“Commencement Date” means the date determined pursuant to Section 1.01(f)(1).
“Common Elements”: (a) the areas, facilities, utilities, improvements, equipment and installations (collectively, “elements”) in the Building that, from time to time, are not intended to be leased to tenants of the Building, or are designated from time to time as Common Elements by the Landlord, (b) the elements outside the Building that serve the Building (or any part of it) and are designated by the Landlord from time to time as part of the Common Elements, and (c) the elements in or on Leasable Premises that are provided for the benefit of the tenants of the Building and their employees, customers and other invitees in common with others entitled to use them. The Common Elements include, but are not limited to, the roof, exterior wall assemblies including weather walls, exterior and interior structural components and bearing walls in the buildings and improvements in the Building; equipment, furniture, furnishings and fixtures; electronic systems such as music, fire prevention, security and communication systems; columns; pipes; electrical, plumbing, drainage, mechanical and other installations, equipment or services in the Building or related to it, as well as the structures housing them; and the HVAC System.
“Event of Default” means any event specified as such in Section 15.01.
“Expert” means any architect, engineer, chartered accountant, quantity surveyor, or other professional consultant, in any case appointed by the Landlord and, in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord, qualified to perform the function for which he is retained.
“Fixturing Period” means the period described in Section 4.02 of Schedule “C”.
“Hazardous Substance” means any substance or thing or mixture of them which alone, or in combination, or in concentrations, are flammable, corrosive, reactive or toxic or which might cause adverse effects or be deemed detrimental to living things or to the environment, including, but not limited to, any pollutant, contaminant, toxic or hazardous substance, such as by way of example, urea formaldehyde, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyl, pesticides, or any other substance the removal, manufacture, preparation, generation, use, maintenance, storage, transfer, handling or ownership of which is subject to Applicable Laws.
“HVAC System” means all interior climate control (including heating, ventilating and air-conditioning) systems, installations, equipment and facilities (including the buildings or areas which house them) which service the Building (including the Common Elements and the Premises) that are operated and maintained by the Landlord. The HVAC System includes, without limitation, the distribution system within Leasable Premises (including the Premises), distribution piping, air handling units and fan coil and ventilation units that form part of those systems, together with the monitoring, energy saving and control systems (including the thermostat) in each Leasable Premises supplied by the HVAC System (including the Premises). The HVAC System does not include (i) self-contained heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems in individual Leasable Premises that have been installed and are maintained by the occupants (if any); and (ii) any tenant maintained supplementary air-conditioning units, facilities or services that are installed for individual tenants or a group of tenants to satisfy requirements that are in excess of the normal operational capacity of the HVAC System.
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