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Web based tool providing decision-making guidance for selecting wall assembly components.
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Journal article describing lessons learned from updating a 16-year-old deep-energy retrofit.
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Article from Building Science Corporation on construction techniques for extreme heat conditions in Dubai and Las Vegas.
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Report that considers a number of promising wall systems that can meet the requirement for better thermal control.
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Website describing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR New Homes and Apartments program with links to builder and homeowner resources.
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Report documenting short-term test results of the Shift House and compares the results of Passive House Planning Package and Building Energy Optimization modeling of the project.
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Report discussing how to create livable space in the attic that meets IRC code requirements by either creating a ventilated roof assembly, or and unvented attic assembly.
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Information sheet briefly summarizing double stud with spray foam wall construction including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy.
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Report evaluating opportunities to improve and streamline delivery of residential retrofit measures.
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Reference investigating the strategy of using buried and/or encapsulated ducts to reduce duct thermal losses in residential buildings.
Video
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Video from Home Innovation Research Labs showing how to correctly install brick cladding on exterior walls with a drainage cavity behind it for moisture prevention.
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Article describing vapor retarder requirements in the International Residential Code and International Building Code 2021.
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The purpose for this document is to provide basic guidance on the use of proven installation techniques that can be used by installers to help ensure correct “dense pack” application of JM Spider® in drill & fill applications.
Case Study
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Case study describing the source of ice dams and how to prevent them from occurring in varying climate conditions with different types of attics.
Case Study
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Case study describing the retrofit of a 1960s split-level home.
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Report about a deep energy retrofit Cool Energy House.
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Report providing information about improving the energy efficiency and long-term durability of the buildings that are being reconstructed post Katrina in New Orleans.
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Report detailing the design and construction of 10 new houses under the Wyandotte Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2.
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Report describing testing and analysis on deep energy retrofits of existing single-family homes in the U.S.
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Report about partnership to build three communities of net zero houses.
Presentation
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Webinar describing high-performance enclosure strategies for unvented roof systems and wall assemblies.
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Brochure with information about how to select and install house wrap and other weather-resistive barriers.
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Report outlining the steps of translating a new home construction scope of work (SOW) to SOW for retrofit.
