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Video overviewing how to make a home flood resistant, meaning that they can be quickly restored to their original condition after a natural disaster. Recommendations from LSU AgCenter.
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Fact sheet providing an overview of the FEMA document Wind Retrofit Guide for Residential Buildings.
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Video from National Fire Protection Association highlighting 5 key areas that can ignite a structure, including site, openings, vents, and materials recommendations.
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Article describing how to weatherproof dormers using peel-and-stick membranes when flashing a dormer.
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Checklist providing information about the specific requirements of FORTIFIED Roof™ design and construction standard for re-roofing specific for hurricane resistance.
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Checklist providing options and a guide for taping roof deck seams.
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Report covering the performance of residential buildings during three hurricanes impacting Florida in 2004.
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Factsheet describing ways to install sheathing over existing 1x roof decking.
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Journal article reporting on field experience of unvented cathedralized (UC) attics in several environments in the United States.
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Specifications to assist builders in designing and constructing homes equipped with a set of features that make the installation of solar energy systems after the completion of the home’s construction easier and less expensive.
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Webpage from Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) on identifying key problem spots on unreinforced masonry chimneys and how to retrofit them to withstand seismic forces.
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Fact sheet from Wisconsin Focus on Energy explaining how to prevent future ice dams on homes by learning about their formation and mitigation of contributing factors.
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Article from Green Building Advisor on strategies to take when building homes to reduce the need for air conditioning, including insulation, windows, site selection, and roofing.
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Study reporting the results of comparative testing of the effect of various roof types on cooling energy performance in a test facility.
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Checklist providing additional guidance and options for asphalt shingle installations at roof edges, intersections and valleys.
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Checklist intending to clarify FORTIFIED Home™ eligibility requirements that relate to a home’s foundation.
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Report providing architects, designers, and homeowners with information to make house plans useful for constructing a more wind resilient structure.
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Checklist providing information about the specific requirements of FORTIFIED Roof™ design and construction standard for re-roofing specific for high wind resistance.
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Guide describing the requirements by FORTIFIED Home™ for improving the home's resistance in severe thunderstorms, straight-line wind events, and high winds at the outer edges of tornadoes.
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An EPA guide describing the causes and impacts of summertime urban heat islands, promoting strategies for lowering temperatures in U.S. communities.
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Article describing how the configuration of surrounding buildings affects the wind loads on a hip roof in a low-rise building.
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Report providing a collection of fact sheets describing guidance for constructing homes in wildfire zones.
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The FPC Monitoring project has evaluated radiant barrier systems (RBS) as a new potential DSM program.
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Article describing the importance of air sealing, insulation, and roof ventilation in reducing the likelihood of ice dam formation on roofs in cold snowy climates.
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Report describing the formation of icicles and ice dams along poorly ventilated roofs and how to mitigate ventilation issues with insulation and vents.
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Report presenting information that aids qualified architects and engineers in the identification of the best available refuge areas in existing buildings for sheltering in place during a tornado.
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Video describing home strengthening efforts in Alabama following 2011 tornados including recommendations based on FEMA guidelines.
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Video that describes the roof shape that best stands up to high wind conditions (from the exhibition Designing for Disaster at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.