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Article describing how an airtight home shell helps achieve a tight envelope that is energy efficient and cost effective.

Article describing the use of whole-house fans to provide cooling in the region surrounding Sacramento, CA.

Checklist highlighting the requirement for metal structural connections and materials fasteners used to retrofit or construct FORTIFIED buildings less than 3,000 ft from saltwater to be suitably protected from corrosion.

Web article discussing the primary approaches to waterproofing concrete foundations.

Website with articles on home ventilation and indoor air quality.

Reports describing a mathematical methodology for assessing the seismic performance of buildings.

Test method that measures the capture efficiency of wall-mounted domestic range hoods under controlled conditions in a test chambers which available for preview and purchase at the link and was published in the year 2018.

Article describing a field study that test ventilation performance in nine homes and found current ventilation was inadequate to remove PM2.5 and CO2 levels; however, a directly exhausting range hood can reduce peak PM2.5 concentrations by 75% or more.