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Article from NREL on wall construction guidelines for homes in hot climate zones.

Article from The Home Energy Community of Practice on designing energy efficient homes in hot climate zones, including home orientation, window location, and roof design considerations.

Webpage featuring hundreds of illustrations of masonry construction details for brick, congrete, stone, tile, stucco, etc.

Technical fact sheet highlighting important building connections and illustrating the proper use of various types of connection hardware; also published in FEMA P-499 “Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction: Technical Fact Sheet Series.”

Projectile missile testing of various wall panel configuration to understand how the different wall constructions would perform when struck with wind driven debris from a hurricane.

California Energy Commission report presenting the concept of cool walls and providing guidelines for their building- and climate-appropriate use to conserve energy and reduce emissions.

Information sheet with nail withdrawl capacities in OSB.

Checklist for verifying FORTIFIED levels and documentation needed.

Brochure describing advanced framing techniques.

Site showing flame spread ratings and definitions for common building materials.

A guide for designers, architects, engineers, and fire experts on how to design rainscreen and ventilated cavities such that they don’t contribute to the spread of a fire.

An example of a commercially available thermally expansive fire stopping product for controlling the spread of fires in a rainscreen cavity.

Report covering the rainwater performance of building assemblies.

Guide describing advanced framing, a system of construction framing techniques designed to optimize material usage and increase energy efficiency.

Manual describing design, detailing, material selection and troubleshooting for plaster, IEFs, and drywall, with information on continuous insulation, air barriers, rain screens, and ratings for fire and sound.

A study on how fires spread through exterior building envelopes with discussion on how fires propagate in a rain screen cavity.