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ABTCO Vinyl Siding
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Vinyl siding estimating and installation guide for vinyl siding products.
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Journal of Light Construction
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An article explaining how an airtight shell for the home helps to achieve a tight envelope that is energy efficient and cost effective.
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Green Building Advisor
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Website article interviewing the inventor of the Larsen truss, a history of its use, and a discussion of its advantages and disadvantages.
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Hammer & Hand
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This Best Practices Manual is the product of Hammer & Hand’s ongoing work to document and internally codify our standard operating procedures for construction practice.
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Building Science Corporation
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A book about structurally insulated panels.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report covering exterior energy retrofits of masonry buildings.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
LBNL
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Report on how airtighness changes as houses age.
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NAHB Research Center,
Home Innovation Research Labs,
Forest Products Laboratory,
FPL,
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service,
USDA Forest Service
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The objective of this research was to quantify the field performance of wood-frame walls clad with a variety of common claddings in a mixed-humid climate.
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BSC
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Information sheet that summarizes Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) construction including advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy.
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FEMA
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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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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Journal article describing lessons learned from updating a 16-year-old deep-energy retrofit.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report that considers a number of promising wall systems that can meet the requirement for better thermal control.
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Johns Manville
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The purpose for this document is to provide basic guidance on the use of proven installation techniques that can be used by installers to help ensure correct “dense pack” application of JM Spider® in drill & fill applications.
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Ply Gem Siding Group
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Siding installation guide for Ply Gem Siding Group products.
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LBNL
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Report describing a study using parametric computer simulations of 112 single-family and 63 multi-family residential building prototypes to quantify the contributions of building components such as roofs, walls, windows, infiltration, outside air, lighting, equipment, and people to the aggregate...
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Wisconsin Focus on Energy
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High-density sidewall cavity insulation can be a major comfort and savings boost. It saves energy by slowing both conductive and convective losses, but only if the right things are done and done right. This always requires site-specific thinking.