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Explore this extensive library of building science guidance including research reports from DOE’s Building America program as well as hundreds of other articles, fact sheets, webpages, and reference documents related to constructing and renovating homes.

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What Makes it Energy Star? Performance Criteria

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Author(s)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Organization(s)
EPA
Description
Information sheet outlining the criteria for ENERGY STAR qualified, windows, doors, and skylights.

What’s Wrong With This Practice? Undercutting Doors, Info-804

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Author(s)
Building Science Corporation
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Organization(s)
BSC
Description
Article discussing the risks that can occur from undercutting bedroom doors to provide return airflow from bedrooms, as well as corrective measures that can be taken to address these risks.

Where Your Front Door Meets the Forest

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Author(s)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Organization(s)
USDA
Description
Webpage describing the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and how to plan residential building to mitigate wildfire risks associated with building in the WUI.

Wildfire and the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)

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Author(s)
U.S. Fire Administration
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Organization(s)
USFA
Description
Webpage from USFA compiling resources from across the U.S. on Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) information.

Wildfire Home Retrofit Guide

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Author(s)
Restaino Christina,
et al.
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Organization(s)
University of Nevada Reno Extension,
University of California Cooperative Extension,
Tahoe Resource Conservation District,
Cal Fire
Description
A report for homeowners and contractors providing specific recommendations for how to retrofit existing components of a home to withstand wildfire.

Wildfire Operations: Wildfire Science

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Author(s)
Canada Government of Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Climate Change
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Organization(s)
GNWT ECC
Description
Website describing how wildfires spread and how fuels, weather, and topography influence fires.

Wildfire-Resistant Buildings

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Author(s)
Journal of Light Construction
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Organization(s)
JLC
Description
Article describing ways to design and construct a building to resist wildfires.

Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Products

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Author(s)
CAL FIRE Fire Engineering Division,
Cal Fire Office of the State Fire Marshal,
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
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Organization(s)
CAFED,
CAL FIRE OSFM,
CADFFP
Description
A list of exterior building products and materials approved for use in wildland urban interface zoned homes. These products are non-combustible or ignition-resistant.

Wildland Urban Interface Construction Shasta County

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Author(s)
Department of Resource Management Building Division
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Organization(s)
County of Shasta California
Description
An example of wildland urban interface construction requirements for new buildings built in very high fire risk zones/areas.

Wildland-Urban Interface Growth in the U.S.

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Author(s)
U.S. Forest Service
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Organization(s)
USDA
Description
Article describing the growth of the wildland urban interface in the United States from 1990 to 2010, expanding from 30.8 to 43.4 million homes (a 41% increase), and growing from 581,000 to 770,000 kM2 (33% growth), an increase of 189,000 km2, an area that is larger than Washington State.

Wind and Trees: Air Infiltration Effects on Energy Use in Housing

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Author(s)
Mattingly G.E.,
Peters E.F.
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Organization(s)
Princeton University
Description
Paper describing wind influences on air infiltration related energy losses for residential housing and the shielding effects of fences, adjacent structures, and vegetation.