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Water management is based on the basic principles of physics. The concepts of drainage, wetting and drying potential are generally easy to understand. Explaining with graphics, text, or words what… Read More
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How you live in your home and how you clean and maintain your home affect the quality of air in your home. Keeping your home clean and dry makes it comfortable and healthy for you and unfriendly and… Read More
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A design process is described for sizing cooling and heating system capacity, for specifying the airflow and duct sizes to each conditioned space, and for specifying the free area needed to transfer… Read More
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This document reviews ventilation strategies for different climate zones and includes schematic drawings and photographs of various ventilation installations. It provides practical recommendations… Read More
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This pamphlet is designed for members of the residential construction and remodeling industries, as well as owners and managers who work in affordable housing. It presents building guidance for both… Read More
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This pamphlet is designed for members of the residential construction and remodeling industries, as well as owners and managers who work in affordable housing. It presents building guidance for both… Read More
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After a high performance home has been designed, constructed, and commissioned, what ensures that the home is actually operated at peak performance? It takes just 24 easy-reading pages for the… Read More
Cold
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This guide reviews current and potential ventilation technologies for residential buildings with particular emphasis on North American climates and construction. The major technologies reviewed… Read More
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This guide reviews the performance of residential assemblies in the central Florida (Orlando) area during the three hurricanes in August and September 2004. The specific focus of the review is on the… Read More
Hot-Humid
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2x6 wood frame wall at 24" o.c.
Fiberglass or cellulose cavity insulation
XPS insulating sheathing
Furring creating a minimum 3/8" ventilation gap/drainage gap behind cladding
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This overview summarizes the truss wall construction including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy. Complex two dimensional heat flow analysis and one dimensional… Read More
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This overview summarizes spray foam wall construction including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy. Complex two dimensional heat flow analysis and one dimensional… Read More
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This overview summarizes SIPs wall construction including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy. A more detailed analysis and direct comparison to several other walls can be… Read More
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This overview summarizes the offset frame wall construction including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy. Complex two dimensional heat flow analysis and one dimensional… Read More
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This overview summarizes non-combustible steel framing using mineral fiber insulation board including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy. Complex two dimensional heat flow… Read More
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This overview summarizes ICF wall construction including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy. Complex two dimensional heat flow analysis and one dimensional hygrothermal… Read More
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This overview summarizes flash-and-fill hybrid wall construction including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy. Complex two dimensional heat flow analysis and one… Read More
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This overview summarizes EIFS wall construction including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy. Complex two dimensional heat flow analysis and one dimensional hygrothermal… Read More
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This overview summarizes double stud with spray foam wall construction including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy. Complex two dimensional heat flow analysis and one… Read More
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This overview summarizes double stud wall construction including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy. Complex two dimensional heat flow analysis and one dimensional… Read More
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This overview summarizes 2x6 advanced frame wall construction using mineral fiber insulation board including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy. Complex two dimensional… Read More
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This overview summarizes 2x6 advanced frame wall construction including the advantages and disadvantages of this construction strategy. Complex two dimensional heat flow analysis and one dimensional… Read More
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This summarizes an uninsulated basement even though the code requirements in DOE climate zones 4 and higher do not allow an uninsulated basement in new construction where the basement is conditioned… Read More
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