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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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ENERGY STAR
Organization(s)
DOE
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Description
Energy Star web page providing guidance on attic ventilation.
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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
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CMHC,
Government of Canada
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Description
Article by the Canadian Government on attic ventilation and considerations for moisture and ice dams.
Author(s)
Van der Meer Bill
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The Weatherization Training Center at Penn College
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Description
Technical article describing issues and moisture concerns related to weatherization efforts.
Author(s)
Yost
Organization(s)
Journal of Light Construction
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Description
Article describing the building science implications of insulating vented or unvented attics.
Author(s)
Yost
Organization(s)
Journal of Light Construction
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Description
Article describing the research into insulating vented versus unvented attics.
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Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings
Organization(s)
CARB,
BASF
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Description
Reference investigating the strategy of using buried and/or encapsulated ducts to reduce duct thermal losses in residential buildings.
Author(s)
Home Ventilating Institute
Organization(s)
HVI
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Description
Website providing an online directory of more than 3,600 residential ventilation products lisiting flowrates, sones, watts, and other performance metrics; all listed products have been tested by the Home Ventilating Institute.
Author(s)
Building Performance Institute
Organization(s)
BPI
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Description
Fact sheet that details the steps needed to perform a combustion appliance safety inspection to determine if fossil fuel-fired appliances are operating safely under a depressurized condition.
Author(s)
Mallay
Organization(s)
Home Innovation Research Labs
Description
Report on heating and cooling air-distribution ducts that are insulated, installed close to the ceiling in a vented attic and covered with attic insulation to minimize energy loss.
Author(s)
Lstiburek
Organization(s)
BSC
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Description
Article describing the difference between conditioned or unvented attics and unconditioned or vented attics.
Author(s)
Clean Energy Exhibition
Organization(s)
Clean Energy Exhibition
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Description
Webpage providing details of an experimental earth tube installation at the Clean Energy Exhibition in Georgia.
Author(s)
Marija Jelčić Rukavina,
Milan Carević,
Ivana Banjad Pečur
Organization(s)
University of Zagreb
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Description
A guide for designers, architects, engineers, and fire experts on how to design rainscreen and ventilated cavities such that they don’t contribute to the spread of a fire.
Author(s)
Lstiburek
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Article describing methods for insulating and air sealing vented and unvented roofs in various climates zones.
Author(s)
Tony Woods
Organization(s)
Home Energy
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Description
Article describing moisture and ice dam issues in attics and how to air seal the attic floor.
Author(s)
Paul Fissette
Organization(s)
Journal of Light Construction
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Description
Q&A article discussing how to address moisture issues in an attic in a wet and humid coastal climate.
Author(s)
Rudd Armin,
Lstiburek Joseph
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
Publication Date
Description
Building science report describing issues with vented attics in hot-humid climates and how sealed attic construction may be a solution.