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This library contains research reports produced by the Building America program and other building science resources used to support this Solution Center. The materials cover both new construction and existing homes. Use the search box and/or the filters to explore hundreds of residential building resources. Access to some references not produced by Building America may require purchase from the publisher. Documents are listed alphabetically. While we continually update our database, links may have changed since posting. Please contact our webmaster if you find broken links.

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Assessment of the U.S. Department of Energy's Home Energy Scoring Tool

Author(s)
Roberts David,
Merket Noel,
Heaney Mike,
Casey Sean,
Robertson Joseph,
Polly Benjamin
Organization(s)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Publication Date
Report assessing the accuracy of HEST as it was being developed and to provide information useful to DOE program managers and HEST development team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Home Energy Saver

Author(s)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Organization(s)
LBNL
Publication Date
Online calculator for estimating payback of adding additional insulation to your house.

Residential Energy Dynamics

Author(s)
Residential Energy Dynamics
Organization(s)
RED
Publication Date
A free tool used to calculate the required minimum flow rate of dwelling-unit ventilation.

RETScreen Clean Energy Management Software

Author(s)
Natural Resources Canada
Organization(s)
Government of Canada
Publication Date
Software enabling low-carbon planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting.

Safe Room Resources, FEMA P-388 CD

Author(s)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Organization(s)
FEMA
Publication Date
A CD guide intended to help communities mitigate damage or loss from tornadoes and other extremewind events, and provide public information resources for conveying the importance of safe room construction.

Solar Pathfinder

Author(s)
Solar Pathfinder
Organization(s)
Solar Pathfinder
Publication Date
Tool determining the most economical and efficient photovoltaic array location and position.

Solmetric SunEye

Author(s)
Solmetric Inc.
Organization(s)
Solmetric Inc.
Publication Date
Handheld solar site analysis tool capturing whole-horizon images for a site and generating shading analysis reports.

The Retrofit Decision Tool

Author(s)
Gilbride Theresa L
Organization(s)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
PNNL
Publication Date
Fact sheet poster describing a DOE tool that walks homeowners through a series of simple questions to produce a list of retrofit recommendations to improve the energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and durability of the homeowners’ home, while also lowering their carbon footprint.