2006 New York Code - Definitions.

 
    §  11-102.  Definitions.    For  the  purposes  of  this  article, the
  following words and phrases shall have the following meanings  unless  a
  different meaning is plainly required by the context:
    1. "Building."  Any  combination  of  materials,  whether  portable or
  fixed, having a roof to form a structure which is heated  or  cooled  in
  the  normal  course  affording shelter for persons, animals or property,
  including  any  equipment  therein,  provided  however  that  the   term
  "building"  shall  not  include any structure which is heated and cooled
  without the use of electricity or fossil fuel. The word "building" shall
  include  "factory  manufactured  homes"  as  defined  in  section   four
  hundred-c of article eighteen-B of the executive law.
    2. "Code."  The  state  energy conservation construction code provided
  for in this article, or any portion  thereof,  any  modification  of  or
  amendments thereto.
    3. "Construction." The construction of a new building, or any addition
  to, or substantial renovation of, an existing building.
    4. "Equipment."    Plumbing,    heating,    electrical,    insulating,
  ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigerating  equipment,  elevators,
  escalators, and other mechanical additions or installations but does not
  include any items constituting an industrial or commercial process.
    5. "Municipality." Any county, city, town, village, school district or
  district corporation.
    6. "Owner."  The  owner or owners of the freehold of a premises or any
  lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in possession,  a  contract
  vendee,  assignee  of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, or any
  other person, firm or corporation in control of a building.
    7. "Residential." Any building which is designed  or  is  to  be  used
  primarily as a dwelling or household.
    8. "Substantial  renovation."  The alteration of any existing building
  in which more than fifty percent of any building subsystem is replaced.
    9. "Subsystem." A building assembly  made  up  of  various  components
  which  serve  a specific function, including but not limited to exterior
  walls,  roof  and  ceiling,  floors,  lighting,  piping,  ductwork,  and
  equipment as defined in subdivision four of this section.