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Calculating Design Heating Loads for Superinsulated Buildings, Ithaca NY

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Casement windows allow full airflow through the entire window area

Casement windows allow full airflow through the entire window area
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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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Cold Climate Building Techniques and Concepts: building a raised floor

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Comfort ventilation focuses on airflow over occupants; in this example of wind-driven cross ventilation, the air is directed through the main occupied areas of the bedroom

Comfort ventilation focuses on airflow over occupants; in this example of wind-driven cross ventilation, the air is directed through the main occupied areas of the bedroom
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Complete water management strategy for a below-grade wall

Complete water management strategy for a below-grade wall
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Concept behind an evaporative cooler – warm air is cooled as the air passes through a wet medium and gives up some of its heat to evaporate the water

Concept behind an evaporative cooler – warm air is cooled as the air passes through a wet medium and gives up some of its heat to evaporate the water
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Concrete masonry basement wall with exterior insulation.

Concrete masonry basement wall with exterior insulation.
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Cool towers like this one at the Zion National Park Visitor Center can provide cooling to a building without any energy consumption

Cool towers like this one at the Zion National Park Visitor Center can provide cooling to a building without any energy consumption
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Cooling air temperatures that can be achieved by a direct evaporative cooler at various outdoor conditions

Cooling air temperatures that can be achieved by a direct evaporative cooler at various outdoor conditions
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Create a cool room to shelter from extreme heat by selecting a room in the basement or on the north or shaded side of the house, air sealing and insulating, providing low-wattage and battery-operated cooling, and reducing interior heat loads.

Create a cool room to shelter from extreme heat by selecting a room in the basement or on the north or shaded side of the house, air sealing and insulating, providing low-wattage and battery-operated cooling, and reducing interior heat loads.
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Deep overhangs and porches provide midday shade for most of the windows on this home in Albuquerque, NM.

Deep overhangs and porches provide midday shade for most of the windows on this home in Albuquerque, NM.
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Dense hedges can encourage cross ventilation (left image) or not (right image) depending on how they are placed relative to windows

Dense hedges can encourage cross ventilation (left image) or not (right image) depending on how they are placed relative to windows
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Designing Porous Polymers for Daytime Radiative Cooling

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Desuperheater for domestic hot water

Desuperheater for domestic hot water
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Detail of radon vent stack connection to existing basement slab – retrofit basement construction

Detail of radon vent stack connection to existing basement slab – retrofit basement construction
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DOE ZERH HIA 2013 Case Study: Preferred Builders, Old Greenwich, Connecticut

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DOE ZERH HIA 2017 Case Study: Thrive Home Builders, Courtyard Rows, Lone Tree, CO

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Double fan window units can have multiple operational modes; most often outdoor air will be brought in at night when outdoor conditions are cooler

Double fan window units can have multiple operational modes; most often outdoor air will be brought in at night when outdoor conditions are cooler
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Drainage and waterproofing system components in a basement, footing detail

Drainage and waterproofing system components in a basement, footing detail
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Drainage and waterproofing system components in a basement, single perimeter drain system, footing detail

Drainage and waterproofing system components in a basement, single perimeter drain system, footing detail
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Drainage and waterproofing system components of a basement, sill detail

Drainage and waterproofing system components of a basement, sill detail
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Dry Basements: A Builder's Success Story

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Dry Floodproofing