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Lowest Floor Elevation, FEMA Technical Fact Sheet No. 1.4

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Author(s)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Organization(s)
FEMA
Description
Fact sheet defining “lowest floor,” identifying common construction practices that are violations of NFIP regulations, and discussing benefits of exceeding the NFIP minimum building elevation requirements; also published in FEMA P-499 “Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction: Technical Fact...

ReVision Home: Tankless Water Heater

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Author(s)
Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings,
Steven Winter Associates
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Organization(s)
CARB,
SWA
Description
Information sheet describing tankless hot water heating systems in existing homes.

Side-by-Side Testing of Water Heating Systems: Results from 2009 - 2010 Evaluation

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Author(s)
Colon Carlos J,
Parker Danny S
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Organization(s)
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC,
Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction,
BA-PIRC,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Report comparing the performance of seven differing types of residential water heating systems in a side-by-side test configuration over a full year period.