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Balanced ventilation strategy for conditioned attic spaces

Balanced ventilation strategy for conditioned attic spaces
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Base flood elevation and other parameters affected by flood depth.

Base flood elevation and other parameters affected by flood depth.
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Basement foundation insulated on interior with rigid foam.

Basement foundation insulated on interior with rigid foam.
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Battery-powered ceiling fans can run for eight or more hours

Battery-powered ceiling fans can run for eight or more hours
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Baxter Community - High Performance Green Building

Baxter Community - High Performance Green Building
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BCD500 (Segment 1 of 3) Code Requirements for Fire and Sound

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Be Hurricane Ready: Secure Soffits

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Because flue temperatures are cool, intake and exhaust ducts on a Category 4 direct-vent sealed-combustion condensing furnace can be made of PVC

Because flue temperatures are cool, intake and exhaust ducts on a Category 4 direct-vent sealed-combustion condensing furnace can be made of PVC
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Bees made a nest in the drainage plane behind a brick veneer wall by entering via unscreened weep holes

Bees made a nest in the drainage plane behind a brick veneer wall by entering via unscreened weep holes
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Berms are compacted earth or gravel ridges that slow the flow of water from rain, riverine flooding, or storm surges in coastal areas.

Berms are compacted earth or gravel ridges that slow the flow of water from rain, riverine flooding, or storm surges in coastal areas.
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Berms, swales, bioswales, ridges, and vegetation all help to control rainwater runoff on residential sites.

Berms, swales, bioswales, ridges, and vegetation all help to control rainwater runoff on residential sites.
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Best Practices Case Study: Devoted Builders, LLC, Mediterrtanean Villas, Pasco,WA

Best Practices Case Study: Devoted Builders, LLC, Mediterrtanean Villas, Pasco,WA
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Bioswales or rain gardens filter storm water through vegetation and rock and sand substrate layers.

Bioswales or rain gardens filter storm water through vegetation and rock and sand substrate layers.
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Braced wall lines in a typical house plan, Figure R602.10.1.1 in the IRC

Braced wall lines in a typical house plan, Figure R602.10.1.1 in the IRC
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Bracing of timber pile foundations.

Bracing of timber pile foundations.
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Brackets and straps anchor a shear wall to the bottom plate and band joist.

Brackets and straps anchor a shear wall to the bottom plate and band joist.
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Brackets are used to child-proof drawers and cabinets.

Brackets are used to child-proof drawers and cabinets.
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Breaking wave pressure distribution against a vertical wall.

Breaking wave pressure distribution against a vertical wall.
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Brick veneer framed wall supported by a concrete slab-on-grade foundation with a turn-down footing insulated on its top surface, showing anchorage of the wall to the foundation for seismic resistance

Brick veneer framed wall supported by a concrete slab-on-grade foundation with a turn-down footing insulated on its top surface, showing anchorage of the wall to the foundation for seismic resistance
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Brick veneer is supported by a concrete stem wall thermally separated from the slab-on-grade foundation with turn-down footing which is also insulated on top; anchorage for seismic resistance is also shown

Brick veneer is supported by a concrete stem wall thermally separated from the slab-on-grade foundation with turn-down footing which is also insulated on top; anchorage for seismic resistance is also shown
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Builders Challenge High Performance Builder Spotlight: Ferrier Custom Homes, Dallas, Texas

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Builders Challenge High Performance Builder Spotlight: Palm Harbor Homes - Bimini II, Plant City, FL

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Builders Challenge High Performance Builder Spotlight: Rural Development Inc., Turner Falls, Massachusetts

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Builders Challenge High Performance Builder Spotlight: Tim O'Brien Homes, Waukesha, Wisconsin