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ICC
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ICC code chapter 6 focusing on wall bracing and wall construction.
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ORNL
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Fact sheet describing analysis of potential heating and cooling savings from radiant barriers in attics.
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EPA,
HUD,
NIH,
OSHA
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Worker guidance from EPA, HUD, NIH, and OSHA for radon issues following a natural disaster.
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HIRL
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Fact sheet describing design and construction practices to reduce the likelihood of water intrusion in walls and foundations in residential construction.
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City of Newberg
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An example of a form a building codes department created to ensure builders are fully aware and have taken steps to provide drainage so that water doesn’t accumulate behind siding. This example is from the city of Newberg, Oregon.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report covering the performance of residential buildings during three hurricanes impacting Florida in 2004.
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FEMA
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Flyer describing reasons and best practices for raising electrical systems above flood-levels.
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IBHS
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Report assessing building codes in the 18 states most prone to hurricanes, as of 2018.
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IBHS
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Report assessing and scoring code enforcement and administration and contractor licensing in the 18 states most vulnerable to catastrophic hurricanes along the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Enterprise Green Communities
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Report providing strategies to support occupant behavior changes for enhancing resilience, and to reduce a building's vulnerability to extreme weather, climate change, and loss of power.
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FEMA
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Website providing consumers with general guidance on preparing for and surviving a winter storm.
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USDHS
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Website serving as a national public service campaign designed to educate and empower the American people to prepare for, respond to and mitigate emergencies, including natural and man-made disasters.
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USDHS
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A fact sheet providing tips on how to assemble a kit of food, water and other disaster supplies in the event of an emergency.
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National Institute of Building Sciences
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Article describing key takeaways from two symposia held during Building Innovation 2016: The National Institute of Building Sciences Fourth Annual Conference and Expo, including that resilience can be affordable and cost-effective.
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HUD
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Guide addressing immediate responses for cleaning up after natural disasters, including a list of construction retrofit guidance for natural disasters.
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FEMA
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Fact sheet describing conditions for wildfire, how a home catches fire, how to create a survivable space, the ideal fire resistant home.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report covering the reconstruction of flood damaged homes.
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ARUP
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Report describing the REDi™ Rating System, which is a framework for implementing “resilience-based earthquake design,” a holistic “beyond-code” design, planning and assessment approach for achieving earthquake resilience.
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IBHS
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Website describing wildfire related research conducted by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety at the IBHS Research Center.
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NDSU
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Webpage explaining how to mitigate heat loss through roofs for ice dam prevention.
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DOE
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Fact sheet explaining code-compliant methods for dealing with pests.
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Florida Solar Energy Center
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A report presenting alternative approaches for reducing the costs of roof-mounted, grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems.
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EPA
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An EPA guide describing the causes and impacts of summertime urban heat islands, promoting strategies for lowering temperatures in U.S. communities.
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EPA
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Guidance document describing urban heat islands, what they are, how they form, why we care, and including some strategies to reduce them.
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FEMA
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Catalog describing FEMA preparedness seminars from 2021 including preparedness and natural hazards topics.
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IBHS
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Webpage that provides regional guides to help home and business owners prioritize necessary retrofit projects for wildfire resistance.
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HUD
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Guide providing information for professional builders and contractors rehabbing flooded single-family houses with emphasis on safe practices and the most important activities in the rehab process.
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Fine Homebuilding Magazine
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A user forum discussing ways to reinforce a gable overhand that was framed using the ladder method by Mike Mahan.
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GBCI
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Website describing the RELi rating system and leadership standard that takes a holistic approach to resilient design.
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EPA
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The RERH specifications and checklists take a builder and a project design team through the steps of assessing a home’s solar resource potential and defining the minimum structural and system components needed to support a solar energy system.
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FEMA
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Webpage from FEMA describing how to properly reconstruct masonry fireplace chimneys damages by earthquakes.
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FEMA
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Fact sheet describing NFIP requirements for repairs, remodeling, and additions, and discussing opportunities for retrofitting in coastal flood hazard areas with recommendations for exceeding the minimum NFIP requirements; also published in FEMA P-499 “Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction...
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AnnDyl Policy Group,
National Association of State Energy Officials,
NASEO
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Report identifying efficient, connected, smart, and flexible GEB technologies and their future potential, including barriers and opportunities, recommendations for policymakers, and research needs.
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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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FEMA
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Fact sheet describing the report FEMA P-804 Wind Retrofit Guide for Residential Buildings (2010) with a link to this report and gives an overview of FEMA funds for wind retrofit projects.
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FEMA
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A fact sheet educating homeowners on the importance of residential safe rooms, including their cost and how to register a safe room with local officials.
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FEMA
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A student manual for containing information on residential sprinkler systems.
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FEMA
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Fact sheet describing residential tornado safe room doors.
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USRC
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Website describing the USRC, which "brings an unparalleled level of capability to the mission of improving community resilience in the built environment."
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FLASH
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Report providing architects, designers, and homeowners with information to make house plans useful for constructing a more wind resilient structure.
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Green Builder Media
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Website providing resilient housing articles that relate to codes, including webinars, training, and guest articles.
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The Canadian Masonry Research Institute
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Testing of various siding materials for their ability to resist bullets from small firearms.
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HIRL
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Fact sheet describing how to install bracing to retrofit roof dormers for increased wind resistance.
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HIRL
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A guide on how to anchor fuel tanks to avoid damage from flooding and seismic events to the home by using straps and solid concrete slabs.
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HIRL
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Fact sheet describing methods for flashing and air sealing windows and doors.
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HIRL
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A brochure educating homeowners on how to install self-locking devices on cabinets, drawers and doors, including child-proof latches and drawer locks.
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ASCE
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Report describing extensive renovations to a historic home.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report covering non-combustible continuous exterior insulation and non-combustible roof venting.
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FEMA
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Fact sheet describing proper roof sheathing installation and illustrating fastening methods that will enhance the durability of a building in high-wind areas; also published in FEMA P-499 “Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction: Technical Fact Sheet Series.”
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FEMA
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Recovery advisory guide providing guidance on existing code requirements as well as recommend best practices for attachment design, installation, and maintenance of rooftop solar panels to increase panel wind resistance in the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricane Maria.