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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.

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

Case study describing solar thermal and photovoltaic systems in new construction.

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

Case study describing solar thermal and photovoltaic systems in new construction.

Case study describing solar thermal and photovoltaic systems in new construction.

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 the monitored long-term performance of two solar domestic water heating systems in northern climates.

Report exploring feasibility of designing prescriptive retrofit measure packages for typical Chicago region multifamily buildings in order to achieve 25% source energy savings.

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

Brochure on specifications for solar thermal systems.

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.

Best Practices document providing an introduction to current photovoltaic and solar thermal building practices.

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

Article discussing indoor water management.

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

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

Document with important building science considerations, designed for members of the residential construction and remodeling industries, as well as owners and managers who work in affordable housing.

This project analyzed combined condensing water heaters or boilers and hydronic air coils to provide high efficiency domestic hot water (DHW) and forced air space heating. Called "combi" systems, they provided similar space and water heating performance less expensively than installing two...

Factsheet describing air-sealing.

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