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Attic radiant barriers

Attic radiant barriers
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Baffles provide an air space over the insulation to guide ventilation air from the soffit vents up along the underside of the roof deck

Baffles provide an air space over the insulation to guide ventilation air from the soffit vents up along the underside of the roof deck
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Basic components of a gas tankless water heater include a high-powered burner, fan, and heat exchanger; condensing gas water heaters also have a secondary heat exchanger and a piped air intake to the sealed combustion chamber

Basic components of a gas tankless water heater include a high-powered burner, fan, and heat exchanger; condensing gas water heaters also have a secondary heat exchanger and a piped air intake to the sealed combustion chamber
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Batt insulation is not an effective air barrier

Batt insulation is not an effective air barrier
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Best Practices Case Study: Nelson Construction, Hamilton Way, Farmingon, CT

Best Practices Case Study: Nelson Construction, Hamilton Way, Farmingon, CT
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Builders Challenge High Performance Builder Spotlight: Clarum Homes, Watsonville, California

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Builders Challenge High Performance Builder Spotlight: Tindall Homes, Princeton, New Jersey

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Builders Challenge Technology Information Packages - Cold Climate: Chicago

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Building America Case Study Technology Solutions for Existing Homes: Bedford Farmhouse High Performance Retrofit Prototype

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Building America Case Study Technology Solutions for Existing Homes: Concord Four Square Retrofit

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Building America Case Study: Assessment of a Hybrid Retrofit Gas Water Heater

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Building America Case Study: Indoor Heat Pump Water Heaters During Summer in a Hot-Dry Climate, Redding, California

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Building America Case Study: Side-by-Side Testing of Water Heating Systems: Results from the 2013–2014 Evaluation Final Report

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Building America Case Study: Simple Retrofit High-Efficiency Natural Gas Water Heater Field Test, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Building America Case Study: Simplified Air Distribution, Desuperheaters, and Sub-Slab Geothermal Heat Exchangers

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Building America Case Study: Tankless Gas Water Heater Performance

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Building America Efficient Solutions for New Homes: Case Study: Concord Cape Prototype

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Building America Energy Performance Brief: Insulating Hot Water Heaters

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Building America Existing Home Case Study: Insulated Siding Retrofit in a Cold Climate, New Paltz, New York

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Building America Top Innovations 2013: Community Scale High-Performance with Solar: Pulte Homes, Tucson, AZ

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Building America Webinar: Central Multifamily Water Heating Systems

Building America Webinar: Central Multifamily Water Heating Systems
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Building Code Training - Residential Thermal Envelope - Air Sealing

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Building Enclosure: Exterior House Wrap Installation

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Building Science Education 4.8: Water Heating Technologies

Water Heating Technologies