Patent ID: 7930861

Claim:
A building, comprising: (a) a load-bearing foundation; and (b) an upright wall, comprising a plurality of panels joined to each other in end-to-end relationship, said upright wall being supported by said load-bearing foundation, said upright wall having a height defined between a top and a bottom, a length, and a thickness, and comprising (i) an outer fiber-reinforced polymeric layer, said outer layer defining an outermost surface of said upright wall, (ii) an inner fiber-reinforced polymeric layer, said inner layer defining an innermost surface ( 25 ) of said upright wall, (iii) a body of said wall being defined between the innermost and outermost surfaces, (iv) a plurality of fiber-reinforced studs spaced along the length of said upright wall and extending away from said body of said wall, including away from the innermost surface, and (v) channels between said studs, a given said channel being bounded on two sides by said studs, and on a third side by said innermost layer, a fourth side of such channel, opposite the third side, being unbounded by any elements of said panels.