Preliminar Floods oriented building exposure attributes by GFZ Hydrology Group - jcgomezz/Building_taxonomy GitHub Wiki

OPENINGS

LEVEL 1: Access

1. [BACC] Access to building:

  • [BA99] access unknown
  • [SD] single door
  • [DD] double door
  • [RD] revolving door
  • [AD] automatic door

2. [BACC_BSL] Access to building area below street level:

  • [BSL99] access below street level unknown
  • [BW] basement window
  • [SW] windows (souterrain)
  • [CD] street-side cellar door
  • [SDE] stair descent + entrance

3. [BACC_GF] accessibility of ground floor:

  • [GF99] Ground floor access unknown
  • [HP] Hochparterre, ground floor accessible by steps
  • [SL] street level

4. [BACC_BK] Access to backyard:

  • [BK99] Backyard access unknown
  • [OD] open doorway
  • [OC] open car entrance
  • [CC] closed car entrance

LEVEL 2: Windows

1. [WNDWS] Construction of residential building windows (Material):

  • [WN99] - unknown windows type
  • [DW] double window
  • [IG] insolating glazing
  • [MF] light metal frame
  • [WL] wooden lattice windows
  • [SP] simple window pane

2. Height of ground floor windows:

  • normal residential windows
  • display window slightly above street level
  • display window up to street level

ANNEXES to main building

1. Annex of outbuilding:

  • garage
  • shed
  • swimming pool
  • other
  • gardens

2. Under-cover parking:

  • garage on street level
  • garage below street level
  • underground car park entrance
  • garage outbuilding
  • carport

3. Existence of flood- Mitigation works around (direct impact)

  • Trench
  • Dikes
  • Sandbagging
  • Flow sinks
  • Homes on top of stilts

LOCATION OF SOME DEVICES

1. HVAC (Heating ventilation and air conditioning):

  • Basement
  • groundfloor
  • Roof

2. Electrical regulation equiment

  • BAsement
  • groundfloor
  • Roof

#QUALITY

1. Construction quality assessment:

  • 1, excellent, luxurious
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6, very bad, in need of repairs

ROOF (It is already included in the GEM v.02 taxonomy). See: Blanco- Vogt (2014,2016)