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Closed-cell backer rod is installed for air-sealing window and door rough openings.

Closed-cell backer rod is installed for air-sealing window and door rough openings.
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Closed-cell foam backer rod is installed into the rough opening around this existing window to provide air sealing.

Closed-cell foam backer rod is installed into the rough opening around this existing window to provide air sealing.
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Coastal Habitats

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Cold Climate Building Techniques and Concepts: building a raised floor

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Cold Climate Building Techniques and Concepts: Cathedral Roofs

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Cold Climate Building Techniques and Concepts: Vapor retarder

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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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Colleyville Eco House Prototype

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Common points of rodent entry and infestation around a home

Common points of rodent entry and infestation around a home
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Compartmentalization isolates each dwelling unit within a multistory multifamily building, preventing vertical and horizontal airflow between units

Compartmentalization isolates each dwelling unit within a multistory multifamily building, preventing vertical and horizontal airflow between units
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Compartmentalization isolates each dwelling unit within a rowhouse, preventing horizontal airflow between units

Compartmentalization isolates each dwelling unit within a rowhouse, preventing horizontal airflow between units
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Compartmentalization uses air sealing to reduce the stack effect in a multistory building - the large vertical pressure difference in a tall building is separated into smaller pressure differences at each floor

Compartmentalization uses air sealing to reduce the stack effect in a multistory building - the large vertical pressure difference in a tall building is separated into smaller pressure differences at each floor
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Complete Window and Frame Replacement

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Conceptual air sealing strategy - lower wall section

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Conceptual air sealing strategy - lower wall section
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Conceptual air sealing strategy - upper wall section

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Conceptual air sealing strategy - upper wall section
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Conceptual air sealing strategy at upper floor band joist

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Conceptual air sealing strategy at upper floor band joist
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Conceptual insulation at cape-style roof - ceiling and knee wall cavity insulation

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Conceptual insulation at cape-style roof - ceiling and knee wall cavity insulation
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Conceptual insulation at cape-style roof - roof cavity insulation with rigid insulation closure

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Conceptual insulation at cape-style roof - roof cavity insulation with rigid insulation closure
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Conceptual insulation practice at attic-style truss system - above conditioned space

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Conceptual insulation practice at attic-style truss system - above conditioned space
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Conceptual insulation practice at attic-style truss system - above unconditioned space

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Conceptual insulation practice at attic-style truss system - above unconditioned space
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Concord Cape Prototype

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Condensation in storm windows can be prevented by air sealing around the storm window and allowing some ventilation to the outside from the original window

Condensation in storm windows can be prevented by air sealing around the storm window and allowing some ventilation to the outside from the original window
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Conducting a Residential Duct Leakage Test and Blower Door Test: Calculating the volume of the home