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Overview guide describing how to prepare homes to be resistant to earthquake forces.

Overview guide providing background information on extreme heat in the United States as it relates to homes and links to guides describing specific ways to make homes more resistant to extreme heat.

Overview guide describing residential floodproofing steps.

Overview guide outlining home construction techniques used in hurricane and high wind areas.

Information guide providing an overview of pest-resistant construction practices and guides in the Building America Solution Center for builders, contractors, and home owners.

Information guide describing wildfire risks and construction strategies to increase the wildfire resistance of homes located in wildland urban interface areas.

Information guide providing an overview of winter weather issues for home owners and building science solutions for home builders.

Information guide showing a table adapted from Table R402.1.1 in the 2009 and 2012 IECC and Table R402.1.2 in the 2015 and 2018 IECC (Table N1102.1 in 2009 IRC, Table 1102.1.1 in 2012 IRC, and Table N1102.1.2 in 2015 and 2018 IRC).

This measure guide describes the need to install a dedicated dual-pole circuit breaker for a future solar photovoltaic installation.

Guide describing the installation of insulating sheathing above the roof deck on existing homes. This retrofit assembly is appropriate for homes with conditioned attics or where the retrofit is intended to create a conditioned attic.

Guide describing the installation of boiler controls in multifamily housing.

Guide describing how to frame and insulate corners to reduce heat losses and gains though structural framing.

Guide describing how to insulate headers over doors and windows to reduce heat loss and heat gain through solid wood framing.

Guide describing how to frame and insulate exterior-to-interior wall intersections to reduce heat losses and gains though structural framing.

Guide describing how to minimize framing around doors and windows to reduce heat losses and gains through structural framing.

Guide describing how to frame a wall with minimal wall studs to prevent heat losses and gains through walls.

Guide describing refrigerant-based compression-cooling air conditioning systems for space cooling.

Guide describing how to properly test the air barrier between the garage and house, and how to ensure the air barrier is tight enough to prevent garage air from entering the home.

Guide describing air-sealing of the seams and holes in HVAC air handler and furnace cabinets.

Guide describing how to insulate a basement to improve the overall thermal performance of the building and provide more dry, usable conditioned space for home occupants and HVAC equipment.

Guide describing compartmentalization in multifamily buildings - the separation of dwelling units from each other and from common areas in terms of air flow.

Guide describing how to air-seal and insulate a ceiling where the insulation is installed on top of the ceiling (on the attic floor) in a vented attic.

Information guide listing Building America Solution Center guides that describe ways to air-seal and insulate a new or existing home's walls to resist heat gain.

Guide describing ways to air-seal an attached garage in new and existing homes.

Earthquake Overview

Extreme Heat Overview

Flooding Overview

Hurricanes and High Winds Overview

Pest Control Overview Guide

Wildfire Overview

Winter Weather Overview Guide

2009-2021 IECC and IRC Minimum Insulation Requirements for New Homes

70-Amp Dual-Pole Circuit Breaker for PV Systems

Above Deck Rigid Foam Insulation for Existing Roofs

Adding Boiler Controls to an Existing Boiler in Multifamily Buildings

Advanced Framing: Insulated Corners

Advanced Framing: Insulated Headers

Advanced Framing: Insulated Interior/Exterior Wall Intersections

Advanced Framing: Minimal Framing at Doors and Windows

Advanced Framing: Minimum Wall Studs

Air Conditioning

Air Leakage Testing Garage to House Air Barrier

Air Seal HVAC Cabinet Seams

Air Sealed, Insulated Basements

Air Sealing and Compartmentalization in Multifamily Buildings

Air Sealing and Insulating Ceilings in Vented Attics

Air Sealing and Insulating Walls to Reduce Heat Gain

Air Sealing Attached Garage

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