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Author(s)
Baechler Michael C,
et al.
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Organization(s)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
PNNL,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
ORNL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Report providing builders in the hot-dry and mixed-dry climates with guidance for building homes that have whole-house energy savings of 40% over the Building America benchmark with no added overall costs for consumers.
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Author(s)
Acker Larry,
Klein Gary
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Organization(s)
Home Energy Magazine,
Taco Comfort
Description
Article describing how demand plumbing systems send cold water back to the water heater until hot water arrives at the sink, shower or other fixture where it is needed.
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Author(s)
Southface Energy Institute,
et al.
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Organization(s)
ORNL,
SEI,
DOE
Description
Information sheet about crawlspace insulation, including installation details.
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Author(s)
Straube John,
Grin Aaron
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
Description
Report that considers a number of promising wall systems that can meet the requirement for better thermal control.
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Author(s)
Parker Danny S,
et al.
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Organization(s)
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
Description
Report describing the experimentally evaluated potential of a novel residential night cooling concept.
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Author(s)
Lisell Lars,
Tetreault Tim,
Watson Andrea
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Organization(s)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
Description
Report identifying the important aspects of building design and construction to enable installation of solar photovoltaic and heating systems at some time after the building is constructed.
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Author(s)
Cushman Ted
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Organization(s)
Journal of Light Construction,
JLC
Description
Article describing how adhesives can be used to make homes in high-wind locations stronger and how adhesives could be too effective resulting in overloading foundation anchors under earthquake loads.