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Brick veneer framed wall supported by a concrete slab-on-grade foundation with a turn-down footing insulated on its top surface, showing anchorage of the wall to the foundation for seismic resistance

Brick veneer framed wall supported by a concrete slab-on-grade foundation with a turn-down footing insulated on its top surface, showing anchorage of the wall to the foundation for seismic resistance
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Builders Challenge High Performance Builder Spotlight: David Weekley Homes, Houston, Texas

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Builders Challenge Technology Information Packages - Cold Climate: Chicago

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Building A Safer House

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

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

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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 Top Innovations 2013: Next Generation Advanced Framing

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Building America Webinar: High-Performance Enclosure Strategies, Part I: Unvented Roof Systems and Innovative Advanced Framing Strategies

Building America Webinar: High-Performance Enclosure Strategies, Part I: Unvented Roof Systems and Innovative Advanced Framing Strategies
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Building Enclosure: Stone Veneer Installation Interior Drainage Plane

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Building Science for Dry Climates 3 - Combustion Safety

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Canned spray foam can be used to air seal the rough opening around the windows

Canned spray foam can be used to air seal the rough opening around the windows
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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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Certified Insulated Siding: Quality, Comfort and Energy Performance

Certified Insulated Siding: Quality, Comfort and Energy Performance
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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 foam backer rod comes in various widths and is used to air seal and provide a backing for caulk and spray foam in the rough opening around an existing window

Closed-cell foam backer rod comes in various widths and is used to air seal and provide a backing for caulk and spray foam in the rough opening around an existing window
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Closed-cell spray foam insulation is added to the wall cavities of an existing exterior wall

Closed-cell spray foam insulation is added to the wall cavities of an existing exterior wall
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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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Code Compliant Portal Frames Built Right

Code Compliant Portal Frames Built Right
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Cold Climate Building Techniques and Concepts: Cathedral Roofs

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Column-to-Foundation Connection Detail, per Fortified Home

Column-to-Foundation Connection Detail, per Fortified Home
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Combustion safety testing using a smoke pen

Combustion safety testing using a smoke pen