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Right – This home uses light tan stucco and white trim to reduce solar heat gain.
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Right – This home was constructed with ICF blocks that extend from the footer to the roof line, providing consistent thermal resistance for the entire walls of the home
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Right – This home was constructed with no- or low-VOC paints, glues, flooring, cabinetry, and finishes that decrease indoor air pollutants in accordance with EPA Indoor airPLUS specifications.
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Right – This home’s above-grade walls are constructed in a factory where wall panels of 2x6 studs are assembled and sheathed with a coated OSB product, then windows are installed and flashed before shipping the panels to the site for assembly by crane.
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Right – This home’s HVAC system consists of a ground source heat pump that provides heating and cooling with a rated efficiency of 5.0 COP.
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Right – This home’s kitchen exhaust fan motor is housed in a box above the ceiling.
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Right – This home’s roof and walls are constructed of SIP panels; metal studs provide fastening surfaces across the long expanses of ceiling in the open interiors.
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Right – This home’s roof has zero penetrations because all venting is routed to gable walls.
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Right – This hot-humid climate home employs several hurricane- and termite-resistant features including concrete block construction, borate-treated framing, a hip roof design with metal drip edge, impact-rated windows, and an unvented attic.
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Right – This hot-humid climate home is constructed with concrete block that is insulated on the inside with rigid foam; the framing is borate-treated lumber; the roof design is a high-wind-resistant hip roof with only one small gable over the entry.
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Right – This HRV is ducted separately from the home’s ductless heat pumps to provide filtered fresh air to sleeping and living areas and to exhaust stale air from the bathrooms and laundry.
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Right – This HVAC condensing unit is elevated on a raised-slab
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Right – This ICAT recessed light is sprayed with foam to act as gasket against the drywall.
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Right – This IR image shows very little heat loss through the home’s exterior walls.
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Right – This kitchen exhaust duct is made of smooth rigid metal and the duct is mastic sealed at joints
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Right – This kitchen exhaust fan duct is made of smooth round steel duct that takes the shortest, most direct route to the outdoors and joints are sealed with mastic.
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Right – This kitchen exhaust fan has a damper to prevent outside air from entering when the fan is not operating
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Right – This low-slope flat roof assembly has continuity of both the air and water barriers
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Right – This low-slope roof and parapet assembly has continuity of both the air and water barriers
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Right – This metal panel window shutter is installed in a track permanently mounted above and below the window frame and is secured with wing nuts to studs mounted on the track.
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Right – This metal roof is being coated with a cool (high SRI) coating to reduce solar heat gain
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Right – This model home for the Solar Decathlon competition incorporates vertical trellises and retractable exterior blinds to control solar heat gain.
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Right – This modular home consists of prebuilt wall panels that are assembled on site.
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Right – This modular home is constructed in a factory where climate and ergonomic conditions can be carefully controlled.
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Right – This National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) label shows the insulation U-Factor, solar heat gain coefficient, visible transmittance, and condensation resistance for this triple-pane window.
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Right – This net zero energy home has an electric vehicle charging station in the carport.
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Right – This plug-in sensor detects indoor air quality issues in a home, including elevated levels of humidity, VOCs, smoke, carbon dioxide, or small particulates; if detected, the sensor can switch on the nearest exhaust fan to remove the pollutants.
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Right – This regional production builder of DOE Zero Energy Ready certified homes provides monthly in-house training sessions to educate its staff on the energy-efficiency features of its high-performance homes.
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Right – This roof consists of parallel truss chords which allows for cathedral ceilings.
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Right – This sealed combustion gas furnace has a fresh air intake with an electronically controlled damper.
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Right – This second-story deck also serves as a deep overhang to protect the entry door from weather
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Right – This shrub has been pruned to allow views out the windows of this home while providing shade to walls, windows, and roof.
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Right – This stacking ENERGY STAR-labeled washer and dryer save energy and water as well as space.
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Right – This supply duct is thoroughly sealed at all joints with mastic to prevent air leakage and the duct is equipped with a damper to provide zoned heating and cooling along with other trunk ducts.
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Right – This swale has sloped sides with appropriate vegetation to filter rainwater.
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Right – This three studs in this corner are positioned to allow insulation against more of the exterior wall than standard three-stud corners.
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Right – This tree shades walls, windows, roofs, and grounds for two adjacent homes.
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Right – This wall is constructed with the sill plate overhanging the top of the foundation wall so that when rigid foam is installed on the exterior of the foundation wall, its surface will align with the surface of the wall sheathing.
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Right – To make decks more fire-resistant, enclose the bottom of the deck with a non-flammable skirt, and surround the deck with a non-flammable surface like pavers.
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Right – To make decks more resistant to fires, for floor joists and beams, use heavy fire-retardant-treated timbers, concrete, or steel framing; for decking and stair treads, use treated wood, brick, or concrete pavers; and for railings, use treated wood,
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Right – To minimize sound in the kitchen, the exhaust fan above the island-mounted stove top is located above the ceiling rather than just above the stovetop.
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