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Kwigillingok Energy Efficiency Project

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LaHouse Foundations - Rising Above the Floods

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Landscape trees and shrubs to funnel cooling breeze towards a home in hot climate zones.

Landscape trees and shrubs to funnel cooling breeze towards a home in hot climate zones.
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Lapped and taped polyethylene sheeting

Lapped and taped polyethylene sheeting
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Large deciduous trees provide heat-blocking shade to the walls and windows of this house.

Large deciduous trees provide heat-blocking shade to the walls and windows of this house.
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Leading Force Contracting Services and Vista Homes built this custom spec home in the cold climate in Selah, WA, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2018.

Leading Force Contracting Services and Vista Homes built this custom spec home in the cold climate in Selah, WA, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2018.
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Leading Force Contracting Services built this custom for buyer home in the cold climate in Selah, WA, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2020.

Leading Force Contracting Services built this custom for buyer home in the cold climate in Selah, WA, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2020.
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Leave the soil level around an existing trunk as is (left); do not increase soil height (center) or remove soil in the root zone (right).

Leave the soil level around an existing trunk as is (left); do not increase soil height (center) or remove soil in the root zone (right).
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LifeStyle Homes built custom for buyer home in the cold climate in Downer's Grove, IL, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2019.

LifeStyle Homes built custom for buyer home in the cold climate in Downer's Grove, IL, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2019.
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Lifestyle Homes built this custom spec home in the hot-humid climate in Melbourne, FL, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2016.

Lifestyle Homes built this custom spec home in the hot-humid climate in Melbourne, FL, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2016.
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Lightning Protection Systems

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Living With Fire in the Big Sagebrush/Bitterbrush Environment

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Living With Fire in the Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

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Location of Braced Wall Panels and Braced Wall Lines, Figure R602.10.2.2 in the IRC

Location of Braced Wall Panels and Braced Wall Lines, Figure R602.10.2.2 in the IRC
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Location of distributed forces on a home during a seismic event.

Location of distributed forces on a home during a seismic event.
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Lopez Community Land Trust built this affordable home in the cold climate in Lopez Island, WA, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2021.

Lopez Community Land Trust built this affordable home in the cold climate in Lopez Island, WA, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2021.
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Low perimeter to area (P/A) ratio home designs reduce heat transfer and perform better in hot climate zones than high P/A ratio homes.

Low perimeter to area (P/A) ratio home designs reduce heat transfer and perform better in hot climate zones than high P/A ratio homes.
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M Street Homes built this production home in the hot-humid climate in Houston, TX, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2014.

M Street Homes built this production home in the hot-humid climate in Houston, TX, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2014.
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Manatee County Habitat for Humanity built this affordable home in the hot-humid climate in Bradenton, FL, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2013.

Manatee County Habitat for Humanity built this affordable home in the hot-humid climate in Bradenton, FL, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2013.
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Mandalay Communities built this production home in the mixed-humid climate in Prescott Valley, AZ, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2020.

Mandalay Communities built this production home in the mixed-humid climate in Prescott Valley, AZ, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2020.
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Mandalay Homes built this affordable home in the hot-dry climate in Phoenix, AZ, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2013.

Mandalay Homes built this affordable home in the hot-dry climate in Phoenix, AZ, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2013.
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Mandalay Homes built this affordable home in the hot-dry climate in Phoenix, AZ, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2018.

Mandalay Homes built this affordable home in the hot-dry climate in Phoenix, AZ, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2018.
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Mandalay Homes built this custom spec home in the marine climate in Sedro Wooley, WA, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2021.

Mandalay Homes built this custom spec home in the marine climate in Sedro Wooley, WA, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2021.
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Mandalay Homes built this production home in the hot-dry climate in Wickenburg, AZ, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2018.

Mandalay Homes built this production home in the hot-dry climate in Wickenburg, AZ, and certified it to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specifications in 2018.