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Video describing how to seal and insulate flex ducts.
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Video describing various ways to bring HVAC ducts installed in an attic within the thermal envelope of the home by insulating the attic or by covering the ducts with spray foam and burying them in fibrous insulation.
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Video describing air sealing and insulation for encapsulated ducts.
Case Study
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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.
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Case study describing how using buried and/or encapsulated ducts can reduce duct thermal losses in existing homes.
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Case study describing the most cost-effective ways to reduce duct leakage in low-rise housing units.
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Case study describing the New American Home project.
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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.
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Case study describing a construction project in Hilton Head, SC utilizing a whole-house performance approach.
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Case study describing a new construction project in the marine climate zone.
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Case study describing a building project in the mixed-humid climate zone.
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Case study describing a building project in the mixed-humid climate zone.
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Case study describing a building project in the hot-humid climate zone.
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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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Case study describing a building project in the hot-humid climate zone.
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Case study describing a building project in the hot-humid climate zone.
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Case study describing a new construction project in North Carolina.
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Case study describing a building project in the hot-humid climate zone.
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Case study describing a building project in the marine climate.
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Case study describing the retrofit of a leaky air handler.
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Video showing the components and design of an unvented, insulated crawlspace that provides a temperate climate for HVAC ducts.
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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.
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Video describing how to seal air handler cabinet seams.
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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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Case study describing a whole-house, deep energy retrofit project in the marine climate.
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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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Case study describing the design and testing of 10 high-performance homes in Farmington, Connecticut.
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Case study describing methods to seal crawl spaces in cold climate homes with integrated whole-house ventilation systems.