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Siding Cost Guide
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Siding Cost Guide
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A starting point for ballparking and comparing the cost of different siding materials and a brief overview of the pros and cons of different siding materials.
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Author(s)
Park Ga-Young
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ENERGY STAR,
U.S. EPA,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Article describing considerations for choosing a room-level air cleaner to improve indoor air quality.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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EPA
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Companion document to the Indoor airPLUS Construction Specifications, providing guidance on identifying compliant products, including industry databases and examples of product labeling.
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IBHS Fortified
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IBHS
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Checklist for verifying FORTIFIED levels and documentation needed.
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City of Los Angeles,
Department of Building and Safety
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City of Los Angeles
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Report describing ways to retrofit a home to make it more resistant to earthquakes.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
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FEMA
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Guide discussing observations, recommendations, and technical guidance as a result of Hurricane Katrina
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Florida Building Code
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Florida Building Code
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Code describing the requirements for existing site-built single-family homes to receive roof-to-wall retrofits when re-roofing.
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Florida Disaster
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Florida Division of Emergency Management
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Report describing the hurricane retrofit guide with focus on walls and wooded framed walls.
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Author(s)
Lukachko Alex,
Grin Aaron,
Bergey Daniel
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report detailing the design and construction of 10 new houses under the Wyandotte Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2.
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Lstiburek Joseph W,
Smegal Jonathan
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report exploring four questions to determine the level of risk associated with adding drained exterior insulation to the exterior of an existing home during an energy retrofit.
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Author(s)
Davis Bruce,
Dastur Cyrus,
Warren William E
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
ORNL,
Advanced Energy,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Report outlining results from a 2005 hygrothermal pilot study in the South.
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Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association
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SMACNA
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Book providing project management guidance in maintaining satisfactory indoor air quality (IAQ) of occupied buildings undergoing renovation or construction.
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ICC Evaluation Service
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ICC Evaluation Service
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ICC-ES Evaluation Report reviewing proprietary steel shear wall panels developed by Simpson Strong-Tie Company to resist vertical and lateral loads in walls resulting from wind or earthquakes.
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Bennett Richard M,
et al.
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Canada Masonry Design Centre,
CMDC
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An impact test report from projectile missile tests against brick veneer, verifying that brick veneers perform well to resisting hurricane force wind driven debris.
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National Association of Home Builders
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NAHB
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Guide detailing best practices on how to build wall assemblies with absorptive claddings such as brick, stone that drain and dry well.
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Author(s)
Lstiburek Joseph W
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Building Science Corporation,
BSD
Description
Report discussing the importance of durability and energy efficiency in building construction.
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California Air Resources Board,
California Environmental Protection Agency
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CARB,
CalEPA
Description
Article describing ways home owners can improve ventilation in their kitchens.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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U.S. EPA
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Webpage describing indoor air quality.
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Scientific Certification Systems
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SCS
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Standard supporting indoor air quality performance by producers, purchasers and policy makers to improve the environmental performance of products and services.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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LBNL
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Resource hub describing indoor air quality research performed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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EPA
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Website helping builders, designers, and home energy raters find products that are compliant with the EPA Indoor airPLUS Construction Specification requirements for low-emission materials.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Organization(s)
EPA
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Document outlining specifications that were developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to recognize new homes equipped with a comprehensive set of indoor air quality (IAQ) features.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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EPA
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Website providing the technical specifications and related documents for home builders, subcontractors, architects, and other housing professionals interested in certifying a home to the EPA's Indoor airPLUS program requirements.
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Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshall
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LASFM
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Site showing flame spread ratings and definitions for common building materials.
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Building Science Corporation
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BSC
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Article explaining installing cavity insulation.
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Fox Blocks
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Fox Blocks
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Vinyl Siding Institute,
Polymeric Exterior Products Association
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Vinyl Siding Institute,
PEPA
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A guide for users and energy raters of insulated siding as home insulation.
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Dobson Matt
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Home Energy Magazine
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Article describing how insulated siding can save homeowners energy by providing continuous exterior insulation.
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Rudd Armin,
Feldman H
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report about promoting energy efficiency for Hilton Head Island.
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Lstiburek Joseph W
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report covering reservoir claddings, back ventilation and vapor throttles.
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Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety
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IBHS
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Report describing ways to retrofit a home to make it more hurricane resistant.
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Johns Manville
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Johns Manville
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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Author(s)
Lstiburek Joseph W
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BSC,
Building Science Corporation
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Article describing walls and moisture development on them.
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National Concrete Masonry Association
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NCMA
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Article providing guidance for installing manufactured stone veneer, including information on rainscreens.
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Knauf
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Knauf
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Website providing information about Knauf Insulation.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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EPA
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Website describing best practices for minimizing exposure to lead while doing repairs and renovations in homes built in 1978 or earlier.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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EPA,
HUD,
NIH,
OSHA
Description
Guidance from EPA, HUD, NIH, and OSHA on worker and employer interactions with lead contaminants.
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Intertek,
Structural Insulated Panel Association
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SIPA
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Test results used by multiple structural insulated panel manufacturers confirming a one-hour fire rating for specific SIP assemblies.
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Francisco Paul W.,
Rose William B,
Merrin Zachary
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Partnership for Advanced Residential Retrofit,
PARR,
Indoor Climate Research and Training,
Illinois Sustainable Technology Center,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Report on the impact of air sealing between the foundation and the living space on radon transport reduction across the foundation and living space floor assembly at fifteen home.
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Blanchard Tobie,
Reichel Claudette Hanks
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LSU Ag Center Research Extension
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Web article describing many ways homeowners, contractors, and builders can make homes more resistant to hurricanes, tornadoes, high winds, floods, and hail.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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EPA
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Website providing links to the EPA developed map of radon risk in the United States.
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International Masonry Institute
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International Masonry Institute
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Webpage featuring hundreds of illustrations of masonry construction details for brick, congrete, stone, tile, stucco, etc.
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Ply Gem Siding Group
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Ply Gem Siding Group
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Siding installation guide for Ply Gem Siding Group products.
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Loomis Honorata,
Pettit Betsy
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report on two approaches to retrofitting existing double-stud walls.
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Author(s)
Musunuru Sravanthi,
Pettit Betsy
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report describing a deep energy enclosure retrofit solution for insulating mass masonry buildings from the interior.
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Author(s)
Grin Aaron,
Lstiburek Joseph W
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Measure Guideline research report providing simple, long term, and durable solutions when using tapes and flashing membranes in conjunction with the exterior face of rigid polymeric foam sheathing to create the drainage plane of a wall system.
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Author(s)
Baker Peter,
Lstiburek Joseph W
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report describing wall assemblies that use layers of rigid exterior insulation thicker than 1-½ inch and require a secondary cladding attachment location exterior to the insulation.
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Author(s)
Natarajan Hariharan,
Puttagunta Srikanth,
Klocke Steve
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Organization(s)
Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings,
CARB,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Information sheet providing information on installing Rigid XPS foam board insulation to existing brick masonry walls.
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Author(s)
Schumacher Christopher,
Ueno Kohta,
Straube John
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
Description
Report summarizing the importance of properly insulating and air sealing masonry walls, providing step by step instructions and approaches.
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Author(s)
Neuhauser Ken
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Report describing the use of mineral fiber insulating sheathing in a high performance enclosure retrofit package.