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2015 edition of code establishing a baseline for existing building retrofits to reach appropriate safety levels under new construction requirements covered in other ICC codes.

2021 edition of code establishing a baseline for existing building retrofits to reach appropriate safety levels under new construction requirements covered in other ICC codes.

Article describing tree health, environmental considerations, and details on how to preserve trees.

Article describing shade trees and how to plant, maintain, and replace them.

Article describing the benefits trees provide through quotes and anecdotes.

Book presenting the best techniques for energy and resource efficient residential construction in the colder climates of North America.

Technical report describing algorithms that use communicating thermostat heating data and that were developed to optimize customer adoption of energy conservation measures, enhancing the identification of retrofit opportunities, estimating post-retrofit energy savings, and enabling home-specific...

Webpage from U.S. Department of Energy describing using Earth-Sheltered home building techniques in hot climate zones.

Web page providing an overview of window coverings such as blinds, shades, shutters, films, and storm windows.

Online geospatial map with interactive viewer showing flood risk areas and base flood elevations

Guidance from HUD for volunteer team leaders, project managers and supervisors who work in recovery and rebuilding after natural disasters.

Report about opportunities for ventilation when traditional methods are limited by weather conditions or by contaminants in the outdoor air.

Report providing information for HVAC designers, installers, and consumers about air source heat pumps.

Article describing mulch requirements and benefits.

Article describing mulching with lawn clippings.

Pamphlet describing different types of mulches and their benefits.

Online geospatial map with interactive viewer showing flood risk areas and base flood elevations

Brochure describing what permeable pavement is, where to install it, and how to maintain it.

Pamphlet describing proper mulching around trees and problems and benefits associated with mulching.

App developed by HUD to assist homeowners with lead paint and other hazards common to older homes.

Website tool that can search for trees by name or characteristics and retrieve data describing tree attributes including site preferences and general characteristics and considerations.

Standard describing two techniques for measuring air leakage rates through a building envelope in buildings that may be configured to a single zone which was published in the year 2022 and is available for preview and purchase at the reference link.

ENERGY STAR webpage describing the benefits of storm windows and a link to a product list.

Webpage providing an ENERGY STAR climate zone map and criteria for ENERGY STAR storm windows per climate zone.

Standard that provides procedures and methods for meeting minimum ventilation and indoor air quality requirements to engineers, design professionals, owners, and jurisdictional authorities where model codes have been adopted. This is the current version of the standard, which was published in the...

Publication with installation guidance for vinyl siding.

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