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Standard covering equipment sizing loads for single-family-detached homes, small multi-unit structures, condo­miniums, town houses and manufactured homes.

Standard providing a universally accepted definition for quality installation for residential and commercial heating, ventilating, and air conditioning applications.

Document detailing the requirements, roles, and obligations for participants in an organized effort, ensuring that HVAC installations comply with the ANSI/ACCA 5 QI – 2010 (HVAC Quality Installation Specification) QI Standard.

Acceptance criteria providing guidelines for demonstrating compliance with codes referenced in the criteria related to barriers to water migration in thin-set installations of ceramic tile and stone flooring and shower sub-pan linings.

Report describing a field investigation of failure rates of whole-house mechanical ventilation systems installed in Florida homes.

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

Report on heating and cooling air-distribution ducts that are insulated, installed close to the ceiling in a vented attic and covered with attic insulation to minimize energy loss.

Conference paper describing the use of engineered rainscreen products to provide air flow and water drainage space in wall assemblies in residential and commercial buildings.

Fact sheet describing drip irrigation for landscaping.

Bulletin describing the components of ECM motors and comparing their efficiency with PSC motors.

A map describing the average temperature of shallow groundwater in Fahrenheit across the continental United States.

Article describing benefits of ECM motors and how they can be installed as retrofit motors in HVAC equipment.

Report targeting the growing number of homes utilizing deep retrofit measures and new construction practices to realize sufficiently lower infiltration levels that require mechanical ventilation as prescribed by ASHRAE Standard 62.2.

Guide providing information on controlling attic ductwork sweating.

Report describing information from DOE about rules and standards for residential air conditioners and heat pumps.

Case study about a structural sheathing product composed of enhanced EPS rigid foam with OSB adhered on one side.