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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2019 Housing Innovation Award winning custom-for-buyer home in the mixed-humid climate that achieved a HERS score of 42 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2017 Housing Innovation Award winning custom for buyer home in the mixed-humid climate that achieved a HERS score of 41 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2019 Housing Innovation Award winning custom for buyer home in the marine climate that used achieved a HERS score of -11 with PV and 34 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning custom for buyer home in the marine climate that achieved a HERS score of -2 with PV and 44 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2017 Housing Innovation Award winning custom spec home in the hot-humid climate that achieved a HERS score of 44 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2018 Housing Innovation Award winning affordable home in the cold climate that achieved a HERS score of 28 with PV and 48 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2018 Housing Innovation Award winning production home in the cold climate that achieved a HERS score of 4 with PV and 38 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2017 Housing Innovation Award winning multifamily home in the cold climate that achieved a HERS score of 8 with PV and 41 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning production home in the cold climate that achieved a HERS score of 28 with PV and 39 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning multifamily home in the cold climate that achieved a HERS score of 30 with PV and 50 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2018 Housing Innovation Award winning custom spec home in the cold climate that achieved a HERS score of 23 with PV and 46 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2019 Housing Innovation Award winning custom-for-buyer home in the cold climate that achieved a HERS score of 25 with PV and 47 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning affordable home in the mixed-humid climate that achieved a HERS score of 9 with PV and 32 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2018 Housing Innovation Award winning affordable home in the mixed-humid climate that achieved a HERS score of 8 wiht PV adn 37 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2019 Housing Innovation Award winning affordable home in the mixed-humid climate that achieved a HERS score of -15 with PV and 51 without PV.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2018 Housing Innovation Award winning affordable home in the hot-humid climate that achieved a HERS score of 47 without PV.
Presentation
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Webinar from a group of green residential home building experts on how the Ultimate Z.E.N. Home, a production-built home is able to operate comfortably and successfully without the use of fossil fuels, including insulation, heating and cooling strategies, and other energy efficient design measures.
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An NFPA standard for inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire sprinklers, including fire pump operation and flow tests, evaluation techniques such as sprinkler inspections, valve status tests, internal piping assessments, and forward flow tests for backflow preventers, and water storage system...
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Specification describing criteria for manufactured polymeric materials used to provide a rainscreen function, a means for the drainage of liquid moisture and the ventilation of vapor moisture that enters an above-grade exterior wall assembly which was published in the year 2019, and is available for...
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Standard providing minimum functionality requirements for earthquake-actuated automatic gas shutoff devices; applicable to systems carrying natural gas and propane, the devices are used in piping, equipment, and appliances typically found in structures of three stories or less.
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Case study poster describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2021 Housing Innovation Award winning attached housing project in the coldclimate that achieved a HERS score of -2 with PV.
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Fact sheet describing basic information about pile design and installation, including pile types, sizes and lengths, layout, installation methods, bracing, field cutting, connections, and verifying capacities; also published in FEMA P-499 “Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction: Technical Fact...
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Fact sheet describing the importance of proper roof and deck flashing, and typical and enhanced flashing techniques for coastal homes; also published in FEMA P-499 “Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction: Technical Fact Sheet Series.”
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Fact sheet describing requirements and recommendations for enclosures and breakaway walls for their use below the BFE, including a diagram of a compliant wall system and examples of systems that have either resulted in increased damages or increased flood insurance premiums; also published in FEMA P...
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Fact sheet describing NFIP requirements for repairs, remodeling, and additions, and discussing opportunities for retrofitting in coastal flood hazard areas with recommendations for exceeding the minimum NFIP requirements; also published in FEMA P-499 “Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction...
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This study used an advanced airflow, energy and humidity modeling tool to evaluate the potential for residential mechanical pre-scooling strategies to reduce peak electriciy demand.
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Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2021 Housing Innovation Award winning custom for buyer home in the hot-humid climate that achieved a HERS -21 with PV or HERS 50 without PV.
Video
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Video demonstrating how all connections are critical in creating a continuous path for loads acting on a building (from the exhibition Designing for Disaster at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.© National Building Museum (2014))
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Video from IBHS showing the difference between a home with defensible space vs. one without under wildfire conditions.
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Video explaining the role of the homeowner in installing a FORTIFIED roof to meet IBHS standards.