Library

Website containing commercial information related to air conditioning and heating.

Web page describing the benefits of attic fans, with rules for sizing fans and intake vents.

Blog article discussing pros and cons of attic ventilation fans.

Book presenting the best techniques for energy and resource efficient residential construction in the colder climates of North America.

Webpage from U.S. Department of Energy describing using Earth-Sheltered home building techniques in hot climate zones.

This document includes tips for safely and effectively cleaning up a home after a flood. It is available in several languages.

Report about opportunities for ventilation when traditional methods are limited by weather conditions or by contaminants in the outdoor air.

Report identifying Building America and 2021 International Energy Conservation Code climate zone designations for every county in the United States; where a county's climate zone designation has changed since the 2018 IECC, that change is indicated as well.

American Lung Association web page providing information on particulate matter and indoor air quality.

Standard that describes the minimum requirements for residential buildings to achieve acceptable indoor air quality via dwelling-unit ventilation, local mechanical exhaust, and source control. This version of the standard was published in the year 2022, and is available for preview and purchase at...

Presentation describing how to make a Corsi-Rosenthal Box for air cleaning.

Blog article summarizing the effects of extreme heat on air quality and lung health.

Interactive map maintained by the USDA showing plant hardiness zones throughout the U.S.

Standard that provides procedures and methods for meeting minimum ventilation and indoor air quality requirements to engineers, design professionals, owners, and jurisdictional authorities where model codes have been adopted. This is the current version of the standard, which was published in the...

Article describing the impacts of wildfire smoke on indoor air quality and some ways ASHRAE is responding.