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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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Air Sealing That Works

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Bruton Jack,
Baczek Steven
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Organization(s)
Journal of Light Construction
Description
Article describing how an airtight home shell helps achieve a tight envelope that is energy efficient and cost effective.

Continuous Rigid Insulation Sheathing/Siding

Publication Date
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Author(s)
National Association of Home Builders Research Center,
et al.
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Organization(s)
NAHB Research Center,
DOE,
GBA,
ORNL,
EPA
Description
Document presenting step-by-step process for installing rigid insulating sheathing over wood studs or house wrap.

Mass Save Deep Energy Retrofit Builder Guide, GM-1302

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Neuhauser Ken,
Gates Cathy,
Pettit Betsy
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
Description
Guidebook providing useful examples of high performance retrofit techniques for the building enclosure of wood frame residential construction in a cold and somewhat wet climate.

Moisture Performance of High-R Wall Systems

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Kochkin Vladimir,
Shah Nay B
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Organization(s)
Home Innovation Research Labs,
HIRL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
The next generation of building enclosures is a key step toward achieving high-performance goals through decreasing energy load demand and enabling advanced space-conditioning systems. Yet the adoption of high-R enclosures and particularly high-R walls has been a slow-growing trend because...