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Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Organization(s)
FEMA
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Fact sheet providing an overview of the FEMA document Wind Retrofit Guide for Residential Buildings.
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Author(s)
Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety
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Organization(s)
IBHS
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Report summarizing the requirements to strenghthen new homes against property damage caused by high wind occurrences per the IBHS Fortified Homes High Wind Standard for New Homes.
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Author(s)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Organization(s)
FEMA
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Fact sheet summarizing the changes to the flood provisions in the 2012 I-Codes that appear in the 2015 edition.
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International Code Council,
Florida Building Commission
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Organization(s)
ICC,
FBC
Description
Florida building code including all the amendments and additions by Florida for the wind-borne debris regions and the high-velocity hurricane zone.
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Author(s)
Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety
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Organization(s)
IBHS
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Report summarizing the requirements for strenghtening and protecting the roof, openings in the house, and creating a continuous load path to strengthen walls and foundation per the IBHS Fortified Homes Hurricane Standard for New Homes.
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Author(s)
Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety
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Organization(s)
IBHS
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Guide describing the requirements by FORTIFIED Home™ for improving the home's resistance in severe thunderstorms, straight-line wind events, and high winds at the outer edges of tornadoes.
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Author(s)
Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety
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Organization(s)
IBHS
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Guide describing the requirements by FORTIFIED Home™ for improving the home's resistance in severe thunderstorms, straight-line wind events, and high winds at the outer edges of tornadoes.
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Author(s)
Baechler Michael C,
et al.
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Organization(s)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
PNNL,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
ORNL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Report providing builders in the hot-dry and mixed-dry climates with guidance for building homes that have whole-house energy savings of 40% over the Building America benchmark with no added overall costs for consumers.
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Author(s)
McGuigan Connor
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Sierra Club
Description
Article from the Sierra Club explaining 5 steps to take to ensure your home's resistance to wildfires, including site maintenance and roof construction guidelines.
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Author(s)
Lstiburek Joseph W
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
Description
Article describing methods for venting a vented attic and a roof assembly over an unvented attic.
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Author(s)
Global Cool Cities Alliance,
R20 Regions of Climate Action
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Organization(s)
GCCA,
R20
Description
Guide developed to help contractors, building operators, and city officials successfully adopt cool roof and pavement technology.
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ENERGY STAR
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Organization(s)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA,
ENERGY STAR
Description
Energy Star web page providing guidance on attic ventilation.
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Author(s)
City of Edina
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Organization(s)
City of Edina
Description
Report providing guidance on wet floodproofing crawlspaces, unfinished basements, and garages.
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Author(s)
Deer Charlie,
et al.
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Organization(s)
University of Alaska,
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
Description
Manual describing best practices or home construction in Alaska and northern climates.
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Author(s)
APA - The Engineered Wood Association
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Organization(s)
American Plywood Association,
APA
Description
A publication highlighting recommendations that contribute to improved overall performance in the structural shell and focus on good connection details to tie together exterior walls, roofs and floors.
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Author(s)
Wilkerson
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Organization(s)
Medeek Design
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Webpage providing mapping tool for obtaining ground snow load, based on ASCE 7-10, for any location in the contiguous United States, with the exception of locations requiring a case study due to extreme local variations in ground snow loads. Fee required for some data.
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Author(s)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Organization(s)
FEMA
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Technical fact sheet describing ways to construct asphalt shingle roofs to be more resistant to high winds and hurricanes; also published in FEMA P-499 “Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction: Technical Fact Sheet Series.”
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Author(s)
Neuhauser Ken
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
Description
Report about a project that examines implementation of advanced retrofit measures in the context of a large-scale weatherization program and the archetypal Chicago, Illinois, brick bungalow.
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Author(s)
Mallay David,
Kochkin Vladimir
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Organization(s)
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE,
Home Innovation Research Labs,
HIRL
Description
This report outlines research activities that are expected to facilitate the adoption of energy retrofits by remodeling contractors and roofing contractors using retrofit panels which applicable to many existing house designs in most climates and markets.
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Author(s)
Van der Meer Bill
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Organization(s)
National Association for State Community Services Programs,
NASCSP,
Weatherization Training Center at Penn College,
Pennsylvania College of Technology,
PCT
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Technical article describing issues and moisture concerns related to weatherization efforts.
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Author(s)
Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance
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Organization(s)
SPFA
Description
SPFA website signup page to access SPFA documents.
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Author(s)
Building Science Corporation
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Organization(s)
BSC
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Report describing approaches to insulating basements in homes built to meet Energy Star levels of performance of heat loss reduction.
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Author(s)
Southface Energy Institute
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Organization(s)
SEI,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
ORNL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Fact sheet describing basement insulation considerations.
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Author(s)
Building Science Corporation
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Organization(s)
BSC
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Information sheet describing techniques for insulating basements.
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Bay Area Retrofit
Description
YouTube channel featuring 90+ videos to educate Bay Area homeowners and contractors about seismic retrofitting, including information for various home and construction types.
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California Earthquake Authority
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Organization(s)
CEA
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Article from California Earthquake Authority on the benefits of retrofitting homes to withstand earthquake forces, with a focus on foundations, walls, and chimneys.
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Author(s)
APA - The Engineered Wood Association
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Organization(s)
American Plywood Association,
APA
Description
Report providing water management details for roof assemblies.
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Author(s)
Lukachko Alex
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Presentation describing details for installing structural insulated panels (SIPs).
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Author(s)
Straube John,
Grin Aaron
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
Description
Report comparing a variety of roof insulating strategies to present their advantages and disadvantages according to several comparison criteria.
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Author(s)
Lstiburek Joseph W
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Article describing the control layers (air, thermal, and vapor barriers) needed to build homes successfully in very cold locations.
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Author(s)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Organization(s)
FEMA
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Document containing recommendations on how to brace roofs and gable end walls based on lessons learned from analyzing the destruction from hurricane Andrew.
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Author(s)
Nick Sabino
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Organization(s)
National Roofing Contractors Association,
NRCA
Description
An article discussing how different metal roof materials and attachment methods affect the ability of the roof to thermally expand and contract and the durability of different solutions.
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Author(s)
Tucker Jill
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Organization(s)
SFGate
Description
News article from SFGate explaining and giving figures on how chimney failure is the most common type of damage to homes during an earthquake.
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Author(s)
Parker Danny S,
Sonne Jeffrey K,
Sherwin John S
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Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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Study investigating measured cooling energy performance in side-by-side identical homes with varying roof types, including cool roof technologies.
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Author(s)
Gillan Leland E,
Anderson Terry
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Organization(s)
Tile Roofing Institute,
TRI,
Western States Roofing Contractors Association,
WSRCA
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Manual assisting architects, engineers, owners and roofing contractors for designing, specifying and installing roof tiles in areas of snow and ice.
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Tile Roofing Institute
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Organization(s)
TRI
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Installation manual describing proper installation practices, industry standards and the code requirements of roofing tiles.
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Author(s)
Tile Roofing Institute,
Western States Roofing Contractors Association
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Organization(s)
TRI,
WSRCA
Description
Installation manual outlining proper installation practices, industry standards and the code requirements of roofing tiles.
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Author(s)
Lstiburek Joseph W
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Information guide describing issues with concrete floors, in multiple climate zones.
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Author(s)
Akbari Hashem,
et al.
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Organization(s)
California Energy Commission,
CEC,
Public Interest Energy Research Program,
PIER,
Laboratory Directed Research and Development,
LDRD,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
LBNL
Description
Study describing efforts and outcomes in developing color-pigmented roofing products with coatings to increase solar reflectance.
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ENERGY STAR
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Organization(s)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA,
ENERGY STAR
Description
ENERGY STAR webpage discussing the costs and benefits of cool roofs.
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U.S. Department of Energy
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Organization(s)
DOE
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Webpage from U.S. Department of Energy describing 'cool roofs' and their usage for passive home cooling.
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Author(s)
ENERGY STAR
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Organization(s)
ENERGY STAR,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA
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Web page providing information on the types of cool roofs and their benefits to consumers.
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Author(s)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Organization(s)
LBNL
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Tool developed by LBNL to calculate potential savings from increasing wall and roof solar reflectance.
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Author(s)
Parker Danny S,
Sonne Jeffrey K,
Sherwin John S
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Organization(s)
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
Description
Study reporting the results of comparative testing of the effect of finished and unfinished metal roofing systems on cooling energy performance in a test facility.
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Author(s)
Ojczyk Cindy
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Organization(s)
University of Minnesota,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE,
NothernSTAR
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Report exploring alternative methods to find long-term solutions to energy loss in 1 ½-story homes to save energy, improve comfort, prevent frost buildup on the underside of the roof deck, and reduce the risk of ice dam formation/reformation.
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Author(s)
University of Minnesota,
NorthernSTAR
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Organization(s)
NSTAR,
UMN
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This case study describes costs associated with the External Thermal and Moisture Management System developed by the NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership for retrofitting roofs with rigid foam over the roof deck, especially on one and a half-story homes.
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Author(s)
Southface Energy Institute,
et al.
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Organization(s)
ORNL,
SEI,
DOE
Description
Information sheet about crawlspace insulation, including installation details.
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Cool Roof Rating Council
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Organization(s)
CRRC
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Website providing information about the Cool Roof Rating Council including programs, membership, and resources for the construction industry.
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Author(s)
Lstiburek Joseph W
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
Description
Article describing strategies for reducing the risk of ice dam formation on roofs in winter.
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Author(s)
Lstiburek Joseph W
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
Description
Article describing the importance of air sealing, insulation, and roof ventilation in reducing the likelihood of ice dam formation on roofs in cold snowy climates.