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

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.

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.

Article summarizing for potential homeowners items to check or demand from the builder in designing a home for a cold climate.

Guidance from Zero Energy Project on construction techniques for warmer climates, such as home orientation, and insulation requirements.

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

Guidance document from the UN environment programme on climate-resilient buildings and communities practices, including guidance on heat waves, drought, hurricanes, and flooding.

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

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

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.

Report describing retrofitting options and methodology for architects, developers, and property owners to use when making decisions about retrofits for common building types in NY.

Article from NAHB research center describing home building techniques for homes in hot climate zones.

Brochure providing information about flashing in all cimates.

Report providing builders in marine climates with guidance for building homes that have whole-house energy savings of 40% over the Building America benchmark with no added overall costs for consumers.

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

A guidebook helping builders in hot-humid climates design and construct homes for energy efficiency, durability, health, safety, and comfort.

Study comparing the thermal performance of phase change materials to concrete construction during heat waves.

Report describing measures that builders in mixed-humid climates can use to build homes that have whole-house energy savings of 40% over the Building America benchmark with no added overall costs for consumers.

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.

Installation manual describing proper installation practices, industry standards and the code requirements of roofing tiles.

Technical report presenting the results of an evaluation of homes using high-efficiency mini-split heat pumps to supplement the primary heating and cooling systems.

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

Study investigating measured cooling energy savings from the installation of wall finishes with higher solar reflectance.

Guide describing measures that builders in the cold and very cold climates can take to build homes that have whole-house energy savings of 40% over the Building America benchmark with no added overall costs for consumers.

Paper describing the effects of tree canopies on residential climates indicating tree cover to be beneficial to climate conditions

Webpage providing an ENERGY STAR climate zone map and criteria for ENERGY STAR storm windows per climate zone.

Website describing how wildfires spread and how fuels, weather, and topography influence fires.