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FEMA
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Guide provides homeowners ways to prepare for an earthquake and protect a home against earthquake damage.
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Organization(s)
Federal Emergency Management Agency,
FEMA,
Applied Technology Council,
ATC,
URS Group,
DK Low and Associates,
Atkins,
TLSmith Consulting
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Description
Volume II of a two-volume report providing a comprehensive approach to design, construction, and renovation of homes located in coastal environments.
Organization(s)
Federal Emergency Management Agency,
FEMA,
Applied Technology Council,
ATC,
URS Group,
DK Low and Associates,
Atkins,
TLSmith Consulting
Publication Date
Description
Volume 1 of a two-volume report providing a comprehensive approach to planning, siting, and risk management for homes constructed in coastal environments.
Organization(s)
Federal Emergency Management Agency,
FEMA,
URS Corporation,
DK Low and Associates,
Greenhorne and O'Mara,
Dewberry and Davis
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Description
Report providing recommended designs and guidance for rebuilding homes destroyed by hurricanes in the Gulf Coast.
Organization(s)
ATC,
Federal Emergency Management Agency,
FEMA
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Description
Reports describing a mathematical methodology for assessing the seismic performance of buildings.
Organization(s)
NOAA,
FEMA
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Description
Report describing tsunamis and options for vertical evacuation from tsunamis; the guide addresses determination of tsunami and earthquake loads and structural design criteria and concepts, primarily for commercial buildings.
Organization(s)
FEMA
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Description
Report providing a collection of fact sheets describing guidance for constructing homes in wildfire zones.
Organization(s)
FEMA
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Description
Report providing an introduction to the NEHRP recommended seismic provisions for new buildings and other structures.
Organization(s)
FEMA
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Description
FEMA report describing findings from an investigation of Hurricane Ike in Texas and Louisiana and residential construction recommendations based on those findings.
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FEMA
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Description
A guide aiming to assist local officials and community decision makers in coastal areas in adopting and implementing sound mitigation measures to lower building natural disaster vulnerability.
Organization(s)
FEMA
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Description
Catalog describing FEMA earthquake-resistant construction resources.
Organization(s)
FEMA
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Description
Report describing the interactions, both positive and negative, between common green building practices and the robustness of residential buildings to withstand natural hazards.
Organization(s)
FEMA
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Description
Report providing guidance on how to improve the wind resistance of existing residential buildings in Mississippi and across the Gulf Coast.
Organization(s)
FEMA
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Description
Report describing dry floodproofing technologies for non-residential buildings, including information about regulatory requirements, design considerations, and descriptions of floodproofing methods and equipment.
Organization(s)
FEMA
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Description
Report informing building stakeholders about the risks a snow event poses to their buildings, preventative measures to take before the snow season, and actions that should be taken before, during, and after a snow event.
Organization(s)
FEMA
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Description
Recovery Advisory document provide guidance related to the use and installation of opening protection systems to protect glazed openings (windows) from wind-borne debris during high-wind events.
Organization(s)
FEMA
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Description
A website containing FEMA publications on safe rooms for both residential and community use.
Organization(s)
FEMA
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Description
A website explaining the purpose of safe rooms and criteria necessary to meet FEMA P-361 and P-320 criteria.
Organization(s)
FEMA
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Description
Fact sheets giving steps for residents to shelter in place during several disaster or emergency scenarios, including flash floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, winter storms, active shooters, chemical hazards, nuclear/radiological events, pandemics, as well as guidance for...
Organization(s)
Johns Manville
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Description
Information sheet providing detail about hand fabrication of a one-piece straight duct from a 48" x 120" x 1" thick (1.22 m x 3.05 m x 25 mm) sheet where the total inside duct dimensions equals 112" (2.84 m) or less.
Organization(s)
BA-PIRC,
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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Description
Report outlining how Smart ventilation controls (SVC) balance energy consumption, comfort, and IAQ by optimizing mechanical ventilation operation to reduce the heating and/or cooling loads, improve management of indoor moisture, and maintain IAQ equivalence according to ASHRAE 62.2.
Organization(s)
FESC
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Description
Report comparing a high-performance house with a code-built control home.
Organization(s)
Advanced Residential Integrated Energy Solutions Collaborative,
ARIES
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Description
Report of a field evaluation of four novel roof designs to see how each design would reduce space-conditioned energy use so that the knowledge gained could be applied to the design of new manufactured homes.
Organization(s)
Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems,
Fraunhofer CSE,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Description
Research study evaluating a low-cost and scalable way to reduce heating energy consumption using the energy-saving features of programmable thermostats (i.e., automatic daytime and nighttime setbacks).
Organization(s)
ATC
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Description
Report providing guidelines and procedures to determine whether damaged or potentially damaged buildings are safe for use after wind storms or floods, or if entry should be restricted or prohibited.
Organization(s)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Mountain Energy Partnership
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Description
Information sheet with an analysis of mini split heat pump systems.
Organization(s)
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Research study evaluating 14 heat pump water heaters, attempting to provide publically available field data on new HPWHs by monitoring the performance of three recently released products .
Organization(s)
Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings,
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Report on field monitoring of inverter-driven ASHPs in cold-climate homes.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Journal article reporting on field experience of unvented cathedralized (UC) attics in several environments in the United States.
Organization(s)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Mountain Energy Partnership
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Description
Report describing a simple and general way to generate House Simulation Protocol (HSP)-consistent internal sensible and latent loads in unoccupied homes.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation
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Description
Report describing research about a test implementation of an unvented tile roof assembly in a hot-humid climate.
Organization(s)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Description
Report presenting the results from several demonstrations of a new method for sealing building envelop air leaks.
Organization(s)
Southface,
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
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Description
Technical report on a field validation study that utilizes low-cost indoor air quality sensors to assess a smart ventilation system's effectiveness in maintaining acceptable indoor humidity in low-load homes in humid environments, revealing that while the smart ventilation algorithm demonstrated...
Organization(s)
Florida Building Code
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Description
Map of the wind-borne debris region of Florida
Organization(s)
ASHRAE
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Description
ASHRAE Q&A addressing HVAC filtration and disinfection for reducing the spread of COVID-19.
Organization(s)
AERC
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Description
Webpage providing assistance with finding the AERC climate zone of particular locations to aid in selecting window attachment products.
Organization(s)
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension,
USDA Forest Service
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Description
A guide to construction of wildfire resistant homes and communities.
Organization(s)
MN SFM
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Description
Factsheet describing fire related terms such as noncombustible, fire resistant, fire retardant, flame spread, how they are applied, and related testing standards.
Organization(s)
University of California Cooperative Extension
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Description
Guidelines from the University of California Cooperative Extension on how fires spread, how homes typically burn, and what homeowners can do to prepare their homes for wildfire season.
Organization(s)
University of California Cooperative Extension
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Description
A report showing what happens when windows break as a result of temperature differences between the inside and outside of the home, as well as code standards for the State of California regarding window exposure to wildfires.
Organization(s)
University of Zagreb
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Description
A guide for designers, architects, engineers, and fire experts on how to design rainscreen and ventilated cavities such that they don’t contribute to the spread of a fire.
Organization(s)
U.S. Department of Agriculture National Cooperative Extension
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Description
Article defining terms and testing requirements for fire-resistant construction materials including combustible, noncombustible, fire-resistant or fire-resistance, and ignition-resistant.
Organization(s)
FIRESafe Marin
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Description
Webpage from FireSafe Marin explaining the vulnerability of different deck setups and materials.
Organization(s)
IBHS,
NFPA
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Description
Fact sheet describing research conducted by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety into how burning embers can ignite softwood decks like redwood and cedar and how to minimize the likelihood these decks will be ignited by embers.
Organization(s)
NFPA
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Description
A webpage containing information on state-based fire sprinkler coalitions.
Organization(s)
FIRESafe Marin
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Description
List of guidelines for plants and their fire resistance from FIRESafe Marin.
Organization(s)
Urban Land Institute
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Description
Updated wildfire risk assessment, community impacts, and building science measures following the disastrous 2020 wildfire season in the western U.S.
Organization(s)
FIRESafe Marin
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Description
Webpage from FireSafe Marin explaining the different landscaping strategies near homes to lower the risk of a home's ignition from wildfire.
Organization(s)
Firetherm
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Description
An example of commercially available thermally expansive fire stopping products for controlling the spread of fires in a rainscreen cavity.
Organization(s)
Colorado State Forest Service,
CSFS
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Description
Wildfire construction guidelines from the Colorado State Forest Service focusing on site design and building materials to mitigate damage to homes in wildfire-prone areas.