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Explore this extensive library of building science guidance including research reports from DOE’s Building America program as well as hundreds of other articles, fact sheets, webpages, and reference documents related to constructing and renovating homes.

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Avoiding Mass Failures, BSI-105

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Author(s)
Lstiburek Joseph W
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
Description
Report covering interior energy retrofits of masonry buildings.

Extended Plate and Beam Wall System

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Author(s)
Home Innovation Research Labs,
U.S. Department of Energy
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Organization(s)
HIRL,
DOE
Description
Report that demonstrates the durability, constructability, and cost-effectiveness of the extended plate and beam (EP&B) wall system for new construction housing projects in compliance with the International Energy Conservation Code, addressing moisture risk management and high-performance envelope...

Moisture Performance of High-R Wall Systems

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Author(s)
Kochkin Vladimir,
Shah Nay B
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Organization(s)
Home Innovation Research Labs,
HIRL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
The next generation of building enclosures is a key step toward achieving high-performance goals through decreasing energy load demand and enabling advanced space-conditioning systems. Yet the adoption of high-R enclosures and particularly high-R walls has been a slow-growing trend because...

Preventing Ice Dams Fact Sheet

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Author(s)
Wisconsin Focus on Energy
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Organization(s)
Wisconsin Focus on Energy,
ENERGY STAR
Description
Fact sheet from Wisconsin Focus on Energy explaining how to prevent future ice dams on homes by learning about their formation and mitigation of contributing factors.