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Home Innovation Research Labs
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HIRL
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Fact sheet describing how to install bracing to retrofit roof dormers for increased wind resistance.
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Fischel Ben,
Steffensen Sean
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California Energy Commission,
CEC
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This report discusses proposed updates to the pool pumps and motors, and portable electric spas standards in the Appliance Efficiency Regulations (California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Sections 1601 to 1609). These proposed updates are part of the 2012 Appliance Efficiency Rulemaking, Phase I...
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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NREL
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Case study of new home construction in the hot-dry and mixed-dry climate zones.
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Lstiburek Joseph
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Article describing thermal bridging, construction practices that encourage thermal bridging, and solving thermal bridging through continuous exterior insulation.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
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FEMA
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Technical fact sheet highlighting important building connections and illustrating the proper use of various types of connection hardware; also published in FEMA P-499 “Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction: Technical Fact Sheet Series.”
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
WaterSense
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EPA,
WaterSense
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Web page providing links or specifications for homes to be labeled through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) WaterSense program.
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American Wood Council,
American National Standards Institute
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AWC,
ANSI
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Manual providing engineered and prescriptive design requirements for wood frame construction used in one and two-family dwellings.