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Guide for homeowners describing how to find and seal basement and attic air leaks, determine if attic insulation is adequate, make improvements safely, and reduce energy bills.

Vinyl siding estimating and installation guide for vinyl siding products.

Report describing how space-conditioning systems are operating in the field and if these systems are meeting required standards.

Report outlining the steps developers can take to create high-performance standards on a community-wide scale.

Report telling consumers how radon gets into a home and how to reduce radon entry into a home.

Report on the field evaluation of whole-building approaches and estimation of the relative contributions of select technologies toward reducing energy use related to space conditioning in new manufactured homes.

Article describing techniques to air-seal townhouses and row houses.

Information sheet providing links and resources for insulating basements in cold climates.

Report presenting ways public housing authorities (PHAs) can develop packages of energy efficiency retrofit measures the PHAs can cost-effectively implement with their own staff in the normal course of housing operations at the time when units are refurbished between occupancies.

Fact sheet describing building envelope performance measures applicable to residential and small commercial construction.

Case study about a structural sheathing product composed of enhanced EPS rigid foam with OSB adhered on one side.