Library

Document describing the air leakage provisions of Appendix RA of the 2015 IECC (prepared for the State of Georgia to assist with compliance with their 2019 Energy Code).

Guide providing engineering seismic design and building practices based on post-earthquake research.

Report describing how changing the air exchange rate of a home (the sum of the infiltration and mechanical ventilation airflow rates) affects the annual thermal conditioning energy.

Article describing the difference between swales and hugels (berms used to create soil from woody debris).

Designer checklist covering hazards involving ground and surface water, rain and water vapor, HVAC and plumbing, sunlight, insects, decay, and natural hazards, and builder checklist covering all disaster resistance, sorted by building component.

Newsletter reviewing federal disaster policy, the research basis for resilience, and three models of building resilient communities.

Report presenting the results from several demonstrations of a new method for sealing building envelop air leaks.

The FPC Monitoring project has evaluated radiant barrier systems (RBS) as a new potential DSM program.

Siding installation guide for Ply Gem Siding Group products.

U.S. Department of Energy's website describing radiant barriers in homes.

Report showing how to identify, inventory, and screen buildings that are potentially hazardous because of seismic hazards.

Guide addressing immediate responses for cleaning up after natural disasters, including a list of construction retrofit guidance for natural disasters.

Webpage from FEMA describing how to properly reconstruct masonry fireplace chimneys damages by earthquakes.

Newsletter containing five articles focused on seismic retrofitting.

Report recommending strategies and approaches that the Federal government and other stakeholders may take to encourage and aid States and local communities in the adoption of the most current building codes.