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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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Building Plans for Advanced Framing

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Author(s)
Green Building Advisor
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Organization(s)
Green Building Advisor
Description
Website providing CAD files and drawings of advanced framing details.

Low-e Storm Windows: Market Assessment and Pathways to Market Transformation

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Author(s)
Cort Katherine A
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Organization(s)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
PNNL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Technical report assessing the market for Low-e storm windows based on market data, case studies, and recent experience with weatherization deployment programs.

Mass Save Deep Energy Retrofit Builder Guide, GM-1302

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Author(s)
Neuhauser Ken,
Gates Cathy,
Pettit Betsy
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
Description
Guidebook providing useful examples of high performance retrofit techniques for the building enclosure of wood frame residential construction in a cold and somewhat wet climate.