Library

Website containing commercial information related to air conditioning and heating.

Guidance from Zero Energy Project on construction techniques for warmer climates, such as home orientation, and insulation requirements.

Webpage from U.S. Department of Energy describing using Earth-Sheltered home building techniques in hot climate zones.

Web page providing an overview of window coverings such as blinds, shades, shutters, films, and storm windows.

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

Report about opportunities for ventilation when traditional methods are limited by weather conditions or by contaminants in the outdoor air.

Study using simulations to understand the impact that shading and natural ventilation would have had on the survivability of non-air-conditioned buildings during the 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest.

Database from the National Fenestration Rating Council providing a directory of NFRC-certified window products searchable by manufacturer, product type, CPD number, or various NFRC label specifications.

Database of NFRC rated windows.

Standard/specification establishing requirements for fenestration products to be referenced by model codes.

American Lung Association web page providing information on particulate matter and indoor air quality.

Standard that describes the minimum requirements for residential buildings to achieve acceptable indoor air quality via dwelling-unit ventilation, local mechanical exhaust, and source control. This version of the standard was published in the year 2022, and is available for preview and purchase at...

ENERGY STAR webpage describing the benefits of storm windows and a link to a product list.

Webpage providing an ENERGY STAR climate zone map and criteria for ENERGY STAR storm windows per climate zone.

Presentation describing how to make a Corsi-Rosenthal Box for air cleaning.

Blog article summarizing the effects of extreme heat on air quality and lung health.

Standard that provides procedures and methods for meeting minimum ventilation and indoor air quality requirements to engineers, design professionals, owners, and jurisdictional authorities where model codes have been adopted. This is the current version of the standard, which was published in the...

Article describing the impacts of wildfire smoke on indoor air quality and some ways ASHRAE is responding.

Web article providing information on how to reduce solar gains through windows.