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Make sure the beads of caulk are continuous the full length at each SIP panel seam, such as at the wall-roof seam, to maintain air barrier continuity

Make sure the beads of caulk are continuous the full length at each SIP panel seam, such as at the wall-roof seam, to maintain air barrier continuity

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Thermal Bridges Redux, BSI-062

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Article describing thermal bridging, construction practices that encourage thermal bridging, and solving thermal bridging through continuous exterior insulation.

Corner installed plywood or OSB as shear bracing

Corner installed plywood or OSB as shear bracing

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2-stud corner with 1x4 backer

2-stud corner with 1x4 backer

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Interior intersecting wall with 1x6

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2-stud corner with drywall clips

2-stud corner with drywall clips

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Mini truss header - section

Mini truss header - section

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Outset header with head plate

Outset header with head plate

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Interior intersecting wall with drywall clips

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Interior intersecting wall with ladder blocking

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A pumper is used to place the concrete into the foam form walls

A pumper is used to place the concrete into the foam form walls

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ICF forms are filled with the use of a concrete pumper truck

ICF forms are filled with the use of a concrete pumper truck

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The ICF consists of foam forms that are held in place with plastic or metal spacers and reinforced with metal rebar

The ICF consists of foam forms that are held in place with plastic or metal spacers and reinforced with metal rebar

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Advanced Framing: Minimum Wall Studs

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Guide describing how to frame a wall with minimal wall studs to prevent heat losses and gains through walls.

Thin-profile attic eave baffle and vent

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Properly installed vapor barrier

Properly installed vapor barrier

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Advanced Framing: Minimal Framing at Doors and Windows

Guide

Guide describing how to minimize framing around doors and windows to reduce heat losses and gains through structural framing.

Technology Solutions Case Study: Preventing Thermal Bypass

Case Study

Case study describing techniques used to prevent thermal bypass in new homes.

Advanced framing showing open headers

Advanced framing showing open headers

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Use hat channels attached to the steel studs with stainless steel screws through the rigid foam to attach cladding with less thermal bridging

Use hat channels attached to the steel studs with stainless steel screws through the rigid foam to attach cladding with less thermal bridging

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Double Walls

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Video describing double stud walls.

Other Exterior Walls

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Video describing how to properly air seal exterior walls.

Rigid foam is installed behind the brick veneer and at the slab edge and perimeter to thermally isolate the concrete floor slab from the stem wall

Rigid foam is installed behind the brick veneer and at the slab edge and perimeter to thermally isolate the concrete floor slab from the stem wall

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Rigid foam is installed behind the brick veneer, at the slab edge and perimeter, and down the interior of the stem wall to thermally isolate the concrete floor slab from the stem wall

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New Whole-House Solutions Case Study: Pine Mountain Builders, Pine Mountain, Georgia

Case Study

Case study describing a builder in Georgia that designs energy-efficient homes for a green community, yielding homes with HERS scores as lowas 59 and electric bills as low as $50 a month.

Thermal bridging can be reduced when attaching metal panel cladding to a metal-framed building by attaching the cladding to hat channel that is attached to vertical anchors with clip anchors and screws through the sheathing to the steel studs

Thermal bridging can be reduced when attaching metal panel cladding to a metal-framed building by attaching the cladding to hat channel that is attached to vertical anchors with clip anchors and screws through the sheathing to the steel studs

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Concrete Homes

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Information sheet discussing the properties and benefits of insulating concrete forms.

The thermal boundary for a gable roof can be located at either a) the flat ceiling with a vented attic or b) the roof line for an unvented attic

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A low-sloped shed roof with the thermal boundary located at either a) the flat ceiling with a vented attic or b) the roof line for an unvented attic

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Rigid foam provides intermittent thermal breaks in a continuous slab floor with triple-pane-glass exterior wall panels in this multistory, multifamily building; stainless steel rebar provides structural support through the thermal break

Rigid foam provides intermittent thermal breaks in a continuous slab floor with triple-pane-glass exterior wall panels in this multistory, multifamily building; stainless steel rebar provides structural support through the thermal break

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