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Portable gasoline-powered generators like this one can power smaller emergency cooling and refrigeration loads

Possible failure scenarios due to house sitting on poorly braced and secured cripple wall

Possible locations of heat pump water heater (HPWH)s in a hypothetical multifamily building using a one-to-one deployment of one HPWH per apartment

Possible locations of heat pump water heaters in a hypothetical multifamily building using a cluster deployment where pairs of dwelling units share a heat pump water heater

Post-tensioned slab-on-grade with exterior and slab insulation

Pouring the slab

Power production from the Integrated solar shingles helps cut electric bills to $71 a month for this home in North Carolina.

Power vented water heater installed

Precast concrete foundation walls are lowered into place at the site by crane.

Preconditioned outdoor air is supplied to the corridors on each floor of a multistory multifamily building, pressurizing the corridors and providing make-up air for the elevator shaft, which is depressurized by an exhaust fan.

Prefabricated notched stringer staircase

Prefabricated routed stringer staircase

Preferred Builders built this custom home in the cold climate in Old Greenwich CT, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2013.

Prepare chase with adhesive for bottom insulation

Prescriptive Path: Supply ducts in unconditioned attic have insulation ≥ R-8. Performance Path: Supply ducts in unconditioned attic have insulation ≥ R-6

Pressure manometers are used to determine the level of pressurization and rate of leakage when conducting blower door testing and building diagnostics

Preventative steps to take throughout the home to prepare for an earthquake or other natural disasters

Preventive measures by builders can reduce the likelihood that termites will cause large-scale destruction later on.

Primary wood framing systems: walls, roof diaphragm, and floor diaphragm

Probabilistic Map of Expected Number of Damaging Earthquakes around the U.S.

Probability that a flood will exceed the n-year flood level over a given period of time.

Profile of an open/shallow pier foundation for riverine areas where an open foundation style is desirable and for buildings in Coastal A Zone where scour and erosion is limited.

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Reference

Coastal Construction Manual - Principles and Practices of Planning, Siting, Designing, Constructing, and Maintaining Residential Buildings in Coastal Areas, Fourth Edition, Volume II, FEMA P-55

Author(s)

Coulbourne William,

Jones Christopher P,

Kapur Omar,

Koumoudis Vasso,

Line Philip,

Low David K,

Overcash Glenn,

Passman Samantha,

Reeder Adam,

Seitz Laura,

Smith Thomas,

Tezak Scott

Organization(s)

Federal Emergency Management Agency,

FEMA,

Applied Technology Council,

ATC,

URS Group,

DK Low and Associates,

Atkins,

TLSmith Consulting

Volume II of a two-volume report providing a comprehensive approach to design, construction, and renovation of homes located in coastal environments.

Promethean Homes built this custom home in the mixed-humid climate in Charlottsville, VA, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2014.

Proper building orientation for minimal heat gain in the northern hemisphere.

Proper connections for masonry gable end wall to roof help resist wind uplift.

Proper fastener location for vinyl siding.

Proper flashing around windows is especially important when the rigid foam serves as the drainage plane in the wall

Proper gutter and downspout system terminates with final grade sloping away from the home

Proper installation of flashing for drainage

Proper refrigerant charging is critical to maximizing performance for compression cooling systems

Proper shingling of drainage plane materials

Proper sizing for kitchen exhaust fan

Properly driving roofing nails.

Leaking faucets can waste thousands of gallons of water each year. — Properly install all water-using fixtures, equipment, and appliances such that there are no leaks.

Properly installed drain tile discharging to a sump pit

Properly installed drain tile discharging to daylight

Properly installed ERV/HRV

Properly installed ERV/HRV

Properly installed rigid insulation

Properly installed vapor barrier

Properly reinforce masonry walls in coastal locations to resist high winds and waves.

Properly sealed sump pump

Pros and Cons of the Main Types of Mechanical Ventilation Systems

Provide a continuous air barrier from the rigid foam below the crawlspace floor joists to the rim joist to the exterior wall above

Provide flashing and sealing integrated with the air and water control layers for vents and other roof penetrations

Provide for pressure balancing between bedrooms and the rest of the house.

Provide structural supports that soffit panels can be nailed to at no less than 12 inches apart.

PSC Motor

Pull the insulation and outer liner of the flex duct over the collar to come in full contact with the liner and insulation of the trunk line or fitting and tape in place

Pulling flex duct taut when installing greatly reduces the amount of friction caused by the ducting