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ENERGY STAR
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A comprehensive list of all ENERGY STAR home performance programs.
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Building Energy Efficient Housing for America,
BEEHA,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Report detailing an evaluation of Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) residential energy efficiency demand side management (DSM) programs to assess their impacts and relative measures of energy and economic performance.
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New Home Source
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Article summarizing for potential homeowners items to check or demand from the builder in designing a home for a cold climate.
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Factsheet describing the performance criteria and key components of DOE Zero Energy Ready homes.
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Alliance for Residential Building Innovation,
ARBI,
Davis Energy Group
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Report on on lessons learned from building one multifamily home to the Zero Energy Ready Home program requirements.
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NOAA
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Case study describing Alachua County, Florida’s, green infrastructure strategy for land use development that incorporates rain gardens, ponds, swales, and native vegetation to manage stormwater.
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ENERGY STAR
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A website explaining the measurement of light bulbs, measurable in lumens, & brightness levels that ENERGY STAR products produce.
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ENERGY STAR
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A website explaining the basics of LED lightning, their lifespan, their use in general lighting applications, the amount of heat produced, and why you should choose ENERGY STAR certified LED products for your home.
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ENERGY STAR
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A fact sheet providing information on ENERGY STAR certified LED bulbs & how to find the right one to fit your lighting fixture.
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USGBC
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Website explaining the LEED v4.1 program and providing a portal for those who want to investigate or start a LEED project.
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EPA,
ENERGY STAR
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ENERGY STAR lightbulb criteria.
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ENERGY STAR
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A website explaining why homeowners should install ENERGY STAR certified lightbulbs, which helps to save homeowners on utility bills and protect the environment.
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Minnesota Power
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Website describing Minnesota Power’s New Construction Energy Efficiency program that promotes building practices and technologies that enhance new residential construction.
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NFRC
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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.
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NAHB Research Center,
DOE
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Report detailing the proposed point structure for the prescriptive approach of the energy efficiency chapter of the NGBS update.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Information sheet about the National Residential Efficiency Measures Database, a public database that characterizes the performance and costs of common residential energy efficiency measures.
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Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction,
BA-PIRC,
Northwest Energy Works
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Research study conducted on new specifications that would improve on the energy requirements of a NEEM home.
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NAHB Research Center,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Report designed to help a builder understand quality management and its role in transitioning from conventional to HPH building and remodeling.
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ATC,
FEMA
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Report showing how to identify, inventory, and screen buildings that are potentially hazardous because of seismic hazards.
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EIA
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Data tables on U.S. renewable energy consumption and general trends in the market for renewable energy.
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EPA
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The RERH specifications and checklists take a builder and a project design team through the steps of assessing a home’s solar resource potential and defining the minimum structural and system components needed to support a solar energy system.
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EPA
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Website tool intended to guide home builders in assessing whether a new home has the proper physical orientation to support a future installation of a solar energy system.
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U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Website providing data on household energy usage collected from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), a nationally representative sample of more than 18,000 housing units, representing the 123.5 million housing units occupied as primary residences in the U.S.
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FEMA
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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.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA,
ENERGY STAR
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Homepage for ENERGY STAR’s windows, skylights, and doors program providing information for consumers and links to product directories.
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USRC
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Website describing the USRC, which "brings an unparalleled level of capability to the mission of improving community resilience in the built environment."
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EPA
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Resource to help builders better understand the WaterSense requirements for labeled homes and assist them in meeting the criteria so they can receive the label for their new construction.
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Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings,
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Report about a deep energy retrofit Cool Energy House.
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CARB,
SWA
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Information sheet describing solar PV upgrade for an existing homes.
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Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction,
BA-PIRC,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Report summarizing commissioning, short-term testing, and analysis that occurred before, during, and just after the actual retrofit of the Bay Ridge project.
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EPA
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The RERH specifications and checklists take a builder and a project design team through the steps of assessing a home’s solar resource potential and defining the minimum structural and system components needed to support a solar energy system.
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EPA
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Specifications to assist builders in designing and constructing homes equipped with a set of features that make the installation of solar energy systems after the completion of the home’s construction easier and less expensive.
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Alliance for Residential Building Innovation,
ARBI,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Davis Energy Group
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Research study presenting a unique opportunity to both identify and evaluate deep retrofit measures that are practical and potentially cost effective for the retrofit market, as well as review the cost effectiveness of the Passive House design approach for achieving energy savings in deep retrofits.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA,
ENERGY STAR
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Description
ENERGY STAR webpage describing the benefits of storm windows and a link to a product list.
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ENERGY STAR
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Webpage providing an ENERGY STAR climate zone map and criteria for ENERGY STAR storm windows per climate zone.
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Integrated Building and Construction Solutions,
IBACOS,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Document serving as a starting point that features initial tools and resources for teams to start collaborating to continually improve the energy efficiency and durability of new houses.
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Alliance for Residential Building Innovation,
ARBI,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Davis Energy Group,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Research study determining how well high performance envelope and innovative cooling system interact to cost effectively reduce cooling energy use in this hot-dry climate.
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Partnership for Advanced Residential Retrofit,
PARR,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Research study making several recommendations to whole-home program designers and implementers for improving the cost effectiveness and reach of whole-home programs.
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EPA
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Resource manual for builders, designers, architects, plumbers, and others interested in the WaterSense Labeled Homes Program providing an overview of the program, explains how to meet the program requirements, gives descriptions of water-saving technologies, and provides links to further resources.
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CARB,
NREL,
SWA
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Report developed for Habitat for Humanity about lessons learned from demonstration retrofit projects undertaken by Habitat for Humanity affiliates in New York, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; with building systems consulting and technical assistance provided by Steven Winter Associates.
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Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
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Even as the worst housing market correction in more than 60 years appeared to turn a corner in 2009, the fallout from sharply lower home prices and high unemployment continued.
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Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings,
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Report presenting results from whole-house monitoring efforts in hope that they may be useful for others moving towards zero energy homes.
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EPA
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Document providing an overview of the Thermal Bypass Checklist for the ENERGY STAR Qualified Homes program.
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EPA
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Guide describing details that serve as a visual reference for each of the line items in the Thermal Enclosure System Rater Checklist.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report discussing Building America whole house systems research within the broad effort to reduce or eliminate the environmental impact of building and provides specific recommendations for future Building America research based on Building Science Corporations experience with several recent...
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NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership,
NorthernSTAR,
University of Minnesota,
UMN
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Report documenting the process and outcomes involved in achieving the U.S. Department of Energy Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) program certification standards while helping homebuilders in Climate Zones 5 and 6 in the Upper Midwest achieve ZERH certification.
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EPA
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Information sheet with the Waste Reduction Model (WARM), designed to help solid waste planners and organizations track and voluntarily report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions from several different waste management practices.
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EPA,
ENERGY STAR
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Guide describing details that serve as a visual reference for each of the line items in the Water Management System Builder Checklist.
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EPA,
WaterSense
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Specification of criteria for lavatory faucets and faucet accessories under the U.S. EPA WaterSense Program.