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

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Building Code Training - Residential Thermal Envelope - Air Sealing

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Building Science for Dry Climates 3 - Combustion Safety

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Buried ducts are laid on the floor of a vented attic then covered with spray foam and blown attic floor insulation

Buried ducts are laid on the floor of a vented attic then covered with spray foam and blown attic floor insulation
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Burried and encapsulated ducts in a ceiling plane

Burried and encapsulated ducts in a ceiling plane
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Category III oil-fired, sealed-combustion boiler configured as a direct-vented appliance that draws its combustion air from outside

Category III oil-fired, sealed-combustion boiler configured as a direct-vented appliance that draws its combustion air from outside
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CCHRC Solar Thermal

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CCHRC: Combustion Safety Test

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Ceiling fan meets minimum clearance

Ceiling fan meets minimum clearance
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Ceiling fans can be used to aid a night flush strategy by helping to cool down wall and floor surfaces more thoroughly at night, and by providing comfort ventilation during the day

Ceiling fans can be used to aid a night flush strategy by helping to cool down wall and floor surfaces more thoroughly at night, and by providing comfort ventilation during the day
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Ceiling gypsum board has been installed

Ceiling gypsum board has been installed
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Ceiling joists extend out to provide very strong roof overhangs that will resist uplift pressures in high winds.

Ceiling joists extend out to provide very strong roof overhangs that will resist uplift pressures in high winds.
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Chase framing is completed and ready for drywall

Chase framing is completed and ready for drywall
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Closed-cell spray foam insulation covers the attic floor to provide a continuous air control layer.

Closed-cell spray foam insulation covers the attic floor to provide a continuous air control layer.
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Clothes dryers vented directly to outdoors, except for ventless dryers equipped with a condensate drain

Clothes dryers vented directly to outdoors, except for ventless dryers equipped with a condensate drain
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Cold Climate Building Techniques and Concepts: Cathedral Roofs

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Combustion safety testing using a smoke pen

Combustion safety testing using a smoke pen
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Compare gas tankless water heater efficiencies on the Energy Guide labels or look for the ENERGY STAR label

Compare gas tankless water heater efficiencies on the Energy Guide labels or look for the ENERGY STAR label
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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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Condensing dryer

Condensing dryer
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Cooling setting adjustments on a refrigerator allow the unit to be tuned to meet the target temperature for energy efficiency

Cooling setting adjustments on a refrigerator allow the unit to be tuned to meet the target temperature for energy efficiency