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Practical guides to understanding a site, a project and the areas that shape it.

Areas · sales surfaces

Gross Sales Area (SVB)

A clear breakdown of SVB: net usable living area, internal construction area, walls and weighted outdoor surfaces.

Density · floor areas

Density and floor areas: IBUS, SBPu & SUP

IBUS, SBPu and SUP describe different things: plot density, useful gross floor area and principal usable area.

English summaries are provided here; the detailed articles are currently available in French.