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ENERGY STAR-rated ceiling fans and openable windows oriented to prevailing summer breezes help provide low-cost cooling.

ENERGY STAR-rated ceiling fans and openable windows oriented to prevailing summer breezes help provide low-cost cooling.
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Ensure that the top of the window well is level prior to installing blinds.

Ensure that the top of the window well is level prior to installing blinds.
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Ensure there is enough space between the blinds and window to allow for free movement.

Ensure there is enough space between the blinds and window to allow for free movement.
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Equitably Transforming to a 100% Renewable Energy Society

Equitably Transforming to a 100% Renewable Energy Society
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Even when wind is blowing parallel to a wall, an open casement window can create a zone of higher pressure near the window opening, driving airflow into the house

Even when wind is blowing parallel to a wall, an open casement window can create a zone of higher pressure near the window opening, driving airflow into the house
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Even with R-30 of insulation in the wall, its overall R-value is R-5 if it has single-pane windows; triple-pane windows bring that up to R-16

Even with R-30 of insulation in the wall, its overall R-value is R-5 if it has single-pane windows; triple-pane windows bring that up to R-16
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Example jamb detail for a replacement window sash

Example jamb detail for a replacement window sash
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Example of a basic layout for a DC-coupled off-grid solar battery system using a MPPT solar charge controller

Example of a basic layout for a DC-coupled off-grid solar battery system using a MPPT solar charge controller
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Example sill detail for window replacement without siding replacement

Example sill detail for window replacement without siding replacement
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Example sill detail of "innie" window

Example sill detail of "innie" window
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Example sill detail of "outie" window

Example sill detail of "outie" window
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Example sill detail of insert replacement window

Example sill detail of insert replacement window
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Example sill detail of replacement window in conjunction with siding replacement

Example sill detail of replacement window in conjunction with siding replacement
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Exhibit 1 - DOE ZERH Mandatory Window Requirements [Revision 07].

Exhibit 1 - DOE ZERH Mandatory Window Requirements [Revision 07].
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Exhibit 2 - DOE ZERH Target Home Window Requirements [Revision 07].

Exhibit 2 - DOE ZERH Target Home Window Requirements [Revision 07].
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Existing Whole-House Solutions Case Study: Build San Antonio Green, San Antonio, Texas

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Existing Whole-House Solutions Case Study: Conway Street Apartments - Greenfield, Massachusetts

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Existing Whole-House Solutions Case Study: Deep Energy Retrofit of 1910 House, Portland, Oregon

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Existing Whole-House Solutions Case Study: Evaluation of a Multifamily Retrofit in Climate Zone 5, Boulder, Colorado

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Existing Whole-House Solutions Case Study: SMUD's 32nd Avenue Remodel Demonstration Program, Sacramento, CA

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Existing Whole-House Solutions Case Study: SMUD's Energy Efficient Remodel Demonstration Project

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Existing Whole-House Solutions Case Study: SMUD's Energy Efficient Remodel Demonstration Project: Sacramento, CA

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Extension boxes of plywood built around the windows on this wall retrofit will be flush with the outer layer of exterior rigid insulation

Extension boxes of plywood built around the windows on this wall retrofit will be flush with the outer layer of exterior rigid insulation
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Exterior aluminum storm window showing weep channel, example 1

Exterior aluminum storm window showing weep channel, example 1