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CMHC,
Government of Canada
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Description
Article by the Canadian Government on attic ventilation and considerations for moisture and ice dams.
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BSC
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Description
Article describing the difference between conditioned or unvented attics and unconditioned or vented attics.
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Clean Energy Exhibition
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Webpage providing details of an experimental earth tube installation at the Clean Energy Exhibition in Georgia.
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University of Zagreb
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A guide for designers, architects, engineers, and fire experts on how to design rainscreen and ventilated cavities such that they don’t contribute to the spread of a fire.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Building science report describing issues with vented attics in hot-humid climates and how sealed attic construction may be a solution.