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Guide from Building Science Corporation on how to construct a flood and hurricane resistant home.
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Video from 10 Tampa Bay showing how subterranean termites can get into a home and two strategies to deploy to clear your home of termites.
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Document describing the methodology and results from 2009 to 2019 of the National Association of Home Builders' Construction Cost survey, which collects information from builders on the various components that go into the sales price of a typical single-family home.
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Video showing how to inspect your home's exterior and surrounding areas for possible problems from high winds per FLASH Strong Homes Guidelines.
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Video giving guidelines on how to restore a home after a flood to prevent further issues. Recommendations from LSU AgCenter.
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Video from FIRESafe Marin explaining how decks can be a major weak point for embers to ignite. Proper construction and materials shown in the video reduce the risk of ignition.
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Video from the University of Nevada - Reno explaining how a particular fire, the Washoe Drive Fire, was able to spread rapidly and affect homes and other structures through flying embers reaching roofs, vents, garages, and other openings.
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Video from Home Innovation Research Labs providing recommendations for constructing foundations that direct water away from the structure, focusing on site grading, damp proofing, and foundation drainage.
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2019 version of the California Residential Code.
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Wildfire guidance for homes located in the wildland urban interface, focused on site design and individual pieces of the home.
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Webinar focusing on the technical strategies used in successful real-world deep energy retrofits (DER).
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Webpage with links to documents providing the program requirements and checklists for ENERGY STAR Certified Multifamily Homes, national and regional program requirements.
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Website describing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR New Homes and Apartments program with links to builder and homeowner resources.
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Website showing compliance timelines for various versions of the ENERGY STAR Multi-Family New Construciton program requirements with links to national program requirements documents and checklists.
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Report describing a project focused on the use of home energy ratings as a tool to promote energy retrofits in existing homes.
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Report about instrumentation and limited short-term testing completed on a retrofit unoccupied test house in Fresno, California.
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The website of the Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction at University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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2015 edition of code establishing a baseline for existing building retrofits to reach appropriate safety levels under new construction requirements covered in other ICC codes.
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2012 edition of code establishing a baseline for existing building retrofits to reach appropriate safety levels under new construction requirements covered in other ICC codes.
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A report describing methods for constructing homes and treating soils to reduce the risk of termites in buildings.
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Video explaining the effects that lightning damage can have on a home and ways to make your home more resistant to lightning strikes per FLASH Strong Homes guidelines.
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Webinar reviewing a newly published guide of fire codes from the National Fire Protection Association.
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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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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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A guide about the above code residential home certification called Earth Advantage and required and optional measures available to meet the point requirements for certification.
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Factsheet describing ways to retrofit a home to make it more earthquake resistant.
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Guidance from HUD on how to restore homes following natural disasters in Puerto Rico.
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Guidebook that provides information on earthquake hazards that can damage homes, the design and retrofit of earthquake resistant housing, and how to find more information on earthquake safety.
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Report about a deep energy retrofit Cool Energy House.
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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.