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2012 edition of code establishing a baseline for existing building retrofits to reach appropriate safety levels under new construction requirements covered in other ICC codes.

Code describing energy codes for energy-conserving and compliant designs in Florida.

Report describing testing and analysis on deep energy retrofits of existing single-family homes in the U.S.

Document illustrating some analysis concepts that are proven to be effective and reliable in analyzing the transient energy usage of advanced energy systems as well as of entire houses.

ENERGY STAR website providing information about programs, products and energy efficiency information.

Study investigating homeowner measure package choices in the Illinois Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program compared to cost-optimal choices determined through Building Energy Optimization (BEopt) modeling software.

Research report presenting results of short term tests on measures used in an energy efficiency retrofit project in California.

Report that describes BSC's Houses That Work II (HTWII) climate-specific technical resource, beginning with an overall HTWII introduction and four sections explaining the four most important hygro-thermal climate regions: Hot-Humid, Mixed-Humid, Cold, and Hot-Dry/Mixed-Dry.

Report presenting performance results from tests conducted on an energy efficiency retrofit project in Stockton, California.

Webpage from DOE describing how to conserve energy and save money with a home energy audit.

Study conducted to help determine cost-effective solutions for heating and cooling houses that are designed to be energy efficient.

Report outlining a case study about a building project in the hot-humid climate zone.

Report developed for Habitat for Humanity about lessons learned from demonstration retrofit projects undertaken by Habitat for Humanity affiliates in New York, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; with building systems consulting and technical assistance provided by Steven Winter Associates.

Paper describing testing for the first of a series of six near net-zero-energy test houses, using the results to work towards the construction of a true net-zero-energy house.

Report assessing the performance and cost-effectiveness of a zero net energy community project in Davis, CA.