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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.

Article describing ways to design and construct a building to resist wildfires.

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.

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

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

Presentation about the combustion properties of wood.

Fact sheet describing the moisture properties of wood.

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.

Report describing Net Zero house design with sloped roof assemblies.