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# Modules vs Buildings

Modules are special types of [buildings](/developers/api/buildings/) that can only be built on a
space station.

Modules produce no resources, and therefore may be built to consume resources beyond your production
levels.

Modules can only be built, repaired, upgraded, downgraded, and demolished via acts of
[Parliament](/developers/api/reference/parliament/). Therefore modules don't inherit the `build`,
`upgrade`, `downgrade`, `demolish`, and `repair` methods that ordinary buildings share.

# Module Types

Each module type has its own page in the [API reference](/developers/api/reference/) - for example
[Station Command](/developers/api/reference/stationcommand/) or
[Art Museum](/developers/api/reference/artmuseum/).