{
  "name": "Pergola Wiki source register",
  "version": "1.3",
  "dateModified": "2026-07-24",
  "recordCount": 31,
  "methodology": "https://pergola.wiki/methodology/",
  "description": "Editorial metadata, scope notes and provenance URLs for official codes, standards and government technical sources used by Pergola Wiki. This is not a code-adoption database.",
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "icc-irc",
      "organization": "International Code Council",
      "title": "2024 International Residential Code — Appendix BF Patio Covers",
      "year": "2024",
      "scope": "US model-code provisions for residential patio covers; only applicable where adopted.",
      "scopeZh": "美国住宅庭院覆盖结构的示范规范；仅在当地采纳后适用。",
      "url": "https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IRC2024P2/appendix-bf-patio-covers",
      "tier": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "icc-ibc",
      "organization": "International Code Council",
      "title": "2024 International Building Code — Preface and Appendix I context",
      "year": "2024",
      "scope": "US model-code context for patio covers and non-residential structures.",
      "scopeZh": "美国庭院覆盖结构及非住宅结构的示范规范背景。",
      "url": "https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IBC2024P1/preface",
      "tier": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "aluminum-manual",
      "organization": "The Aluminum Association",
      "title": "Aluminum Design Manual 2020",
      "year": "2020",
      "scope": "Structural aluminum design reference cited by the International Building Code.",
      "scopeZh": "《国际建筑规范》引用的结构铝设计资料。",
      "url": "https://www.aluminum.org/aluminum-design-manual-2020",
      "tier": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "aluminum-standards",
      "organization": "The Aluminum Association",
      "title": "Standards and technical publications",
      "year": "Current directory",
      "scope": "Official directory for aluminum standards, alloy data and errata.",
      "scopeZh": "铝合金标准、合金数据及勘误的官方目录。",
      "url": "https://www.aluminum.org/standards",
      "tier": 4
    },
    {
      "id": "usda-wood",
      "organization": "USDA Forest Products Laboratory",
      "title": "Wood Handbook — Wood as an Engineering Material",
      "year": "2021",
      "scope": "Government technical reference on wood properties, moisture, decay, fasteners and design.",
      "scopeZh": "木材性能、含水率、腐朽、紧固件与设计的政府技术资料。",
      "url": "https://www.fpl.fs.usda.gov/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr282/fpl_gtr282.pdf",
      "tier": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "awc-nds",
      "organization": "American Wood Council",
      "title": "2024 National Design Specification for Wood Construction",
      "year": "2024",
      "scope": "ANSI-approved wood design standard referenced by 2024 US model codes.",
      "scopeZh": "2024 年美国示范规范引用、经 ANSI 批准的木结构设计标准。",
      "url": "https://awc.org/resources/2024-nds/",
      "tier": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "eurocode-1",
      "organization": "European Commission Joint Research Centre",
      "title": "Eurocode 1 — Actions on Structures",
      "year": "Current directory",
      "scope": "European framework for actions including self-weight, imposed, snow and wind actions.",
      "scopeZh": "欧洲关于自重、使用、雪和风作用的结构设计框架。",
      "url": "https://eurocodes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/EN-Eurocodes/eurocode-1-actions-structures",
      "tier": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "iso-12944",
      "organization": "International Organization for Standardization",
      "title": "ISO 12944-2:2017 — Classification of environments",
      "year": "2017",
      "scope": "Official abstract for corrosivity categories affecting steel coating selection.",
      "scopeZh": "影响钢结构涂层选择的环境腐蚀等级官方摘要。",
      "url": "https://www.iso.org/standard/64834.html",
      "tier": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "doe-shading",
      "organization": "U.S. Department of Energy",
      "title": "Energy-efficient windows, doors and skylights",
      "year": "Current guidance",
      "scope": "Government guidance on exterior overhangs, sunscreens and solar heat gain.",
      "scopeZh": "关于外部挑檐、遮阳装置与太阳得热的政府指南。",
      "url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/femp/purchasing-energy-efficient-residential-windows-doors-and-skylights",
      "tier": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "doe-daylight",
      "organization": "U.S. Department of Energy",
      "title": "Building envelope and architectural considerations",
      "year": "Current guidance",
      "scope": "Government guidance on orientation, daylighting and shading.",
      "scopeZh": "关于朝向、自然采光和遮阳的政府指南。",
      "url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/buildings/zeb-technologies-building-envelope-architectural-considerations",
      "tier": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "ncc-volume-two",
      "organization": "Australian Building Codes Board",
      "title": "NCC 2022 Volume Two — Class 1 and 10 buildings",
      "year": "2022",
      "scope": "Australian national construction requirements with state and territory variations.",
      "scopeZh": "澳大利亚国家建筑要求，并包含州和领地差异。",
      "url": "https://ncc.abcb.gov.au/editions/ncc-2022/adopted/volume-two",
      "tier": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "ncc-pergola",
      "organization": "Australian Building Codes Board",
      "title": "NCC explanatory context for an unroofed pergola",
      "year": "2022",
      "scope": "A jurisdiction-specific example showing that “pergola” may mean an unroofed structure.",
      "scopeZh": "说明“pergola”在特定法规语境中可指无屋顶结构的例子。",
      "url": "https://ncc.abcb.gov.au/editions/ncc-2022/adopted/housing-provisions/9-fire-safety/part-92-fire-separation-external-walls",
      "tier": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "uk-planning",
      "organization": "UK Planning Portal",
      "title": "Do I need planning permission for a pergola?",
      "year": "Current guidance",
      "scope": "England-focused planning guidance; listed buildings and local constraints can change the answer.",
      "scopeZh": "以英格兰为主的规划指南；登录建筑和地方限制可能改变结论。",
      "url": "https://interactive.planningportal.co.uk/faqs/do-i-need-to-apply-for-planning-permission-for-a-pergola",
      "tier": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "asce-7",
      "organization": "American Society of Civil Engineers",
      "title": "ASCE/SEI 7-22 — Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria",
      "year": "2022 with current supplements and errata",
      "scope": "Official standard hub for US structural actions including wind, snow, rain, seismic and load combinations.",
      "scopeZh": "美国结构作用官方标准入口，涵盖风、雪、雨、地震及荷载组合。",
      "url": "https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/asce-7",
      "tier": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "asce-guides",
      "organization": "American Society of Civil Engineers",
      "title": "ASCE 7 Guides",
      "year": "Current directory",
      "scope": "Official application guides for wind, snow, rain and seismic provisions; guides support but do not replace the standard.",
      "scopeZh": "风、雪、雨与地震条文的官方应用指南；指南用于辅助理解，不能替代标准正文。",
      "url": "https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/asce-7/asce-7-guides/",
      "tier": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "fema-coastal",
      "organization": "US Federal Emergency Management Agency",
      "title": "FEMA P-55 — Coastal Construction Manual",
      "year": "Government technical manual",
      "scope": "Residential coastal construction guidance addressing high winds, flooding, erosion, corrosion-sensitive detailing and other hazards.",
      "scopeZh": "住宅沿海施工技术指南，涉及强风、洪水、侵蚀、腐蚀敏感细部及其他灾害。",
      "url": "https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/fema55_voli_combined.pdf",
      "tier": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "eurocode-9",
      "organization": "European Commission Joint Research Centre",
      "title": "Eurocode 9 — Design of aluminium structures",
      "year": "Official Eurocode directory",
      "scope": "European framework covering resistance, serviceability, durability and fire resistance of structural aluminium.",
      "scopeZh": "欧洲结构铝设计框架，涵盖承载力、正常使用、耐久性及耐火性能。",
      "url": "https://eurocodes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/EN-Eurocodes/eurocode-9-design-aluminium-structures",
      "tier": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "eurocode-5",
      "organization": "European Commission Joint Research Centre",
      "title": "STEP — Structural Timber Education Programme for Eurocode 5",
      "year": "2025 directory",
      "scope": "Expert-prepared implementation material for Eurocode 5 timber design, hosted by the European Commission JRC.",
      "scopeZh": "由专家编制、欧盟委员会 JRC 托管的 Eurocode 5 木结构实施资料。",
      "url": "https://eurocodes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/step-structural-timber-education-programme",
      "tier": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "canada-nbc",
      "organization": "National Research Council Canada",
      "title": "National Building Code of Canada 2020",
      "year": "2020",
      "scope": "Canadian national model code; provincial, territorial and municipal adoption must be confirmed for each project.",
      "scopeZh": "加拿大国家示范规范；每个项目仍须确认省、地区及市政层面的采纳情况。",
      "url": "https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/codes-canada/codes-canada-publications/national-building-code-canada-2020",
      "tier": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "uk-approved-docs",
      "organization": "UK Government",
      "title": "Building Regulations Approved Documents collection",
      "year": "Current collection",
      "scope": "Official guidance for England covering structure, fire, moisture, drainage, access, electrical safety and workmanship.",
      "scopeZh": "英格兰官方建筑法规指导文件，涵盖结构、防火、防潮、排水、通行、电气安全及材料工艺。",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/approved-documents",
      "tier": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "iso-service-life",
      "organization": "International Organization for Standardization",
      "title": "ISO 15686-1:2011 — Service life planning",
      "year": "2011; confirmed 2020 and under revision",
      "scope": "Official abstract establishing a lifecycle framework from briefing and design through maintenance, replacement, reuse and disposal.",
      "scopeZh": "官方摘要所述全生命周期框架，从任务书和设计延伸至维护、更换、再利用与处置。",
      "url": "https://www.iso.org/standard/45798.html",
      "tier": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "academie-pergola",
      "organization": "Académie française",
      "title": "Dictionnaire de l’Académie française — pergola",
      "year": "9th edition; accessed 2026",
      "scope": "Institutional dictionary entry tracing the French term through Italian pergola to Latin pergula, a projecting construction.",
      "scopeZh": "法兰西学院词典条目，将法语 pergola 经意大利语追溯至拉丁语 pergula，即向外伸出的构筑物。",
      "url": "https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9P1535",
      "tier": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "loc-carnegie-pergola",
      "organization": "Library of Congress — Historic American Buildings Survey",
      "title": "Andrew Carnegie Mansion, Pergola",
      "year": "Structure circa 1899; HABS documentation",
      "scope": "Measured documentation of a stone-and-timber garden pergola used as a shaded viewpoint, outdoor room and transition from house to garden.",
      "scopeZh": "石材与木构花园凉廊的测绘记录，说明其作为遮荫观景点、户外房间及住宅到花园过渡空间的作用。",
      "url": "https://www.loc.gov/item/ny2425/",
      "tier": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "ada-standards",
      "organization": "U.S. Access Board",
      "title": "ADA Accessibility Standards",
      "year": "Official current web edition; accessed 2026",
      "scope": "U.S. federal accessibility provisions for routes, protruding objects, clear spaces and operable parts; applicability depends on facility type and law.",
      "scopeZh": "美国联邦无障碍条款，涵盖通行路径、突出物、净空及可操作部件；是否适用取决于设施类型和法律。",
      "url": "https://www.access-board.gov/ada/",
      "tier": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "ada-routes-guide",
      "organization": "U.S. Access Board",
      "title": "Guide to the ADA Accessibility Standards — Accessible Routes",
      "year": "Official implementation guide; accessed 2026",
      "scope": "Official explanatory guidance on accessible routes connecting site arrival points, buildings, exterior spaces and elements.",
      "scopeZh": "关于无障碍路径如何连接场地到达点、建筑、室外空间及设施要素的官方说明。",
      "url": "https://www.access-board.gov/ada/guides/chapter-4-accessible-routes/",
      "tier": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "epa-smm",
      "organization": "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency",
      "title": "Sustainable Materials Management Basics",
      "year": "Current agency resource; accessed 2026",
      "scope": "Government framework for using and reusing materials productively across their full life cycles.",
      "scopeZh": "政府发布的可持续材料管理框架，强调在完整生命周期内更有效地使用与再利用材料。",
      "url": "https://www.epa.gov/smm/sustainable-materials-management-basics",
      "tier": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "nws-lightning",
      "organization": "U.S. National Weather Service",
      "title": "Lightning Safety Tips and Resources",
      "year": "Current safety guidance; accessed 2026",
      "scope": "Official lightning guidance identifying substantial enclosed buildings and closed metal-topped vehicles as safe shelter—not open outdoor structures.",
      "scopeZh": "官方雷电安全指南，指出安全避难处应为坚固封闭建筑或关闭车窗的金属顶车辆，而非开放式户外构筑物。",
      "url": "https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-tips",
      "tier": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "nz-pergola-exemption",
      "organization": "New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment — Building Performance",
      "title": "6.5 Pergolas — building consent exemption guidance",
      "year": "Current guidance; accessed 2026",
      "scope": "Official New Zealand guidance stating that the pergola exemption covers simple-framed, unroofed structures; adding a roof can move the work outside that exemption.",
      "scopeZh": "新西兰官方指南：Pergola 豁免适用于简单框架、无屋顶结构；增加屋顶可能使工程不再属于该豁免。",
      "url": "https://www.building.govt.nz/projects-and-consents/planning-a-successful-build/scope-and-design/check-if-you-need-consents/building-work-that-doesnt-need-a-building-consent/technical-requirements-for-exempt-building-work/6-porches-verandas-and-pergolas/6-5-pergolas",
      "tier": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "nz-building-system",
      "organization": "New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment — Building Performance",
      "title": "How the building system protects you",
      "year": "Current guidance; accessed 2026",
      "scope": "Official overview explaining that New Zealand building work must meet applicable Building Code requirements even when a building consent is not required.",
      "scopeZh": "新西兰官方概览：即使不需要建筑许可，建筑工程仍须满足适用的《建筑规范》要求。",
      "url": "https://www.building.govt.nz/getting-started/how-the-building-system-protects-you",
      "tier": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "nws-heat-alerts",
      "organization": "U.S. National Weather Service",
      "title": "Understanding Heat Alerts",
      "year": "Current safety guidance; accessed 2026",
      "scope": "Official heat-alert guidance covering postponement of outdoor activity, water, shade breaks and movement to a cool indoor place during dangerous heat.",
      "scopeZh": "官方高温预警指南，涵盖推迟户外活动、补水、阴凉处休息，以及危险高温时转移到凉爽室内空间。",
      "url": "https://www.weather.gov/safety/heat-ww",
      "tier": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "epa-vegetation-heat",
      "organization": "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency",
      "title": "Benefits of Trees and Vegetation",
      "year": "Current agency resource; accessed 2026",
      "scope": "Government evidence overview describing how vegetation can reduce local surface and air temperatures through shade and evapotranspiration.",
      "scopeZh": "政府证据概览，说明植被如何通过遮阳与蒸散降低局部表面和空气温度。",
      "url": "https://www.epa.gov/heatislands/benefits-trees-and-vegetation",
      "tier": 3
    }
  ]
}