Insulatable, insulative framework apparatus and methods of making and using same

1. A frame having a length and a width, the frame including a framework comprising:

a first elongated structural member, a second elongated structural member, and a third elongated structural member disposed between the first and second elongated structural members,

a first web member connecting the first and third structural members, and

a second web member connecting the second and third structural members,

the first web member being positioned apart from the second web member such that a shortest distance between the first web member and second web member is greater than or equal 5 times a thickness of the third structural member to make no direct path for conductive heat flow between the first elongated structural member and the second elongated structural member,

the first, second and third elongated structural members each having a length perpendicular to a normal direction of the frame and being spaced apart in a direction parallel to a thickness of the frame along the normal direction.

2. The frame of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third elongated structural members is straight, and is in an aligned, coplanar relationship with the other of the first, second, and third elongated structural members.

3. The frame of claim 1 , wherein the building framework is included as a portion in at least one member selected from a group consisting of a window frame, a wall stud, a cripple stud, a jack stud, a queen stud, a king stud, a sill plate, a sole plate, a header, a roof truss, a floor joist, a door frame, and a drywall frame.

4. The frame of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second web members has a structural strength per unit area greater than or equal to about 10% of a minimum structural strength per unit area of a weakest of the first, second, and third structural members, wherein the structural strength is at least one of shear strength, tensile strength, flexural strength, and compressive strength.

5. The frame of claim 1 , wherein a least cumulative distance between structural parts is greater than (9%±1%) times a normal depth of the framework and the structural parts include each structural member and each web member.

6. A building apparatus comprising a framework of structural parts,

the structural parts comprising a first structural-member, a second structural-member, a third structural-member, a first web, comprising a first web-member, and a second web comprising a second web-member,

the second structural-member positioned between the first and third structural-members,

each web-member in the first web connecting the first and second structural-members in a spaced apart relationship,

each web-member in the second web connecting the second and third structural-members in a spaced apart relationship,

wherein (a) the structural parts are dimensioned and positioned such that a least cumulative distance between structural parts is greater than (9%±1%) times a normal depth of the framework and (b) each web-member in the first web is longitudinally offset from each web-member in the second web with a shortest distance between each web-member in the first web and each web-member in the second web being greater than or equal 5 times a thickness of the third structural member, such that the web members provide no direct path for conductive heat flow between interior-facing surfaces of the outermost structural members.

7. The building apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the web members each have a substantially similar thickness to at least one of the structural-members to which the web member connects.

8. The building apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the building apparatus is configured as at least one of a plate, a picture window frame window sash housing, a window frame, an operable window, a wall stud, a cripple stud, a jack stud, a queen stud, a king stud, a sill plate, a sole plate, a header, a roof truss, a floor joist, a roof truss, a floor joist, a door frame, or a drywall frame wherein each structural member is a thinner version of apparatus.