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Casement windows or wing walls can create zones of higher pressure (right) and lower pressure (left) to encourage cross ventilation when wind is flowing parallel to window openings

Casement windows or wing walls can create zones of higher pressure (right) and lower pressure (left) to encourage cross ventilation when wind is flowing parallel to window openings
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Cavity used for return is not insulated and is not air sealed, which will pull in air from outside

Cavity used for return is not insulated and is not air sealed, which will pull in air from outside
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Cavity was not air sealed

Cavity was not air sealed
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Ceiling joists extend out to provide very strong roof overhangs that will resist uplift pressures in high winds.

Ceiling joists extend out to provide very strong roof overhangs that will resist uplift pressures in high winds.
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Central-fan-integrated supply ventilation with exhaust fans for intermittently balanced whole-house ventilation

Central-fan-integrated supply ventilation with exhaust fans for intermittently balanced whole-house ventilation
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Chase framing is completed and ready for drywall

Chase framing is completed and ready for drywall
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Checking Your Work: Properly Installed HVAC in High-Performance Homes

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Checking Your Work: Properly Installed HVAC in High-Performance Homes

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Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity: Affordable Housing Case Study

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Child-proof slide locks can be used on drawers and cabinets to prevent their accidental, unintended use.

Child-proof slide locks can be used on drawers and cabinets to prevent their accidental, unintended use.
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Clothes dryers vented directly to outdoors, except for ventless dryers equipped with a condensate drain

Clothes dryers vented directly to outdoors, except for ventless dryers equipped with a condensate drain
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Coastal erosion eats away at the shoreline.

Coastal erosion eats away at the shoreline.
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Coastal flooding gutted this home.

Coastal flooding gutted this home.
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Coastal flooding washed away most of the first floor of this home; however, the piers and roof are still standing.

Coastal flooding washed away most of the first floor of this home; however, the piers and roof are still standing.
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Coastal flooding washed away this home but left the masonry piers, which are set in concrete bases.

Coastal flooding washed away this home but left the masonry piers, which are set in concrete bases.
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Code Compliant Portal Frames Built Right

Code Compliant Portal Frames Built Right
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Cold-Climate Air Source Heat Pump Install Guide: Part 1 - Plan

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Cold-Climate Air Source Heat Pump Install Guide: Part 10 - Charging

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Cold-Climate Air Source Heat Pump Install Guide: Part 11 - Electrical

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Cold-Climate Air Source Heat Pump Install Guide: Part 12 - Startup

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Cold-Climate Air Source Heat Pump Install Guide: Part 13 - Odds and Ends

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Cold-Climate Air Source Heat Pump Install Guide: Part 14 - Handoff

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Cold-Climate Air Source Heat Pump Install Guide: Part 2 - Indoor Unit

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Cold-Climate Air Source Heat Pump Install Guide: Part 3 - Outdoor Unit