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Climate Consultant is a software tool for helping architects, builders, contractor, homeowners, and students to understand their local climate.

Website providing weather data.

Report assessing the science of climate change with a focus on the U.S.

Book presenting the best techniques for energy and resource efficient residential construction in the colder climates of North America.

Q&A article discussing how to address moisture issues in an attic in a wet and humid coastal climate.

Article from Green Building Advisor on the importance of window selection in hot climates, with an emphasis on window glazing.

Website providing data indicating climate change.

Report on improving passive design adoption rates.

Website of the Cold Climate Housing Research Center.

Website providing guidance for people to find and use tools, information, and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience.

ENERGY STAR website to find the best windows by selecting your state and county (or zip code in California) to find your climate zone and learn more about picking the best product for your area.

Research study making several recommendations to whole-home program designers and implementers for improving the cost effectiveness and reach of whole-home programs.

Building science report describing issues with vented attics in hot-humid climates and how sealed attic construction may be a solution.

Report on air-sealing programs for energy-efficiency retrofits.

Research study identifying the best performing, most energy-efficient and cost- effective techniques to provide controlled mechanical ventilation and humidity control in hot- humid climates with thermally efficient building envelopes.

This document covers a description of the need and applied solutions for supplemental dehumidification in warm-humid climates, especially for energy efficient homes where the sensible cooling load has been dramatically reduced.

Report on hybrid ventilation methods for insulated and sealed crawl spaces.

Report describing partner approaches to achieving the Building America goal of 30% whole-house source energy savings using packages adopted at the community scale, using building projects in Florida as a reference.

Report identifying Building America and 2021 International Energy Conservation Code climate zone designations for every county in the United States; where a county's climate zone designation has changed since the 2018 IECC, that change is indicated as well.

Webpage presenting updated maps for annual average temperature and precipitation in the contiguous U.S.

Report to understand the long-term moisture performance of unvented roof assemblies with fibrous insulation.

Report analyzing the effect of global climate change on national interests, and providing climate predictions.

Technical report detailing the vulnerabilities of the U.S. electric grid to weather-related failures.

A research paper discussing the use of foundation heat exchangers for ground source heat pump systems in European climates.

Report summarizing systems research activities for new housing in hot-humid climates, including NightCool, interior duct systems in manufactured housing, ventilation and dehumidification, plug load reduction and solar and conventional hot water.

Report presenting the process of a residential retrofit project for houses in the states of Florida and Alabama, including findings at the time of reporting and highlights of the first home to meet the target HERS Index of 70.

A report describing how to build a high-performance affordable house to achieve 30% whole house energy savings in the mixed-humid climate region.

Part I of the Guide addresses walls constructed with 2x6 wood frame studs, wood structural panel (WSP) sheathing as exterior sheathing, gypsum board as interior sheathing, and a cladding system installed over WSP sheathing in low-rise residential buildings up to three stories in height. Walls with...

Report evaluating the accuracy of the regression technique used in 2006 by using the same least-squares regression analysis on data created from hourly energy simulation software.

Research study describing how envelope modifications in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, and domestic hot water and renewable resources can result in considerable energy reductions, using the first full year of detailed data collected about a single-family home that experienced a series...