Organization(s)
BSC
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Description
Information sheet describing techniques for insulating basements.
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PNNL
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Description
Case study about Artistic Homes of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the first home builder in the United States to offer true net zero energy construction to the average home buyer on every home it builds.
Organization(s)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
PNNL,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
ORNL
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Description
Report providing builders in the hot-dry and mixed-dry climates with guidance for building homes that have whole-house energy savings of 40% over the Building America benchmark with no added overall costs for consumers.
Organization(s)
BSC
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Description
Brochure explaining the essential basis for advanced framing and some of the more common advanced framing details.
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Southface,
ORNL
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Description
Information sheet about crawlspace insulation, including installation details.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Report that considers a number of promising wall systems that can meet the requirement for better thermal control.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Research study to determine the impact resistance performance of advanced framed wall systems with insulating sheathing as the primary sheathing from wind blown debris.
Organization(s)
BSC
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Description
Article explaining installing cavity insulation.
Organization(s)
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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Description
Research study describing field testing performed in 32 two-story Florida homes to characterize wind washing failures of the house air and thermal boundary.
Organization(s)
BSC
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Description
Report discussing how to create livable space in the attic that meets IRC code requirements by either creating a ventilated roof assembly, or and unvented attic assembly.
Organization(s)
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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Description
Report reviewing the design and the first four months of energy performance of a near zero energy project home in Callaway, Florida during the second half of 2008.
Organization(s)
BSC
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Description
Information sheet about insulating slabs.
Organization(s)
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Information sheet about buried ducts.
Organization(s)
BSC
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Description
Information sheet providing recommendations on the installation of vapor control layers.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Report describing sloped roof assemblies with high levels of thermal performance.
Organization(s)
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
Publication Date
Description
Information sheet about insulation materials.
Organization(s)
BAIHP,
ORNL
Publication Date
Description
Report about a building project in the marine climate.