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Video showing proper attic ventilation systems for hurricane-prone regions compliant with IBHS Fortified Home standards.
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PNNL
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Case study describing a new home builder that strives to address health, safety, and durability issues in a hot and humid 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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PNNL
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Case study describing new home construction in the hot-humid climate, optimizing thermal enclosure, HVAC, water heating and lighting measures.
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Steven Winter Associates
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Presentation with technical training covering several possible approaches to locating ducts within the home’s air and thermal barriers, and then dig into design considerations and details for the spray foam encapsulation approach.
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PNNL
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Case study describing the benefits of installing a radiant barrier in the attic as well as varying options and guidelines for doing so.
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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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PNNL
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Case study describing the options and techniques one should consider when trying to insulate attic knee walls in order to reduce air leakage.
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PNNL
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Case study describing a whole-house, deep energy retrofit project in the marine climate.
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PNNL
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Case study describing a production builder that achieves HERS scores of 60, compared to 85 for other builders that build new homes to Florida code.
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PNNL
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Case study describing the elimination of excessive humidity in the attic of a multi-floor, single-family home that was causing condensation and water damage along the roof and eaves.
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PNNL
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Case study describing a new construction building project of 20 homes that earned HERS scores that represent greater than 50% energy savings in heating and cooling over the 2004 IECC.
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PNNL
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Case study describing new home construction in the marine climate that achieved 50% savings over the 2004 IECC.
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PNNL,
DOE
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Case study showing project and performance data and energy-efficiency measures for a DOE 2017 Housing Innovation Award winning home that was certified to the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home criteria.
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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 Old Greenwich CT, that scored HERS 42 without PV and HERS 20 with PV.
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Guide describing ways to seal drywall to the top plate of an exterior wall to air-seal the wall cavity.
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Guide outlining how to retrofit an exterior wall and/or attic to provide continuous air sealing.
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Guide describing how to correctly air-seal a wall with missing top plates or open wall cavities.
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Guide describing how to re-roof an existing home with a sloped and add insulation above the roof deck.
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Guide describing construction of sloped roofs that are unvented and are insulated above the roof deck.
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Guide describing how to add spray foam insulation to the underside of the existing roof deck as part of the conversion of a vented attic to an unvented, insulated attic.
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Guide providing guidance on insulating attic eaves in new and existing single-family homes and multifamily buildings.
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Guide describing how to select and install whole-house ventilation systems for existing homes.