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Website article interviewing the inventor of the Larsen truss, a history of its use, and a discussion of its advantages and disadvantages.
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Report covering exterior energy retrofits of masonry buildings.
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Video describing hurricane ties and how they make your home more ready for severe weather by strengthening structural connections.
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Article describing thermal bridging, construction practices that encourage thermal bridging, and solutions.
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Fact sheet describing building envelope performance measures applicable to residential and small commercial construction.
Guide
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Guide describing how to complete remove and replace a window in an existing home.
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Article describing the control layers (air, thermal, and vapor barriers) needed to build homes successfully in very cold locations.
Case Study
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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2017 Housing Innovation Award winner that scored HERS 38 without PV and 4 with PV.
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Brochure explaining the essential basis for advanced framing and some of the more common advanced framing details.
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Journal article describing lessons learned from updating a 16-year-old deep-energy retrofit.
Case Study
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Case study describing a whole-house, deep energy retrofit project in the marine climate.
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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.
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Case study describing the retrofit of a 1960s split-level home.
Information Guide
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Information guide providing an overview of pest-resistant construction practices and guides in the Building America Solution Center for builders, contractors, and home owners.
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Case study about Artistic Homes of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the first home builder in the United States to offer true net zero energy construction to the average home buyer on every home it builds.
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Report about development of effective strategies to reduce the overall building energy use in line with Building America goals in this modestly priced market rate project.
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Research study exploring a test method measuring air leakage between units through common surfaces and air infiltration across exterior, noncommon surfaces of the enclosure.
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Report exploring feasibility of designing prescriptive retrofit measure packages for typical Chicago region multifamily buildings in order to achieve 25% source energy savings.