Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Report detaining advanced framing techniques, including discussion of cost and energy savings.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Report investigating implementation of advanced framing in both production and prototype built homes built in a variety of climate regions across the USA.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Article describing the control layers (air, thermal, and vapor barriers) needed to build homes successfully in very cold locations.
Organization(s)
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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Description
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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FEMA
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Description
Report containing 37 fact sheets that provide technical guidance and recommendations concerning the construction of coastal residential buildings.
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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)
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Brochure with details on advanced framing techniques.
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Florida Division of Emergency Management
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Description
Report describing the hurricane retrofit guide with focus on walls and wooded framed walls.
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Johns Manville
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Description
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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Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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Description
Report highlighting the evaluation methods used and extent of wind washing found in a study analyzing wind washing in thirty-two two-story homes.
Organization(s)
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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Description
Report presenting the results of a study evaluating retrofit solutions for addressing the effects of wind washing on homes.
Organization(s)
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Document with information about the most practical methods to achieve whole-wall performance of R-30 or above.
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FEMA
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Technical fact sheet describing the selection and installation of storm shutters and impact-resistant glazing and other types of opening protection in windborne debris regions; also published in FEMA P-499 “Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction: Technical Fact Sheet Series.”
Organization(s)
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Information about a roof retrofit using a metal, cool roof system.
Organization(s)
BSC,
Building Science Corporation
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Description
Article describing the perfect wall and and in what order to control rain, air, vapor, and heat.
Organization(s)
FEMA
Publication Date
Description
Technical fact sheet highlighting important building connections and illustrating the proper use of various types of connection hardware; also published in FEMA P-499 “Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction: Technical Fact Sheet Series.”
Organization(s)
Florida Division of Emergency Management
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Description
A hurricane retrofit guide describing techniques for strengthening roof-to-wall connections for family homes.