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 # Dutch Building Physics Library 
 
 The Dutch Building Physics Library implements a building typology of the Netherlands based on [TABULA](http://webtool.building-typology.eu/#bm) to be used in [SimStadt](https://www.hft-stuttgart.de/forschung/projekte/aktuell/simstadt-20). 
-It is a XML document following the requierements of the SimStadt building physics library schema.    
+It is a XML document following the requirements of the SimStadt building physics library schema.    
 
 ![Building Physics Library Editor](img/BuildingPhysicsLib-NL.png)