Library

Document describing advancement in factory built housing innovations.

Document reporting results from a study done to evaluate effects of automotive emissions from attached garages on the indoor environment.

Report describing information for builders and retrofitters about eliminating hazards and coincidental energy losses that come from attached garages.

Brochure intended to provide readers with a working knowledge of residential heating and cooling duct systems.

Document illustrating some analysis concepts that are proven to be effective and reliable in analyzing the transient energy usage of advanced energy systems as well as of entire houses.

Part 2 of an article discussing how to maximize two-pipe steam systems for resident space heating.

Report investigating the nature, strength, and durability of connections between high performance dwellings and developments.

Study presenting generalized results regarding the effect of surface orientation on annual incident solar radiation for locations in the United States.

Results from a research program testing airtightness, implications of air leakage and contaminant reduction over the garage-to-house interface.

Document providing guidance about building healthy homes using building science principles.

Document from IBHS explaining how to inspect homes for earthquake preparedness and retrofit solutions for homes that have suffered structural damage as a result of earthquakes.

Standards for requirements, performance, construction, workmanship and others for structural-use panels.

Technical paper covering the retrofit of unreinforced masonry buildings.

Report providing information based on research and case studies, to remodelers and consumers about opportunities to increase home energy performance.

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.

Article on thermal protectors in recessed light fixtures.

Paper describing testing for the first of a series of six near net-zero-energy test houses, using the results to work towards the construction of a true net-zero-energy house.