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Building Science Corporation,
BSD
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Description
Report discussing the importance of durability and energy efficiency in building construction.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Article from Building Science Corporation explaining 'wash and wear buildings' that are designed to be flooded and washed out afterwards.
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International Energy Agency,
IEA
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Description
Guide describing the use of a collaborative, multidisciplinary process that considers and optimizes the building as an entire system including its technical equipment and surroundings for efficient, sustainable, and cost-effective construction and operation over the building’s entire lifespan.
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NFPA
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Webpage published by the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) that lists more than 300 consensus codes and standards intended to minimize the possibility and effects of fire and other risks.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Guidebook providing useful examples of high performance retrofit techniques for the building enclosure of wood frame residential construction in a cold and somewhat wet climate.
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Building Science Corporation
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Description
Report about a test home project evaluating strategies to elevate the performance of existing homes to a level commensurate with best-in-class implementation of high performance new construction homes.
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EPA
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Description
Webpage with links to documents providing the program requirements and checklists for ENERGY STAR Certified Homes (Ver. 3/3.1, Rev. 9).
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FSEC
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Description
Report about an experimental evaluation has been conducted on a night sky cooling system designed to substantially reduce space cooling needs in homes in North American climates.
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FLASH
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Description
Report providing quick reference guide information to help a family prepare for hurricane season, including seven steps to a wind resistant home, a wind inspection checklist, and how to find a contractor.
Organization(s)
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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Description
Report describing research on how to reduce energy used by residential homes by applying shallow and deep retrofits to an existing home.
Organization(s)
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC,
Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction,
BA-PIRC
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Description
Report describing single retrofit measures applied to shallow retrofitted homes that could be used to refine the deep retrofit package.
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CDC
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Description
Webpage describing steps homeowners can take to prepare their home and car for winter storms.
Organization(s)
Institute for Business & Home Safety
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Description
Report covering reducing risk from flooding.
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IBHS
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Description
Report providing wildfire protection guidance for homeowners in California.
Organization(s)
Advanced Residential Integrated Energy Solutions Collaborative,
ARIES,
Levy Partnership,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Description
Report presenting ways public housing authorities (PHAs) can develop packages of energy efficiency retrofit measures the PHAs can cost-effectively implement with their own staff in the normal course of housing operations at the time when units are refurbished between occupancies.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Document with important building science considerations, designed for members of the residential construction and remodeling industries, as well as owners and managers who work in affordable housing.
Organization(s)
HUD
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Description
App developed by HUD to assist homeowners with lead paint and other hazards common to older homes.
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BARA
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Description
Research project aimed to verify whether homes in the New Jersey HPwES program achieved 30% source energy savings, and if so, what measures were implemented to achieve them.
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FEMA
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Description
Catalog describing FEMA preparedness seminars from 2021 including preparedness and natural hazards topics.
Organization(s)
Remodeling Magazine
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Description
Remodeling Magazine website.
Organization(s)
BSC
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Description
Document containing some of the basic characteristics for energy performance, durability, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality that should be met in all high performance homes.
Organization(s)
Residential Energy Dynamics
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Description
A free tool used to calculate the required minimum flow rate of dwelling-unit ventilation.
Organization(s)
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Report about a tool developed to enable users to compare a typical 1970s ranch home against an IECC 2009 code-compliant home of the same configuration and against the 70s base case plus retrofits.
Organization(s)
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Information sheet describing tankless hot water heating systems in existing homes.
Organization(s)
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Information sheet describing solar hot water systems in existing homes.
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CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Information sheet about envelope and roof moisture control retrofit for a home.
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HUD
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Factsheet from HUD describing how homeowners can retrofit homes following natural disasters in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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HUD
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Factsheet for builders from HUD on how to rebuild homes following natural disasters in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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HUD
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Description
Guidance from HUD on how to restore homes following natural disasters in Puerto Rico.
Organization(s)
HUD
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Description
Guidance from HUD on how to restore homes following natural disasters in Puerto Rico.
Organization(s)
American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers,
ASHRAE
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Description
Paper describing the development and testing of an affordable net-zero energy house in Lenoir City, Tennessee.
Organization(s)
Partnership for Home Innovation,
PHI,
Home Innovation Research Labs
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Description
Report following the evolution of the construction quality process from its development for new homes to its application construction of a HPH with enhanced specifications, and its application in a crawlspace renovation.
Organization(s)
Alliance for Residential Building Innovation,
ARBI,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Davis Energy Group
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Description
Document targeting retrofit program managers, retrofit contractors, policy makers, academic researchers, and non-governmental organizations that work to realize energy savings from home energy upgrades (HEUs).
Organization(s)
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
USDA,
USDA Forest Service
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Description
A report describing methods for constructing homes and treating soils to reduce the risk of termites in buildings.
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ENERGY STAR
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Description
Tax credit for ENERGY STAR certified windows, doors and skylights.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Description
Document about NREL's repository of residential building characteristics and historical energy use data, used to improve accuracy of residential energy analysis tools.
Organization(s)
NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership,
NorthernSTAR,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
University of Minnesota
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Description
Report using data from various sources to characterize the impact on human health and property damage from indoor environmental quality and other hazards.
Organization(s)
Texas A&M University,
University of Maryland
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Description
Article from Texas A&M University and the University of Maryland analyzing why and how urban flooding happens and what can be done to mitigate damage.
Organization(s)
BA-PIRC,
Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction,
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC,
TexEnergy Solutions,
Residential Energy Services Network,
RESNET
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Description
Report providing a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis inherent to different models as a way of thinking about the transition from traditional business models into a viable model for delivering deep energy retrofits.
Organization(s)
CARB,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Report developed for Habitat for Humanity about lessons learned from demonstration retrofit projects undertaken by Habitat for Humanity affiliates in New York, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; with building systems consulting and technical assistance provided by Steven Winter Associates.
Organization(s)
BIRA,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Description
Research study identifying barriers, industry status, critical obstacles to documenting added value from energy efficiency improvements, current opportunities to support reporting about energy efficiency, and next steps toward enabling energy efficiency financing market transformation.
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Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
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Description
Even as the worst housing market correction in more than 60 years appeared to turn a corner in 2009, the fallout from sharply lower home prices and high unemployment continued.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Report discussing Building America whole house systems research within the broad effort to reduce or eliminate the environmental impact of building and provides specific recommendations for future Building America research based on Building Science Corporations experience with several recent...
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FSEC,
NREL
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Description
Report addressing the ever increasing percentage of whole house energy use that is attributable to miscellaneous electricity loads (MELs) and major appliances.
Organization(s)
FSEC
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Description
Document describing the measured annual performance data from 12 recent-vintage very low energy homes in the US.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Fact sheet describing the home certification organization, Green Builder Coalition and their requirements for whole house water management in a checklist format.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Description
Fact sheet describing the home certification organization, RESNET and its requirements for whole house water management in a checklist format as well as the scope, information verifiers, and partners of the program.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Description
Fact sheet describing how the Environmental Protection Agency ensures labeled homes meet the WaterSense efficiency requirements for whole house water management including a list of requirements and a data chart.
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U.S. Department of Energy
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Description
Fact sheet describing four different efficient hot water delivery (HWD) systems, the trunk-and branch, core, whole-house manifold, and recirculation, with emphasis on system schematics, piping materials, and regulations to design and verify the systems ensuring that they meet the quality and water...
Organization(s)
Alliance for Residential Building Innovation,
ARBI,
Davis Energy Group
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Description
Report assessing the performance and cost-effectiveness of a zero net energy community project in Davis, CA.