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EPA
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Website explaining the risks associated with radon in homes and how to protect homes against radon.
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EPA
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Standard providing information on contractors who offer radon control services to homeowners.
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EPA
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Website with information about radon-resistant construction techniques and other radon resources for builders, contractors and homebuyers.
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EPA,
HUD,
NIH,
OSHA
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Worker guidance from EPA, HUD, NIH, and OSHA for radon issues following a natural disaster.
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HIRL,
NAHB
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Fact sheet describing design and construction practices to reduce the likelihood of water intrusion in walls and foundations in residential construction.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Document covering basic moisture control principles in the design of above-grade building enclosures; driving rain as a moisture load on walls; a classification system of the various rain control strategies available for walls; and good design practises for walls.
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City of Newberg
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An example of a form a building codes department created to ensure builders are fully aware and have taken steps to provide drainage so that water doesn’t accumulate behind siding. This example is from the city of Newberg, Oregon.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report covering the performance of residential buildings during three hurricanes impacting Florida in 2004.
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FEMA
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Flyer describing reasons and best practices for raising electrical systems above flood-levels.
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APA
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Information sheet with the definition and uses for a raised truss.
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First in Architecture
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Article describing rammed earth construction
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CPSC
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Illustrations of range tip-over outcomes with and without door locking mechanism.
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ATC,
FEMA
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Report showing how to identify, inventory, and screen buildings that are potentially hazardous because of seismic hazards.
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CRRC
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Searchable database of over 3,000 roofing products that have undergone solar reflectance and thermal emittance testing.
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CRRC
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Searchable database of wall cladding and coating products that have undergone solar reflectance and thermal emittance testing.
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City of New York
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Website providing information about how to keep the properties rat-free and address conditions that can lead to rats.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Technical report describing the Re-Side Right initiative by the New Jersey Institute of Technology's Building America research team that proposes enhancing home efficiency during the re-siding process by incorporating an insulating layer that acts as both an air barrier and water resistive barrier...
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Enterprise Green Communities
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Report providing strategies to support occupant behavior changes for enhancing resilience, and to reduce a building's vulnerability to extreme weather, climate change, and loss of power.
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USDHS
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Website serving as a national public service campaign designed to educate and empower the American people to prepare for, respond to and mitigate emergencies, including natural and man-made disasters.
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USDHS
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A fact sheet providing tips on how to assemble a kit of food, water and other disaster supplies in the event of an emergency.
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National Institute of Building Sciences,
NIBS
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Article describing key takeaways from two symposia held during Building Innovation 2016: The National Institute of Building Sciences Fourth Annual Conference and Expo, including that resilience can be affordable and cost-effective.
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HUD
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Guide addressing immediate responses for cleaning up after natural disasters, including a list of construction retrofit guidance for natural disasters.
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HUD
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App developed by HUD to assist homeowners with lead paint and other hazards common to older homes.
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FEMA
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Fact sheet describing conditions for wildfire, how a home catches fire, how to create a survivable space, the ideal fire resistant home.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency,
FEMA,
URS Corporation,
DK Low and Associates,
Greenhorne and O'Mara,
Dewberry and Davis
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Report providing recommended designs and guidance for rebuilding homes destroyed by hurricanes in the Gulf Coast.
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ENERGY STAR
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Information about recycling CFL lightbulbs.
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EPA
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A website explaining the benefits of recycling compact fluorescent lightbulbs and how the process can prevent the release of mercury into the environment.
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ARUP
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Report describing the REDi™ Rating System, which is a framework for implementing “resilience-based earthquake design,” a holistic “beyond-code” design, planning and assessment approach for achieving earthquake resilience.
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IBHS
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Website describing wildfire related research conducted by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety at the IBHS Research Center.
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North Dakota State University,
NDSU
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Webpage explaining how to mitigate heat loss through roofs for ice dam prevention.
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DOE
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Guide describing ways builders can block off entry points and otherwise make homes inhospitable to all manner of pests.
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FEMA
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Report from FEMA on how to reduce damage from localized flooding including planning, drainage, building codes and retrofits, and regulations.
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FEMA
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Guide discussing ways that homeowners in ground-secured houses can reduce the risks and damage caused by floods upon residential buildings.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
LBNL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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This study used an advanced airflow, energy and humidity modeling tool to evaluate the potential for residential mechanical pre-scooling strategies to reduce peak electriciy demand.
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Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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A report presenting alternative approaches for reducing the costs of roof-mounted, grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems.
Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage – A Practical Guide, Fourth Edition, FEMA E-74
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FEMA
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Field manual describing measures to reduce potential hazards and damages caused by and to nonstructural components of a building such as HVAC, appliances, lighting, windows, and furniture during an earthquake.
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EPA
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An EPA guide describing the causes and impacts of summertime urban heat islands, promoting strategies for lowering temperatures in U.S. communities.
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EPA
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Guidance document describing urban heat islands, what they are, how they form, why we care, and including some strategies to reduce them.
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NFPA
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Free Online Training in Reducing Wildfire Risks to People and Property for Home and Business Owners.
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Home Energy,
National Association for State Community Services Programs,
NASCSP
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Article describing moisture and ice dam issues in attics and how to air seal the attic floor.
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NYSERDA
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Fact sheet describing best practices in installing leak-free refrigerant systems, including specifics on creating flare joints and brazed joints, pressure testing, vacuum testing, and charging the system with refrigerant.
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FDA
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When it comes to protecting yourself and your family from foodborne illness, one of your most effective tools is the kitchen refrigerator.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA,
ENERGY STAR
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The ENERGY STAR criteria for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers.
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HUD
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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.
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FEMA
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Fact sheet describing an alternative to piles in V Zones and A Zones in coastal areas where soil properties preclude pile installation, but the need for an “open foundation system” still exists and recommendations for good masonry practices in coastal environments; also published in FEMA P-499 “Home...
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Fine Homebuilding Magazine
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A user forum discussing ways to reinforce a gable overhand that was framed using the ladder method by Mike Mahan.
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USGBC
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Website describing the RELi rating system and leadership standard that takes a holistic approach to resilient design.
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Remodeling Magazine
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Remodeling Magazine website.
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EIA
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Data tables on U.S. renewable energy consumption and general trends in the market for renewable energy.
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EPA
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The RERH specifications and checklists take a builder and a project design team through the steps of assessing a home’s solar resource potential and defining the minimum structural and system components needed to support a solar energy system.