Stand-alone building
The Scottish Building Standards, Part I. Technical Handbook – Domestic, Appendix A Defined Terms, defines a stand-alone building as:
‘…a building, other than a dwelling, but includes an ancillary building or a part of a building, that is either:
- detached or
- thermally divided from the remainder of the main building and incorporates shut-down control of any heating or cooling system which is linked to any main system, and includes a conservatory.’
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