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| | Green Building Encyclopedia - Glossary of Green Building Terms |
 | | The raw material used in manufacturing a product, such as the oil or gas used to make a plastic. |
 | | Any opening, or arrangement of openings, in a building (normally filled with glazing) that admits daylight and any devices in the immediate proximity of the opening that affect light distribution (such as baffles, louvers, draperies, overhangs, light shelves, jambs, sills, and other light-diffusing materials). |
 | | High-quality lumber formed by joining small pieces of wood glued end to end, so named because the joint looks like interlocked fingers. |
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