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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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Avoiding Wet Roofs - Part I

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Author(s)
Yost Peter
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Organization(s)
Journal of Light Construction,
JLC
Description
Article describing the building science implications of insulating vented or unvented attics.

Avoiding Wet Roofs - Part II

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Yost Peter
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Organization(s)
Journal of Light Construction,
JLC
Description
Article describing the research into insulating vented versus unvented attics.

Fire Protection of Facades

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Author(s)
Marija Jelčić Rukavina,
Milan Carević,
Ivana Banjad Pečur
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Organization(s)
University of Zagreb
Description
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.