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Article describing thermal bridging, construction practices that encourage thermal bridging, and solutions.

Information sheet about insulating slabs.

Presentation describing details for installing structural insulated panels (SIPs).

A book about structurally insulated panels.

Report considers a number of promising wall systems that can meet the requirement for better thermal control.

Guide informing builders and developers about efficient building practice for constructing homes with structural insulated panels.

Article from The Home Energy Community of Practice on designing energy efficient homes in hot climate zones, including home orientation, window location, and roof design considerations.

Guide informing architects and engineers about designing buildings to be constructed with structural insulated panels.

Article describing quality of life and economic benefit from trees.

ENERGY STAR specifications for residential window, door and skylights, Version 6, effective January 1, 2015.

Article in the SIPA Technical Bulletin (No. 11) comparing the earthquake resistance of light-frame wood shear wall construction to residential construction with structural insulated panels (SIPS).

Report about the Advanced Envelope Research effort will provide factory homebuilders with urgently-needed, cost effective methods for meeting emerging energy code requirements.

Article describing the effective R-values of various subslab insulation products, including foil bubble pack.

Report assessing slab-on-grade foundation insulation energy savings.

2017 version of a standard covering requirements for single- and dual-pane windows, glazed side-hinged door systems, sliding doors, tubular daylighting devices, and unit skylights developed jointly by the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA), the Canadian Standards Association...

Test results used by multiple structural insulated panel manufacturers confirming a one-hour fire rating for specific SIP assemblies.

Document with information about the most practical methods to achieve whole-wall performance of R-30 or above.

Website describing the U.S. Department of Energy's residential buildings program.

DOE report characterizing the installed base of windows and window coverings, and how users operate window coverings in order to enable precise quantification of energy savings.

Standard covering the installation of fenestration products in new and existing construction, which was published in the year 2019, and is available for preview and purchase at the referenced link.

Standard covering the installation of fenestration products in new and existing construction which was published in the year 2007, and is available for preview and purchase at the referenced link.

Brochure describing insulation approaches for homes with slab-on-grade floors.

Article describing thermal bridging, construction practices that encourage thermal bridging, and solving thermal bridging through continuous exterior insulation.

Information sheet outlining the criteria for ENERGY STAR qualified, windows, doors, and skylights.