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Report examining the structural properties and applications of an innovative studless building system, detailing its testing regime and providing an engineering guide for architects and engineers.

Report on the design and evaluation of extended plate and beam.

Case study on the design and evaluation of extended plate and beam, located in Mount Joy Pennsylvania.

Specifications for water heating systems designed to advance higher performing electric and gas heat pump water heaters.

Report on adding insulation to load-bearing mass masonry buildings.

Report analyzing design heating load sizing methods for superinsulated homes in cold climates and comparing them to the actual energy usage to determine if the building load calculation methodology should be changed for calculating the design heating load of these homes.

Brochure explaining the essential basis for advanced framing and some of the more common advanced framing details.

Report considers a number of promising wall systems that can meet the requirement for better thermal control.

Document presenting some of the key technical properties of many of the most common building materials.

Report describing combined space- and water-heating (combi) systems using a high-efficiency direct-vent burner.

Report on a simplified test procedure for combustion safety that is easier to implement and should produce fewer false positives than the previous procedure.

DOE-sponsored report describing a study investigating condensation buildup on windows when using insulating shades.

Expert meeting describing meeting details for recommendations for applying water heaters in combination space and domestic water heating systems.

Report on high-R wall design called extended plate and beam that uses foam sheathing insulation with wall framing.

Report on field monitoring of inverter-driven ASHPs in cold-climate homes.

Guide providing information on using exterior foam insulating sheathing in building wall assemblies to enhance thermal performance.

Document providing supplemental information for code enforcement professionals about header hangers in bearing walls.

Report describing the significant potential for energy use reductions through heat pump water heaters, which have been a crucial part of Northwest power plans for decades and have recently achieved substantial savings with new integrated models and climate specifications.

Research study describing the impact resistance performance of advanced framed wall systems with insulating sheathing as the primary sheathing from wind blown debris.

Report describing the objective evaluation of space conditioning interactions between heat pump water heaters and home heating systems during winter 2016-2017, revealing a smaller than anticipated impact on space conditioning loads.

Report describing the installation and operation of forced-air heating and domestic hot water combi systems in residential homes.

Measure Guideline describing how to assess and carry out the isolation of natural draft combustion appliances from the conditioned spaces of low-rise residential buildings.

Report on two approaches to retrofitting existing double-stud walls.

This report investigates whether mini-split heat pumps can live up to their potential for one market segment: multifamily retrofits.

Document providing supplemental information for code enforcement professionals about headers in nonbearing walls.

Webpage describing a DOE Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge. The challenge engages industry partners and focuses around the Cold Climate Heat Pumps, a more environmental and efficient heating alternative to traditional heating.

DOE report characterizing the installed base of windows and window coverings, and how users operate window coverings in order to enable precise quantification of energy savings.

Case study of new home construction in the hot-dry and mixed-dry climate zones.

Presentation report detailing Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) interaction with space conditioning systems in real-life test scenarios that explains some of the problems arising from these interaction and information that can be used to make the system more efficient.