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A prefabricated, low-energy building adapted to be erected on a usual foundation wall, has a prefabricated modular post and beam frame of heavy wooden timbers fastened together with hardware concealed from within the building. The timbers are relatively short and light in weight permitting the const

A prefabricated, low-energy building adapted to be erected on a usual foundation wall, has a prefabricated modular post and beam frame of heavy wooden timbers fastened together with hardware concealed from within the building. The timbers are relatively short and light in weight permitting the construction to be completed on the site one floor level at a time and allowing the frame to be extensible in length, width and height to form buildings of diverse exterior shape and size. The side walls, end walls and roof of the building are completed by a prefabricated modular panel system including frameless sandwich type panels which are secured to the outside of the framework and envelop the latter from the roof ridge to and below the top of the foundation wall. The panel system also includes means for sealing against infiltration and conduction heat losses through the walls and roof and also between abutting panels. Improvements in the modular frame and panel systems are disclosed which greatly simplify the erection and utility of the building.

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A low energy building having one or more stories adapted to be erected one story at a time on an existing foundation from prefabricated components comprising: a modular post and beam framing system including: short, integral beams of at least two modules length having vertical rectangular joist notc

A low energy building having one or more stories adapted to be erected one story at a time on an existing foundation from prefabricated components comprising: a modular post and beam framing system including: short, integral beams of at least two modules length having vertical rectangular joist notches cut therein at modular increments along their length, floor joists having their ends seated in said notches, a plurality of boards laid on top of said beams and said joists forming a floor at each story of the building, posts upstanding from said floors at suitable spacing and height to provide modular openings for the side and end walls of the building roof rafters supported at one of their ends on said beams and meeting at another of their ends at the roof ridge, a plurality of prefabricated laminated panels secured to said framing system and covering said openings; said panels having a central core member of insulating material, an outer layer of siding material connected to one side of said core by a layer of adhesive, and an inner layer of finish material connected to the other side of said core by a layer of adhesive.