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Flyer describing reasons and best practices for raising electrical systems above flood-levels.

Guidance document describing urban heat islands, what they are, how they form, why we care, and including some strategies to reduce them.

Article describing moisture and ice dam issues in attics and how to air seal the attic floor.

Guide providing information for professional builders and contractors rehabbing flooded single-family houses with emphasis on safe practices and the most important activities in the rehab process.

Document presenting results from testing prototype HVAC duct system designs that would locate the entire length of duct work within the air and thermal barriers of the building envelope. These include one that incorporated a high-side supply register, one that utilized a single soffit located within...

Guide on retrofitting insulation in cavities.

Article describing three ways to strengthen the roof-to-wall connections in an existing home.

Brochure describing insulation approaches for homes with slab-on-grade floors.

Brochure with information about how to select and install house wrap and other weather-resistive barriers.

Case study of new home construction in the hot-dry and mixed-dry climate zones.

Document providing an overview of the Thermal Bypass Checklist for the ENERGY STAR Qualified Homes program.

Report discussing Building America whole house systems research within the broad effort to reduce or eliminate the environmental impact of building and provides specific recommendations for future Building America research based on Building Science Corporations experience with several recent...

Document providing a case study of commissioned performance measures that justify costs for these demonstration and "live" show homes.

Document describing the measured annual performance data from 12 recent-vintage very low energy homes in the US.

Report describing concentrations of 54 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ventilation rates that were measured in four new manufactured houses over 2 - 9.5 months following installation and in seven new site built houses 1 - 2 months after completion.

A guide describing how to do wall bracing calculations and evaluations.

A preparedness guide guiding homeowners on how to secure an indoor home water heater safely to wall studs.

Article explaining the importance of expansion tank knowledge.