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Report discussing Building America whole house systems research within the broad effort to reduce or eliminate the environmental impact of building and provides specific recommendations for future Building America research based on Building Science Corporations experience with several recent...

Guide from Building Science Corporation on how to construct a flood and hurricane resistant home.

Article from Building Science Corporation explaining 'wash and wear buildings' that are designed to be flooded and washed out afterwards.

Document outlining the approach to quality assurance in the construction process as recommended by Building Science Corporation for new residential construction.

Document presenting some of the key technical properties of many of the most common building materials.

Document providing guidance about building healthy homes using building science principles.

Report that describes BSC's Houses That Work II (HTWII) climate-specific technical resource, beginning with an overall HTWII introduction and four sections explaining the four most important hygro-thermal climate regions: Hot-Humid, Mixed-Humid, Cold, and Hot-Dry/Mixed-Dry.

Report summarizing research results for the 30% energy savings level and demonstrates that lead builders can successfully provide 30% homes in the Marine Climate Region on a cost-neutral basis.

Report outlining a case study about a building project in the hot-humid climate zone.

Report providing information about improving the energy efficiency and long-term durability of the buildings that are being reconstructed post Katrina in New Orleans.

Guidebook providing useful examples of high performance retrofit techniques for the building enclosure of wood frame residential construction in a cold and somewhat wet climate.

Document containing some of the basic characteristics for energy performance, durability, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality that should be met in all high performance homes.

Report about a test home project evaluating strategies to elevate the performance of existing homes to a level commensurate with best-in-class implementation of high performance new construction homes.

Document identifying differences between the requirements for construction documents for high performance housing and the documents that are typically produced for conventional housing.

Book presenting the best techniques for energy and resource efficient residential construction in the colder climates of North America.

Report summarizing post-retrofit results for 13 existing homes in a deep energy retrofit pilot program.

Report describing a deep energy retrofit project for a two-family wood framed home located in Belmont, Massachusetts.