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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
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
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
Slab Insulation Fact sheet for homeowners and contractors on how to insulate slab-on-grade floors and control moisture, air leakage, termites, and radon. Details Bookmark & Share
Practical Residential Wall Systems: R-30 and Beyond This paper focuses on three of the most practical high-performance wall systems to achieve whole-wall performance of R-30 or above. 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

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

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

Slab Insulation
Fact sheet for homeowners and contractors on how to insulate slab-on-grade floors and control moisture, air leakage, termites, and radon. Details Bookmark & Share

Practical Residential Wall Systems: R-30 and Beyond
This paper focuses on three of the most practical high-performance wall systems to achieve whole-wall performance of R-30 or above. 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
An Approach to High-Performance Affordable Housing Using Point-Source Space Conditioning This project explored the use of minisplit ductless heat pumps in combination with small through-wall transfer fans to provide space conditioning in small single-story homes including manufactured hom Details Bookmark & Share
Smart Ventilation Controls Boost Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality The average American household spends more than $2,200 a year on energy, and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) costs comprise nearly half of the bill. This is one reason why home buil Details Bookmark & Share
Extended Plate Wall System Expands Adoption of High-R Envelope Solutions For decades, the residential building industry has worked to expand opportunities to increase the thermal resistance of walls. Multiple high-R wall construction methods have been developed, yet market Details Bookmark & Share
Novel, Simplified Air Delivery System Design Gets Commercialized Typical air delivery systems require contractors to design systems that are complex, difficult to integrate into the framing and structural components of a home, and often do not meet the optimization 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

An Approach to High-Performance Affordable Housing Using Point-Source Space Conditioning
This project explored the use of minisplit ductless heat pumps in combination with small through-wall transfer fans to provide space conditioning in small single-story homes including manufactured hom Details Bookmark & Share

Smart Ventilation Controls Boost Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality
The average American household spends more than $2,200 a year on energy, and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) costs comprise nearly half of the bill. This is one reason why home buil Details Bookmark & Share

Extended Plate Wall System Expands Adoption of High-R Envelope Solutions
For decades, the residential building industry has worked to expand opportunities to increase the thermal resistance of walls. Multiple high-R wall construction methods have been developed, yet market Details Bookmark & Share

Novel, Simplified Air Delivery System Design Gets Commercialized
Typical air delivery systems require contractors to design systems that are complex, difficult to integrate into the framing and structural components of a home, and often do not meet the optimization Details Bookmark & Share