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Case study describing a DOE Building America Top Innovation on HVAC ducts located in vented attics that are encapsulated in foam and buried in attic insulation.

Case study describing how using buried and/or encapsulated ducts can reduce duct thermal losses in existing homes.

Case study describing the most cost-effective ways to reduce duct leakage in low-rise housing units.

Case study describing the New American Home project.

Case study describing how a properly designed duct system is essential for keeping a home comfortable, managing indoor air quality, and maximizing the performance of heating and cooling equipment.

Case study describing a construction project in Hilton Head, SC utilizing a whole-house performance approach.

Case study describing a new construction project in the marine climate zone.

Case study describing a building project in the mixed-humid climate zone.

Case study describing a building project in the mixed-humid climate zone.

Case study describing a building project in the hot-humid climate zone.

Case study describing new home construction in the hot-humid climate, optimizing thermal enclosure, HVAC, water heating and lighting measures.

Case study describing a building project in the hot-humid climate zone.

Case study describing a building project in the hot-humid climate zone.

Case study describing a new construction project in North Carolina.

Case study describing a building project in the hot-humid climate zone.

Case study describing a building project in the marine climate.

Case study describing the retrofit of a leaky air handler.

Case study describing a builder in Georgia that designs energy-efficient homes for a green community, yielding homes with HERS scores as lowas 59 and electric bills as low as $50 a month.

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.

Case study describing a whole-house, deep energy retrofit project in the marine climate.

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.

Case study describing the design and testing of 10 high-performance homes in Farmington, Connecticut.

Case study describing methods to seal crawl spaces in cold climate homes with integrated whole-house ventilation systems.

Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2020 Housing Innovation Award winning affordable home in the hot-humid climate that used 5.5-inch, R-20 open-cell spray foam wall insulation, and a 17.5 SEER ducted mini-split heat pump to achieve a HERS score of 44 without PV.

Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2020 Housing Innovation Award winning affordable home in the mixed-humid climate that used 2x6, 24-inch on-center R-33 wall insulation, triple-pane windows and both ductless and ducted mini-split heat pumps to achieve a HERS score of -2 with...