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Guide describing how to correctly air-seal a wall with missing top plates or open wall cavities.

Guide describing how to construct exterior walls with insulated concrete forms.

Guide describing RESNET Grade 1-level installation of insulation in walls, attics, and floors.

Guide describing how to install low-e interior storm windows.

Guide describing how to install low-emissivity exterior storm windows.

Guide describing how to select the siding materials best suited to withstand hazards like rain, wind, hail, fire, and pests.

Information guide describing things to consider before retrofitting walls, windows, and doors, including wiring, moisture protection, and lead paint.

Guide describing common areas of thermal bridging in mass (concrete) and steel-framed multistory buildings and methods and materials for addressing those points of thermal bridging.

Guide describing how to apply an air control layer directly over existing wall sheathing and cover with two layers of insulating sheathing held in place by vertical furring strips.

Guide describing how to upgrade walls that separate the garage from the house by providing a continuous air control layer on the garage side of the wall and adding rigid foam insulation.

Guide describing how to retrofit an exterior wall and/or attic to provide continuous air sealing.

Guide describing how to retrofit older solid masonry homes to withstand seismic activity while including energy-efficient retrofits.

Guide describing insulation techniques for skylight shaft walls.

Guide describing how to install spray foam on the exterior of the existing home after framing over the existing siding.

Guide describing how to insulate the wall cavities of an existing home with spray foam.

Guide describing how to create a fully aligned air barrier behind a staircase.

Guide describing how to install step and kick-out flashing where walls meet roofs.

Guide describing how to construct homes with structural insulated panels.

Guide describing the need for adequate structural sheathing in exterior walls in homes in high-wind areas.

Guide describing how to install stucco over rigid foam insulation in new and existing homes.

Information guide providing a table of U-factor requirements for windows in new homes, per the 2009-2021 IECC and IRC.

Guide describing techniques for installing insulating sheathing as a continuous drainage plane on walls.

Information guide providing R-Values and vapor retarder classifications for common insulation materials.

Guide describing the design and installation considerations for recladding of above grade walls using insulated vinyl siding.

Walls, Windows, and Doors

Install Top Plates or Blocking at the Top of Walls Adjoining Unconditioned Spaces

Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs)

Insulation Installation Achieves RESNET Grade 1

Interior Storm Windows and Panels

Low-E Exterior Storm Windows

Moisture-, Impact-, Fire-, and Pest-Resistant Exterior Siding

Pre-Retrofit Assessment of Walls, Windows, and Doors

Reducing Thermal Bridging in Mass and Steel-Framed Multifamily Buildings

Rigid Foam Insulation for Existing Exterior Walls

Rigid Foam Insulation Installed Between Existing House and Garage Walls

Roof/Attic to Exterior Wall Air Control Upgrade

Seismic and Insulation Retrofits of Solid Masonry Walls

Skylight Shaft Walls

Spray Foam Insulation Applied over the Siding of Existing Exterior Walls

Spray Foam Insulation for Cavities of Existing Exterior Walls

Staircase Walls

Step and Kick-Out Flashing at Roof-Wall Intersections

Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs)

Structural Sheathing (plywood/OSB) in Exterior Walls

Stucco Over Rigid Foam Insulation

Table of Maximum Fenestration U-Factor Requirements for New Homes as Listed in the 2009-2021 IECC and IRC

Taped Insulating Sheathing Drainage Planes

Typical R-values and Vapor Retarder Classifications for Common Insulation Materials

Vinyl Siding with Integrated Rigid Foam for Existing Walls

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