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High Performance Building Details: Insulation and Air Sealing II This fact sheet provides information about insulation and air sealing behind tubs, showers, and fireplaces. Details Bookmark & Share
National Cost-Effectiveness of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016 The purpose of this analysis is to examine the cost-effectiveness of the 2016 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES2 Standard 90.1, which is developed by the ASHRAE Standard Standing Project Committee (SSPC) 90. Details Bookmark & Share
Basement Insulation. Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs (BTS) Technology Fact Sheet This fact sheet advises how to create a comfortable basement environment that is free of moisture problems and easy to condition. Details Bookmark & Share
CALiPER Exploratory Study: Recessed Troffer Lighting This CALiPER study examines the problems and benefits likely to be encountered with LED products intended to replace linear fluorescent lamps. LED dedicated troffers, replacement tubes, and non-tube r Details Bookmark & Share
Building America Best Practices Series: Volume 3; Builders and Buyers Handbook for Improving New Home Efficiency, Comfort, and Durability in the Cold and Very Cold Climates The guide book is a resource to help builders large and small build high-quality, energy-efficient homes that achieve 30% energy savings in space conditioning and water heating in the cold and very co Details Bookmark & Share

High Performance Building Details: Insulation and Air Sealing II
This fact sheet provides information about insulation and air sealing behind tubs, showers, and fireplaces. Details Bookmark & Share

National Cost-Effectiveness of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016
The purpose of this analysis is to examine the cost-effectiveness of the 2016 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES2 Standard 90.1, which is developed by the ASHRAE Standard Standing Project Committee (SSPC) 90. Details Bookmark & Share

Basement Insulation. Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs (BTS) Technology Fact Sheet
This fact sheet advises how to create a comfortable basement environment that is free of moisture problems and easy to condition. Details Bookmark & Share

CALiPER Exploratory Study: Recessed Troffer Lighting
This CALiPER study examines the problems and benefits likely to be encountered with LED products intended to replace linear fluorescent lamps. LED dedicated troffers, replacement tubes, and non-tube r Details Bookmark & Share

Building America Best Practices Series: Volume 3; Builders and Buyers Handbook for Improving New Home Efficiency, Comfort, and Durability in the Cold and Very Cold Climates
The guide book is a resource to help builders large and small build high-quality, energy-efficient homes that achieve 30% energy savings in space conditioning and water heating in the cold and very co Details Bookmark & Share

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Aerosol Envelope Sealing of New Residences This project investigated the use of an aerosol-based sealing method to reduce air leakage of new homes in the United States. The process involves pressurizing the building while dispersing an aerosol Details Bookmark & Share
Analysis of Impacts of Adopting the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code for Residential Buildings in Wyoming As of the writing of this report, the state of Wyoming did not have a statewide building energy-efficiency code for residential buildings, although Laramie adopted the 2003 International Energy Conser Details Bookmark & Share
Energy Efficiency of the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code in West Virginia DOE requested that Pacific Northwest National Laboratory estimate the energy savings, economic impacts, and pollution reduction from adopting the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) as Details Bookmark & Share
Virginia Residential Energy Code Field Study: Baseline Report A research project in the Commonwealth of Virginia identified opportunities to reduce homeowner utility bills in residential single-family new construction by increasing compliance with the state ener Details Bookmark & Share
Vestibule Requirements in Commercial Buildings - Code Notes The intent of the vestibule requirement is to reduce infiltration of air into a space, thereby addressing energy conservation and comfort issues for occupants located near primary entrance doors. The Details Bookmark & Share

Aerosol Envelope Sealing of New Residences
This project investigated the use of an aerosol-based sealing method to reduce air leakage of new homes in the United States. The process involves pressurizing the building while dispersing an aerosol Details Bookmark & Share

Analysis of Impacts of Adopting the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code for Residential Buildings in Wyoming
As of the writing of this report, the state of Wyoming did not have a statewide building energy-efficiency code for residential buildings, although Laramie adopted the 2003 International Energy Conser Details Bookmark & Share

Energy Efficiency of the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code in West Virginia
DOE requested that Pacific Northwest National Laboratory estimate the energy savings, economic impacts, and pollution reduction from adopting the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) as Details Bookmark & Share

Virginia Residential Energy Code Field Study: Baseline Report
A research project in the Commonwealth of Virginia identified opportunities to reduce homeowner utility bills in residential single-family new construction by increasing compliance with the state ener Details Bookmark & Share

Vestibule Requirements in Commercial Buildings - Code Notes
The intent of the vestibule requirement is to reduce infiltration of air into a space, thereby addressing energy conservation and comfort issues for occupants located near primary entrance doors. The Details Bookmark & Share