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Green Wise Paint
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Search engine for Green Wise Paint certified products.
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NAHB Research Center,
Home Innovation Research Labs
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Report detailing field walk-through evaluations, energy simulations for projected savings with exterior insulation upgrades, building envelope energy improvement cost estimates, and installation and maintenance of monitoring equipment and data.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Mountain Energy Partnership
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Research report presenting results of short term tests on measures used in an energy efficiency retrofit project in California.
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GREENGUARD Environmental Institute
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Standard describing GREENGUARD Emission Criteria for use with GREENGUARD Certification Program for Low Emitting Products.
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Greenguard Certification
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Website explaining GREENGUARD Certification, which helps manufacturers create and helps buyers identify interior products and materials that have low chemical emissions, improving the quality of the air in which the products are used.
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DOE
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Fact sheet defining a grid-interactive efficient building and its benefits.
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DOE
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Website highlighting the DOE Building Technologies Office Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Initiative, including technical reports, other publications, resources, and presentations.
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DOE
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Report evaluating HVAC building technologies based on their ability to provide grid services and the type of value provided, including efficiency, load shed, load shift, and modulation.
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DOE
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Report evaluating lighting and electronic building technologies based on their ability to provide grid services and the type of value provided, including efficiency, load shed, load shift, and modulation.
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DOE
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Report providing an introduction to core concepts of GEBs, and explaining how flexible building loads can be integrated and controlled to benefit consumers, the grid, and society more broadly.
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DOE
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Report addressing the current state of these technologies and the challenges of adapting these to the GEB context.
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DOE
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Report focuseing on dynamic window and opaque envelope technologies for GEBs, including electrochromic glazing, automated attachments, and thermal storage.
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IBACOS
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Report presenting a cold climate project examining and alternative approach to ground source heat pump ground loop design.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Website article discussing the economics of ground source heat pumps.
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Washington State University Extension Energy Program
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Factsheet describing the uses and benefits of ground-source heat pumps for affordable housing, assisted living, dorms and hotels.
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BSC
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Information sheet about groundwater control.
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NOAA
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Document describing living shoreline techniques for shoreline stabilization.
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HUD,
CDC,
EPA,
FEMA,
OSHA
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Guidance from HUD for volunteer team leaders, project managers and supervisors who work in recovery and rebuilding after natural disasters.
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EPA
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Report about opportunities for ventilation when traditional methods are limited by weather conditions or by contaminants in the outdoor air.
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IBACOS,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Report explaining the issues and concerns with conventional ventilated crawlspaces and to outline prescriptive measures for improvements that will create healthier and more durable spaces.
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
PNNL,
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
EERE
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Report identifying Building America and 2021 International Energy Conservation Code climate zone designations for every county in the United States; where a county's climate zone designation has changed since the 2018 IECC, that change is indicated as well.
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IOR
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Description
Guide describing refrigeration leaks, including common leak points, how to fix them, and how to prevent them.
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BCSI,
Wood Truss Council of America,
WTCA,
Truss Plate Institute,
TPI
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Description
IRC guide referencing wood truss bracing best practices and requirements.
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BSC
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Guide providing information on using exterior foam insulating sheathing in building wall assemblies to enhance thermal performance.
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NEEP
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Guide by the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships on how to size heat pumps in a cold climate.
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SafeHome.org
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Webpage describing how to guard homes and properties against wildfire, as well as what to do during a wildfire, whether sheltering in place or attempting evacuation.
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AWC
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Report providing design guidance for wood-framed residential construction in high wind areas where design wind velocity requirements do not exceed 140 miles per hour.
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ADC
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Presentation about proper installation of flexible ducts.
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Arborilogical Services,
Arborilogical
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Article describing tree preservation during the construction process.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
ORNL,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Report describing the use of fresh air ventilation systems to eliminate the formation of icicles and ice dams along the eaves of roofs.
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New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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Report about indoor air quality related to indoor mold growth.
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U.S. House of Representatives
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Bill requiring the Consumer Product Safety Commission to revise the safety standards for freestanding clothing storage units such as a dressers, bureaus, or chests of drawers to include testing related to tip overs and new warning requirements for all such products entering the U.S. market; passed...
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Home Construction and Improvement
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A article about the best practice method of installing fiber cement siding, to install flashing at the butt joints of the siding boards, rather than face caulking the butt joints afterwards.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Mountain Energy Partnership,
Partnership for Resource Conservation
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Report detailing the monitored and modeled performance of a solar home outside of Washington DC.
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USGS
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Webpage providing maps and information to assess the particular hazards and risks for an area.
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DOE
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Document providing supplemental information for code enforcement professionals about header hangers in bearing walls.
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OSH,
NCCDPHP,
CDC
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Webpage that describes health problems that can be caused by secondhand smoke.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Document providing guidance about building healthy homes using building science principles.
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NCEH,
DEHSP,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
HHS,
CDC
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This manual is designed for state and local healthy homes programs that are working to reduce secondhand smoke exposure in multiunit housing. The manual provides field-tested strategies, recommendations, best practices, and tools.
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EPA
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This publication provides a set of best practices for improving indoor air quality in conjunction with energy upgrade work in homes.
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ENERGY STAR
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A ENERGY STAR guide on efficient heating, ventilation and cooling systems in residential homes.
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EPA
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EPA webpage explaining the heat island effect and providing links to related content.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
LBNL
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LBNL webpage providing resources and tools related to cool technologies, including the SRI calculator and the DOE Cool Roof Calculator.
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Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Guide providing detailed selection and installation instructions for heat pump water heaters.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Presentation about heat pump water heater modeling using EnergyPlus.
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Energy Vanguard
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Article discussing the advantages of using heat pumps and/or hydronic forced air heat instead of furnaces in high-performance homes.
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Town of Concord Massachusetts
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Webpage providing basic information on various types of heat pumps and their applications in Massachusetts.
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NREL
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Provides consumers with general information on solar water heating systems and how to select a contractor.
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Green Building Advisor
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Blog post about heat pump clothes dryers.
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NOAA
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Federal webpage providing information regarding extreme heat and health for the United States.