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Guide providing engineering seismic design and building practices based on post-earthquake research.

Federal statistics about national energy consumption in residential homes.

Report on improving passive design adoption rates.

Part of a larger LBNL report (Deep Energy Retrofit Guidance for the Building America Solutions Center), the Lessons Learned chapter focuses on successful deep energy retrofit projects throughout the U.S.

Designer checklist covering hazards involving ground and surface water, rain and water vapor, HVAC and plumbing, sunlight, insects, decay, and natural hazards, and builder checklist covering all disaster resistance, sorted by building component.

Newsletter reviewing federal disaster policy, the research basis for resilience, and three models of building resilient communities.

Report on on lessons learned from building one multifamily home to the Zero Energy Ready Home program requirements.

Report showing how to identify, inventory, and screen buildings that are potentially hazardous because of seismic hazards.

Guide addressing immediate responses for cleaning up after natural disasters, including a list of construction retrofit guidance for natural disasters.

Webpage from FEMA describing how to properly reconstruct masonry fireplace chimneys damages by earthquakes.

A fact sheet educating homeowners on the importance of residential safe rooms, including their cost and how to register a safe room with local officials.

Newsletter containing five articles focused on seismic retrofitting.

Report recommending strategies and approaches that the Federal government and other stakeholders may take to encourage and aid States and local communities in the adoption of the most current building codes.