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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.

Technical report describing the SPS (Structural Panel System), an innovative implementation of the "perfect wall" concept, situating environmental control layers on the exterior side of structural components for improved constructability, cost-effectiveness, and performance, validated through the...

Report about a building project in the marine climate.

Information sheet describing techniques for insulating basements.

Brochure explaining the essential basis for advanced framing and some of the more common advanced framing details.

Information sheet about insulating slabs.

Information sheet providing recommendations on the installation of vapor control layers.

Information sheet about crawlspace insulation, including installation details.

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

Article describing what the building codes say about frost-protected shallow foundations as a cost-saving alternative to conventional concrete foundations.

Report that considers a number of promising wall systems that can meet the requirement for better thermal control.

An article and video of a breakdown on the preparation and installation of basement insulation.

Research study describing the impact resistance performance of advanced framed wall systems with insulating sheathing as the primary sheathing from wind blown debris.

Article explaining installing cavity insulation.

Research study describing field testing performed in 32 two-story Florida homes to characterize wind washing failures of the house air and thermal boundary.

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.

Article from Smarter Homes NZ on home building techniques that incorporate passive cooling.

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.

Fact sheet describing analysis of potential heating and cooling savings from radiant barriers in attics.

Website describing the U.S. Department of Energy's residential buildings program.

Information sheet about buried ducts.

Publication with installation guidance for vinyl siding.

Report describing sloped roof assemblies with high levels of thermal performance.

Document describing different spray foam materials including some pros and cons and technical specifications.