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Article describing methods for venting a vented attic and a roof assembly over an unvented attic.

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Study investigating measured cooling energy performance in side-by-side identical homes with varying roof types, including cool roof technologies.

Study reporting the results of comparative testing of the effect of finished and unfinished metal roofing systems on cooling energy performance in a test facility.

Article describing strategies for reducing the risk of ice dam formation on roofs in winter.

Study reporting the results of comparative testing of the effect of various roof types on cooling energy performance in a test facility.

Information sheet presenting the correct methods for building an insulated cathedral ceiling.

Report describing ways to retrofit a home to make it more hurricane resistant.

Article describing how ice dams form on residential roofs, how they damage homes, and solutions to prevent future dams.

Website providing an online calculator for determining energy and cost savings from installing radiant barriers in attics.

Information sheet with the definition and uses for a raised truss.

Q&A article discussing how to address moisture issues in an attic in a wet and humid coastal climate.

Specifications to assist builders in designing and constructing homes equipped with a set of features that make the installation of solar energy systems after the completion of the home’s construction easier and less expensive.

Article describing ways to protect roofs from water infiltration by using self-adhering underlayment in vulnerable locations such as roof valleys, eave edges (to help deal with ice dams), rake edges, roofs to vertical walls (such as dormers), sidewall protection, the bottom of dormer valleys, and...

Report describing the use of attic ventilation to control moisture in cathedral roofs and avoid the formation of ice dams.