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Building America Best Practices Series: Volume 17 - Energy Renovations-Insulation: A Guide for Contractors to Share With Homeowners This guide will help contractors and homeowners identify ways to make their homes more comfortable, more energy efficient, and healthier to live in. It also identifies the steps to take, with the help Details Bookmark & Share
Advanced Strategy Guideline: Air Distribution Basics and Duct Design This report discusses considerations for designing an air distribution system for an energy efficient house that requires less air volume to condition the space. Considering the HVAC system early in t Details Bookmark & Share
Measure Guideline: Sealing and Insulating Ducts in Existing Homes This document begins with a discussion on potential cost and performance benefits of duct sealing and insulating. It continues with a review of typical duct materials and components and the overall pr Details Bookmark & Share
Attic or Roof? An Evaluation of Two Advanced Weatherization Packages This project examines implementation of advanced retrofit measures in the context of a large-scale weatherization program and the archetypal Chicago brick bungalow. One strategy applies best practice Details Bookmark & Share
Measure Guideline: Heat Pump Water Heaters in New and Existing Homes This Building America Measure Guideline is intended for builders, contractors, homeowners, and policy-makers. This document is intended to explore the issues surrounding heat pump water heaters (HPWHs Details Bookmark & Share

Building America Best Practices Series: Volume 17 - Energy Renovations-Insulation: A Guide for Contractors to Share With Homeowners
This guide will help contractors and homeowners identify ways to make their homes more comfortable, more energy efficient, and healthier to live in. It also identifies the steps to take, with the help Details Bookmark & Share

Advanced Strategy Guideline: Air Distribution Basics and Duct Design
This report discusses considerations for designing an air distribution system for an energy efficient house that requires less air volume to condition the space. Considering the HVAC system early in t Details Bookmark & Share

Measure Guideline: Sealing and Insulating Ducts in Existing Homes
This document begins with a discussion on potential cost and performance benefits of duct sealing and insulating. It continues with a review of typical duct materials and components and the overall pr Details Bookmark & Share

Attic or Roof? An Evaluation of Two Advanced Weatherization Packages
This project examines implementation of advanced retrofit measures in the context of a large-scale weatherization program and the archetypal Chicago brick bungalow. One strategy applies best practice Details Bookmark & Share

Measure Guideline: Heat Pump Water Heaters in New and Existing Homes
This Building America Measure Guideline is intended for builders, contractors, homeowners, and policy-makers. This document is intended to explore the issues surrounding heat pump water heaters (HPWHs Details Bookmark & Share

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Expert Meeting Report: Exploring the Disconnect Between Rated and Field Performance of Water Heating Systems Water heating represents a major residential energy end use, especially in highly efficient homes where space conditioning loads and energy use has been significantly reduced. Future efforts to reduce Details Bookmark & Share
Moisture Research - Optimizing Wall Assemblies In this project, the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB) team evaluated several different configurations of wall assemblies to determine the accuracy of moisture modeling and make rec Details Bookmark & Share
Measure Guideline: Condensing Boilers - Control Strategies for Optimizing Performance and Comfort in Residential Applications This guide is intended for designers and installers of hydronic heating systems interested in maximizing the overall system efficiency of condensing boilers when coupled with baseboard convectors. It Details Bookmark & Share
Building America Systems Integration Research Annual Report: FY 2012 This Building America FY2012 Annual Report includes an overview of the Building America Program activities and the work completed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Building America i Details Bookmark & Share
Strategy Guideline: Energy Retrofits for Low-Rise Multifamily Buildings in Cold Climates This Strategy Guideline explains the benefits of evaluating and identifying energy efficiency retrofit measures that could be made during renovation and maintenance of multifamily buildings. It focuse Details Bookmark & Share

Expert Meeting Report: Exploring the Disconnect Between Rated and Field Performance of Water Heating Systems
Water heating represents a major residential energy end use, especially in highly efficient homes where space conditioning loads and energy use has been significantly reduced. Future efforts to reduce Details Bookmark & Share

Moisture Research - Optimizing Wall Assemblies
In this project, the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB) team evaluated several different configurations of wall assemblies to determine the accuracy of moisture modeling and make rec Details Bookmark & Share

Measure Guideline: Condensing Boilers - Control Strategies for Optimizing Performance and Comfort in Residential Applications
This guide is intended for designers and installers of hydronic heating systems interested in maximizing the overall system efficiency of condensing boilers when coupled with baseboard convectors. It Details Bookmark & Share

Building America Systems Integration Research Annual Report: FY 2012
This Building America FY2012 Annual Report includes an overview of the Building America Program activities and the work completed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Building America i Details Bookmark & Share

Strategy Guideline: Energy Retrofits for Low-Rise Multifamily Buildings in Cold Climates
This Strategy Guideline explains the benefits of evaluating and identifying energy efficiency retrofit measures that could be made during renovation and maintenance of multifamily buildings. It focuse Details Bookmark & Share