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Document providing guidance on water management concepts and applications for residential buildings.

Report summarizing current research, summarizes issues that have been experienced with current best practices, and recommends ways in which the best practices can be improved for water managing sheathings.

This text is one of series of supporting documents that provide guidance on implementing the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for drinking-water quality; intended to support improvement of water safety within buildings.

Resource that provides guidance when choosing products that meet WaterSense program requirements.

Web page providing statistics on weather related fatalities and injuries.

Fact sheet describing how weatherstripping can be an easy and cost-effective way to save money on energy costs and improve comfort by reducing drafts.

Web-based manual providing guidance for removal and preventing entry of nuisance wildlife.

Report assessing the performance and cost-effectiveness of a zero net energy community project in Davis, CA.

Manual showing how to properly use grass swales to manage excess water runoff.

Webpage describing how to flashing installation

Report providing design guidance for wood-framed residential construction in high wind areas where design wind velocity requirements do not exceed 140 miles per hour.

Information sheet outlining the criteria for ENERGY STAR qualified, windows, doors, and skylights.

Factsheet describing the importance of system charging, superheat and subcooling.

Article discussing the risks that can occur from undercutting bedroom doors to provide return airflow from bedrooms, as well as corrective measures that can be taken to address these risks.

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

Brochure about how to install and use a whole-house fan.

Article about one way to deal with the cold-water surprise effect of tankless water heaters.

Introductory guide to air sealing the envelope of a home to reduce wasted energy and save on energy costs.

A report for homeowners and contractors providing specific recommendations for how to retrofit existing components of a home to withstand wildfire.

Study showcasing the location of the highest uplift force on the hip, ridge, and perimeter regions of roofs, and thus roofing material needs for the most fasteners and adhesive at these locations.

Study analyzing wind pressures on hip roofs where two hip roofs come together forming an L or T shaped roof or building.

Guide presents mitigation measures in a Mitigation Package which combined set of retrofit measures that must be implemented for a house to provide a defined level of protection; identifies three successive Mitigation Packages: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. Implementing the Mitigation Packages...

Report providing guidance on how to improve the wind resistance of existing residential buildings in Mississippi and across the Gulf Coast.

Article discussing structural and nonstructural building components and illustrates a variety of wind-induced damages, including wind-driven rain infiltration.

Fact sheet describing impact-resistant window systems with specifics on Florida’s building codes.

Tax credit for ENERGY STAR certified windows, doors and skylights.

Website providing consumers with general guidance on preparing for and surviving a winter storm.

Website providing information to prepare for winter storms, prevent cold temperature-related health problems, and protect yourself during all stages of a winter storm.

Presentation about the combustion properties of wood.

Catalog detailing the metal connector products manufactured by Simpson Strong-Tie and their applications and strengths.

Fact sheet describing the moisture properties of wood.

Manual providing engineered and prescriptive design requirements for wood frame construction used in one and two-family dwellings.

A hurricane retrofit guide describing techniques for strengthening roof-to-wall connections for family homes.

Report summarizing information on wood as an engineering material, and presents properties of wood and wood-based products of particular concern to the architect and engineer.

Webpage describing burn bans, which wood burning devices are legal in Washington, why wood smoke is harmful to health, and how to reduce the smoke from your wood burning device.

Report detailing retrofit of two existing houses in the Wyandotte Neighborhood program.

Report and case study describing a retrofit project for single family homes in the Pacific Northwest.