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Article describing vapor retarder requirements in the International Residential Code and International Building Code 2021.

Article describing methods for thermally isolating a garage in a Passive House-certified multifamily building.

Vinyl siding estimating and installation guide for vinyl siding products.

Document reporting results from a study done to evaluate effects of automotive emissions from attached garages on the indoor environment.

Report describing information for builders and retrofitters about eliminating hazards and coincidental energy losses that come from attached garages.

Article Describing methods for thermally isolating multifamily parking garages.

Report comparing a high-performance house with a code-built control home.

Article discussing flow-through assemblies of walls.

Website describing results of research on impacts to garage doors from hurricanes, tornadoes, and high wind events.

Results from a research program testing airtightness, implications of air leakage and contaminant reduction over the garage-to-house interface.

Information sheet about air barriers.

Report covering reservoir claddings, back ventilation and vapor throttles.

Report describing ways to retrofit a home to make it more hurricane resistant.

FEMA report describing findings from an investigation of Hurricane Ike in Texas and Louisiana and residential construction recommendations based on those findings.

Document covering basic moisture control principles in the design of above-grade building enclosures; driving rain as a moisture load on walls; a classification system of the various rain control strategies available for walls; and good design practises for walls.

A field guide with residential construction best practices.

Information sheet describing the function of a vapor barrier, and methods to retard the migration of water vapor.

Document outlining a well-detailed drainage plane and flashings.