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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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Author(s)
Roberts David,
Merket Noel,
Polly Ben,
Heaney Mike,
Casey Sean,
Robertson Joseph
Organization(s)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
Publication Date
Description
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.
Author(s)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Organization(s)
FEMA
Publication Date
Description
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.
Author(s)
Residential Energy Dynamics
Organization(s)
Residential Energy Dynamics
Publication Date
Description
A free tool used to calculate the required minimum flow rate of dwelling-unit ventilation.
Author(s)
Government of Canada
Organization(s)
Government of Canada
Publication Date
Description
Software enabling low-carbon planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting.
Author(s)
Solar Pathfinder
Organization(s)
Solar Pathfinder
Publication Date
Description
Tool determining the most economical and efficient photovoltaic array location and position.
Author(s)
Solmetric Inc.
Organization(s)
Solmetric Inc.
Publication Date
Description
Handheld solar site analysis tool capturing whole-horizon images for a site and generating shading analysis reports.
Author(s)
Gilbride Theresa
Organization(s)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
PNNL
Publication Date
Description
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.