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ACCA Manual T - Air Distribution Basics

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Author(s)
Air Conditioning Contractors of America
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Organization(s)
ACCA
Description
Standard providing guidance on how to select, size, and locate the supply air diffusers, grilles and registers, and the return grilles.

Cantilevers, Technical Bulletin F2

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Author(s)
Advanced Energy
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Organization(s)
Advanced Energy
Description
Information sheet containing images and descriptions of cantilevers.

Durable Solutions for Balconies and Decks

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Author(s)
Home Innovation Research Labs
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Organization(s)
HIRL
Description
Technical report describing design and construction methodologies for durable balconies and decks, focusing on proper sloping, flashing, drainage, and ventilation to mitigate moisture-related issues.

Field Test of Room-to-Room Uniformity of Ventilation Air Distribution in Two New Houses, RR-0602

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Author(s)
Hendron Robert,
et al.
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Mountain Energy Partnership
Description
Report about field testing that characterizes the uniformity of room-to-room ventilation air distribution under various operating conditions by examining multi-zone tracer gas decay curves and calculating local age-of-air.

The Importance of Roof Truss Bracing

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Author(s)
Woolf
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Organization(s)
Minera Roof Trusses & Joints
Description
Report illustrating CAD drawings and modeling of bracing layouts for a gable roof truss.