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ENERGY STAR
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Tax credit for ENERGY STAR certified windows, doors and skylights.
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InterNACHI
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Video from the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors on how to inspect your home for wind resistance, including door and window impact ratings.
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PNNL
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Case study describing a retrofit project in the marine climate.
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PNNL
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Case study describing a home builder that has refined its home designs to achieve HERS scores of 49 to 56 on 40 to 70 homes per year.
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CARB,
SWA
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Case study describing a high performance test home incorporating best practices for energy efficiency.
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BSC
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Case study describing a new construction net zero energy home.
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PNNL
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Case study describing one of three deep energy renovations of occupied affordable homes.
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BA-PIRC,
FSEC
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Case study describing a package of energy- efficiency measures for new manufactured homes in the Pacific Northwest, including triple-pane highly efficient windows.
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PNNL
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This video provides an overview of convection in buildings, with an introduction to Newton's Law of cooling.
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PNNL
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This video provides an overview of heat transfer and discusses how heat transfer occurs in residential buildings.
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PNNL,
DOE
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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2013 Housing Innovation Award Winner in Winter Park FL that scored HERS 57 without PV or HERS -7 with PV.
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Video from LSU AgCenter describing dry floodproofing and how to dry floodproof your home.
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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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FSEC,
BA-PIRC
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Case study describing a new home construction project in Florida.
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Colorado State University,
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
USDA
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Fact sheet describing air-sealing concerns and remedies, including HRV/ERV installation, caulking, spray foam, and weatherstrip installation.
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BSC
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Case study describing a four-square Concord home retrofitted by Building Science Corporation in Massachusetts.
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DOE
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Case study describing building in cold and very cold climates.
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BSC
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Case study describing an effort to create a comfortable, healthy, durable and energy efficient single family home.
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BA-PIRC,
FSEC
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Case study describing technologies that can be implemented in new manufactured homes to increase comfort and realize energy savings.
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BSC
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Case study describing project conducted by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell (HfHGL) and Building Science Corporation (BSC).
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CARB,
SWA
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Case study describing a deep energy retrofit, turning an old school into 12 high-end apartments in Greenfield, MA.
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BSC
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Case study describing a Concord Cape Cod style home designed in August 2008 by architects and engineers at Building Science Corporation, who developed the drawing set and specifications for the high performance custom home in Concord, Massachusetts.
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PNNL,
DOE
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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2014 Housing Innovation Award winner that scored HERS 49 without PV.
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PNNL,
DOE
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Case study describing the first DOE Zero Energy Ready Home in Georgia that achieved a HERS score of 40 without PV and -10 with PV.
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PNNL,
DOE
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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2014 Housing Innovation Award winner that scored HERS 69 without PV and -1 with PV.
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PNNL,
DOE
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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2014 Housing Innovation Award winner that scored HERS 45 without PV and 32 with PV and is the first home in the world to use a tri-generation system to supply electricity, heating, and cooling on site.
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HIRL
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Case study describing the Green Home 3 project, which achieved a 44% whole-house energy savings over the Building America New Construction B10 Benchmark, DOE Zero Energy Ready Home certification, and National Green Building Standard Gold-level certification.
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Information guide describing how to apply a whole-house approach to home improvement with energy efficiency upgrades, improved indoor air quality, and increased comfort.
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Information guide providing background information about heat flow in residential buildings.