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Explore this extensive library of building science guidance including research reports from DOE’s Building America program as well as hundreds of other articles, fact sheets, webpages, and reference documents related to constructing and renovating homes.

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Advanced Extended Plate and Beam Wall System in a Cold-Climate House

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Wiehagen Joseph,
Kochkin Vladimir,
Mallay David
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Organization(s)
Home Innovation Research Labs,
HIRL,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Report on the design and evaluation of extended plate and beam.

Community-Wide Zero Energy Ready Home Standard

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Author(s)
Herk Anastasia,
Beggs Timothy
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Organization(s)
Integrated Building and Construction Solutions,
IBACOS,
U.S. Department of Energy
Description
Report outlining the steps developers can take to create high-performance standards on a community-wide scale.

Compact Buried Ducts in a Hot-Humid Climate House

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Mallay David
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Organization(s)
Home Innovation Research Labs,
HIRL
Description
Report on heating and cooling air-distribution ducts that are insulated, installed close to the ceiling in a vented attic and covered with attic insulation to minimize energy loss.

Designing Closed Crawlspaces

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Dastur Cyrus
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Organization(s)
Advanced Energy
Description
Guide about designing and installing closed crawlspaces.

Laboratory Evaluation of Energy Recovery Ventilators

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Kosar Douglas
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Organization(s)
Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction,
BA-PIRC,
Gas Technology Institute,
GTI Energy,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Report targeting the growing number of homes utilizing deep retrofit measures and new construction practices to realize sufficiently lower infiltration levels that require mechanical ventilation as prescribed by ASHRAE Standard 62.2.

Public Housing: A Tailored Approach to Energy Retrofits

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Dentz Jordan,
et al.
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Organization(s)
Advanced Residential Integrated Energy Solutions,
ARIES,
Levy Partnership,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
Description
Report presenting ways public housing authorities (PHAs) can develop packages of energy efficiency retrofit measures the PHAs can cost-effectively implement with their own staff in the normal course of housing operations at the time when units are refurbished between occupancies.