent the transmission of noise
- Provide security for occupants and the building contents
- Provide safety, for example preventing the spread of fire or smoke
- Provide views into and out of the building
- Provide access between the inside and the outside of the building