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Guide describing advanced framing, a system of construction framing techniques designed to optimize material usage and increase energy efficiency.

Report describing approaches to using less wood in home building that minimize waste.

Fact sheet describing advanced framing techniques that reduce the amount of lumber used in constructing wood-framed houses while providing more space for wall insulation.

Fact sheet providing information on building-scale and utility-scale battery storage for disaster resistance.

Report investigating implementation of advanced framing in both production and prototype built homes built in a variety of climate regions across the USA.

Document containing a 3D drawing (CAD) of advanced framing details.

Website for CEE, the US and Canadian consortium of natural gas and electric efficiency program administrators.

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).

Technical report detailing the vulnerabilities of the U.S. electric grid to weather-related failures.

Report addressing the current state of these technologies and the challenges of adapting these to the GEB context.

Brochure describing advanced framing techniques.

Brochure describing advanced framing techniques.

Report describing use of the Energy in Modular (EMOD) method to design, produce, and deliver affordable, net-zero energy, low-carbon, and healthier buildings through industrialized (factory) construction of modular buildings; modeling of whole buildings and subassemblies of components, pods, panels...

A presentation about the need for rainscreens including the damage water and moisture ingress into a home’s siding and framing can cause, and ways to design a resilient wall that drains and ventilates well.