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FEMA
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Fact sheet providing an overview of how to properly prepare for a winter storm and how to protect yourself before, during, and after one.
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FEMA
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Activity sheets describing questions and preparedness action items for a variety of disasters including floods, fires, earthquakes, and winter weather.
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FEMA
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Factsheet describing backflow valve benefits and tips.
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FEMA
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Website providing maps for natural disaster risk in the United States.
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FEMA
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Website describing and providing a map showing the tsunami risk index for the United States, which home owners and builders can use to determine the tsunami risk of their location.
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HUD,
FEMA,
DHS
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Brochure detailing how to latch and lock cabinets and drawers to prevent injury to residents of the home.
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FEMA
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A website containing FEMA publications on safe rooms for both residential and community use.
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FEMA
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Webpage describing the purpose of safe rooms and criteria necessary to meet FEMA P-361 and P-320 criteria.
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FEMA
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Fact sheets giving steps for residents to shelter in place during several disaster or emergency scenarios, including flash floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, winter storms, active shooters, chemical hazards, nuclear/radiological events, pandemics, as well as guidance for...
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FEMA
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FEMA guidance for flood damage in areas prone to flooding.
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Johns Manville
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Information sheet providing detail about hand fabrication of a one-piece straight duct from a 48" x 120" x 1" thick (1.22 m x 3.05 m x 25 mm) sheet where the total inside duct dimensions equals 112" (2.84 m) or less.
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Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction,
BA-PIRC,
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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Description
Report outlining how Smart ventilation controls (SVC) balance energy consumption, comfort, and IAQ by optimizing mechanical ventilation operation to reduce the heating and/or cooling loads, improve management of indoor moisture, and maintain IAQ equivalence according to ASHRAE 62.2.
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NorthernSTAR,
University of Minnesota,
UMN
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Report describing a project focused on the use of home energy ratings as a tool to promote energy retrofits in existing homes.
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National Research Council Canada,
NRC,
ResearchGate
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Research study evaluating the dynamic heat transmission characteristics through two identical Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) wall assemblies in Ottawa, Canada.
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Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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Description
Report comparing a high-performance house with a code-built control home.
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Advanced Residential Integrated Energy Solutions,
ARIES
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Report of a field evaluation of four novel roof designs to see how each design would reduce space-conditioned energy use so that the knowledge gained could be applied to the design of new manufactured homes.
Organization(s)
Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems,
Fraunhofer CSE,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Research study evaluating a low-cost and scalable way to reduce heating energy consumption using the energy-saving features of programmable thermostats (i.e., automatic daytime and nighttime setbacks).
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ATC
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Report providing guidelines and procedures to determine whether damaged or potentially damaged buildings are safe for use after wind storms or floods, or if entry should be restricted or prohibited.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Mountain Energy Partnership,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Information sheet with an analysis of mini split heat pump systems.
Organization(s)
Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings,
CARB
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Report describing the in situ performance evaluation of newly released heat pump water heaters (HPWHs), highlighting their energy and cost savings potential compared to conventional electric resistance water heaters and other alternatives, based on data collected from installations in Massachusetts...
Organization(s)
Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings,
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Report on field monitoring of inverter-driven ASHPs in cold-climate homes.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Journal article reporting on field experience of unvented cathedralized (UC) attics in several environments in the United States.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Mountain Energy Partnership
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Description
Report about field testing that characterizes the uniformity of room-to-room ventilation air distribution under various operating conditions by examining multi-zone tracer gas decay curves and calculating local age-of-air.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Mountain Energy Partnership,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Report describing a simple and general way to generate House Simulation Protocol (HSP)-consistent internal sensible and latent loads in unoccupied homes.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Report describing research about a test implementation of an unvented tile roof assembly in a hot-humid climate.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Report to understand the long-term moisture performance of unvented roof assemblies with fibrous insulation.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Report presenting the results from several demonstrations of a new method for sealing building envelop air leaks.
Organization(s)
Southface
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Technical report on a field validation study that utilizes low-cost indoor air quality sensors to assess a smart ventilation system's effectiveness in maintaining acceptable indoor humidity in low-load homes in humid environments, revealing that while the smart ventilation algorithm demonstrated...
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Florida Building Code
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Description
Map of the wind-borne debris region of Florida
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ASHRAE
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ASHRAE Q&A addressing HVAC filtration and disinfection for reducing the spread of COVID-19.
Organization(s)
ENERGY STAR,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA
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Description
ENERGY STAR article on finding a refrigerator or freezer recycling program.
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AERC
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Webpage providing assistance with finding the AERC climate zone of particular locations to aid in selecting window attachment products.
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University of Nevada Cooperative Extension,
USDA Forest Service
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A guide to construction of wildfire resistant homes and communities.
Organization(s)
MNDPS,
State Fire Marshal Division,
SFM
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Description
Factsheet describing fire related terms such as noncombustible, fire resistant, fire retardant, flame spread, how they are applied, and related testing standards.
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UCANR,
University of California Cooperative Extension
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Guidelines from the University of California Cooperative Extension on how fires spread, how homes typically burn, and what homeowners can do to prepare their homes for wildfire season.
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UCANR,
University of California Cooperative Extension
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A report showing what happens when windows break as a result of temperature differences between the inside and outside of the home, as well as code standards for the State of California regarding window exposure to wildfires.
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University of Zagreb
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A guide for designers, architects, engineers, and fire experts on how to design rainscreen and ventilated cavities such that they don’t contribute to the spread of a fire.
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NFPA
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Articles, research, case studies, and more outlining considerations for planning and installation of a fire-protection system.
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IBHS,
NFPA
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Description
Fact sheet providing a reference for the different types of fire pumps and fire pump drivers.
Organization(s)
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
USDA,
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
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Description
Article defining terms and testing requirements for fire-resistant construction materials including combustible, noncombustible, fire-resistant or fire-resistance, and ignition-resistant.
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FIRESafe Marin
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Webpage from FireSafe Marin explaining the vulnerability of different deck setups and materials.
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IBHS,
NFPA
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Fact sheet describing research conducted by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety into how burning embers can ignite softwood decks like redwood and cedar and how to minimize the likelihood these decks will be ignited by embers.
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NFPA
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A webpage containing information provides links to state- and province- based coalitions dedicated to advocating for home fire sprinklers.
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Cal Fire
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Article from CAL FIRE on fire-resistant landscaping to mitigate ignition of homes.
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FIRESafe Marin
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List of guidelines for plants and their fire resistance from FIRESafe Marin.
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Urban Land Institute
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Updated wildfire risk assessment, community impacts, and building science measures following the disastrous 2020 wildfire season in the western U.S.
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Colorado State Forest Service,
CSFS
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Wildfire construction guidelines from the Colorado State Forest Service focusing on site design and building materials to mitigate damage to homes in wildfire-prone areas.
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TFFT
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Five step plan from the Tahoe Fire & Fuels team outlining how to create an effective defensible space for wildfire protection. Recommendations include siting for homes on slopes.
Organization(s)
BSC,
Building Science Corporation
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Description
Article describing five fundamental changes to building construction from the last 50 years and their modern construction consequences.
Organization(s)
Home Energy Magazine,
National Property Inspections,
NPI
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Description
Journal article describing energy and cost savings potential from air sealing multifamily town homes.