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ASTM
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Webpage for searching all of ASTM's standards, books, journals, and technical articles.
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Partnership for Advanced Residential Retrofit,
PARR,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Gas Technology Institute,
GTI Energy,
CNT Energy,
Elevate Energy
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Report addressing barriers to information, contractor resources and cost savings associated with steam balancing multifamily buildings.
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Partnership for Advanced Residential Retrofit,
PARR,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Report about results of 10 test buildings in Chicago, studied to identify best practices for methodology, typical costs, and energy savings associated with steam system balancing.
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Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings,
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Information sheet about buried ducts.
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Northeastern IPM Center
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Website providing information on all types of pest management for multi-family housing.
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Stop Pests
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Webpage providing information how to deal with rodents by knowing what they look like, where they live, and what they do.
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U.S. House of Representatives
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Bill requiring the Consumer Product Safety Commission to revise the safety standards for freestanding clothing storage units such as a dressers, bureaus, or chests of drawers to include testing related to tip overs and new warning requirements for all such products entering the U.S. market; passed...
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U.S. Department of Agriculture,
USDA,
University of Wisconsin
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Document providing information on correct storage techniques for lumber to manage moisture.
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NOAA,
NWS
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A website providing timely and accurate forecasts and watches for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes over the contiguous United States.
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EPA
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Document describing correct construction of swales, designed to trap particulate pollutants (suspended solids and trace metals), promote infiltration, and reduce the flow velocity of storm water runoff.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA,
ENERGY STAR
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ENERGY STAR webpage describing the benefits of storm windows and a link to a product list.
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ENERGY STAR
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Webpage providing an ENERGY STAR climate zone map and criteria for ENERGY STAR storm windows per climate zone.
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Fine Homebuilding Magazine
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Article describing ways to protect roofs from water infiltration by using self-adhering underlayment in vulnerable locations such as roof valleys, eave edges (to help deal with ice dams), rake edges, roofs to vertical walls (such as dormers), sidewall protection, the bottom of dormer valleys, and...
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University of California
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Paper describing landscaping influences on heat gain through shading, infiltration shielding, and microclimate creation for nearby buildings.
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NAHB Research Center,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Report providing information based on research and case studies, to remodelers and consumers about opportunities to increase home energy performance.
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ATC,
FEMA
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Report recommending strategies and approaches that the Federal government and other stakeholders may take to encourage and aid States and local communities in the adoption of the most current building codes.
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Integrated Building and Construction Solutions,
IBACOS,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Report about the impact on the loads when common safety factors are applied to the load calculation process using two houses that meet the 2009 IECC prescriptive path modeled as the accurate baseline.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Document identifying differences between the requirements for construction documents for high performance housing and the documents that are typically produced for conventional housing.
Organization(s)
Partnership for Home Innovation,
PHI,
Home Innovation Research Labs,
HIRL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Report following the evolution of the construction quality process from its development for new homes to its application construction of a HPH with enhanced specifications, and its application in a crawlspace renovation.
Organization(s)
Integrated Building and Construction Solutions,
IBACOS,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Document covering the pros and cons of compact air distribution systems and the decision criteria that must be considered early in the whole-house design process.
Organization(s)
Building America Retrofit Alliance,
BARA,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Report intending to provide useful information as the DOE/BA develops and implements comprehensive communications and outreach strategies for demonstration homes.
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Integrated Building and Construction Solutions,
IBACOS,
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation,
VEIC,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Document explaining the benefits of evaluating and identifying energy efficiency retrofit measures that could be made during renovation and maintenance of multifamily buildings.
Organization(s)
Integrated Building and Construction Solutions,
IBACOS,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Document offering methods to greatly reduce lighting energy use through the application of high quality fluorescent and light emitting diode (LED) technologies.
Organization(s)
Integrated Building and Construction Solutions,
IBACOS,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Report describing the equipment selection of a split system air conditioner and furnace for an example house in Chicago, Illinois, as well as a heat pump system for an example house in Orlando, Florida.
Organization(s)
Alliance for Residential Building Innovation,
ARBI,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Davis Energy Group,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Document targeting retrofit program managers, retrofit contractors, policy makers, academic researchers, and non-governmental organizations that work to realize energy savings from home energy upgrades (HEUs).
Organization(s)
Integrated Building and Construction Solutions,
IBACOS,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Document serving as a starting point that features initial tools and resources for teams to start collaborating to continually improve the energy efficiency and durability of new houses.
Organization(s)
Alliance for Residential Building Innovation,
ARBI,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Davis Energy Group,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Report about proper water heater selection developed to provide step-by-step procedures for evaluating preferred cost-effective options for energy efficient water heater alternatives based on local utility rates, climate, and anticipated loads.
Organization(s)
NAHB Research Center,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Research study providing a comparison of selected retrofit activity typically done, versus that same retrofit activity approached from an integrated high performance remodeling and quality management perspective.
Organization(s)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Integrated Building and Construction Solutions,
IBACOS,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Report describing findings from research related to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) companies that have made the decision to transition to whole house performance contracting (WHPC).
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Journal of Light Construction,
JLC
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Article describing three ways to strengthen the roof-to-wall connections in an existing home.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report covering coating and back venting wood based claddings and trim.
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International Association of Certified Home Inspectors,
InterNACHI
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Article defining structural design loads and ways to calculate them, including dead loads, live loads, soil lateral loads, wind loads, snow loads, earthquake loads, and other loads.
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SEAOC
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The 2017 publication update to the SEAOC Wind Committee and SEAOC Solar Photovoltaic Systems Sub-Committee's 2012 report.
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RDH Building Science Inc.,
Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology,
CCBST
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Conference paper describing testing of the performance of fasteners used to attach rigid foam insulation to the exterior of walls.
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Journal of Light Construction,
JLC
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Information sheet describing correct application of stucco.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Discussion of building sheathing.
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TU Wien
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Paper describing case studies on urban vegetation and greenways and their impacts on city climate and building performance.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture,
USDA,
USDA Forest Service
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A report describing methods for constructing homes and treating soils to reduce the risk of termites in buildings.
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FEMA
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Recovery advisory presenting key wind retrofit guidelines for buildings located in hurricane-prone regions. These retrofit guidelines are intended to help building owners and designers prevent or limit wind damage and water infiltration during high-wind events.
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USDHS
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Article describing suggested food supplies, sanitation, safety, and cooking for during and after an emergency.
Organization(s)
Federation of European Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations,
REHVA,
Oklahoma State University,
OSU,
Swedish Centre for Shallow Geothermal Energy
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A research paper discussing the use of foundation heat exchangers for ground source heat pump systems in European climates.
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FEMA
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Fact sheet describing recommendations for exceeding NFIP regulatory requirements for new construction and for repairs, remodeling, and additions, including building foundations, enclosures below the Base Flood Elevation (BFE), use of nonstructural fill, use of space below the BFE, utilities...
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NREL,
DOE
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Description
Document describing issues of wind pressure resistance in walls with exterior rigid foam sheathing installed directly over framing members.
Organization(s)
Whole Building Design Guide
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Article providing fundamental information and recommendations for shading windows for energy savings.
Organization(s)
Alliance for Residential Building Innovation,
ARBI,
Davis Energy Group,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Research project evaluating the pre-and post-retrofit energy consumption of a marine climate retrofit, compare actual energy use to original predictions, and identify opportunities for cost savings in other similar retrofits in this climate.
Organization(s)
Alliance for Residential Building Innovation,
ARBI,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Davis Energy Group,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Research study determining how well high performance envelope and innovative cooling system interact to cost effectively reduce cooling energy use in this hot-dry climate.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
This document covers a description of the need and applied solutions for supplemental dehumidification in warm-humid climates, especially for energy efficient homes where the sensible cooling load has been dramatically reduced.
Organization(s)
Partnership for Advanced Residential Retrofit,
PARR,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Research study making several recommendations to whole-home program designers and implementers for improving the cost effectiveness and reach of whole-home programs.
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Town of Clarkdale
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Presentation on sustainable development including water conservation, passive solar, daylighting, natural ventilation, and land use.