Best Practices
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Pretty Good House Benchmarks and Assemblies
Meet high-performance energy efficiency goals by following the PGH approach to designing and building
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Energy Consumption Comparisons
An energy analysis breaks down usage and its sources—data that can help identify places to make energy upgrades
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Building Mistakes to Avoid, Part 2
Builders share lessons learned from building science–related failures to help others safeguard a home's performance
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How to Attach Cladding to Walls With Exterior Insulation
Strategies for fastening siding when continuous insulation is part of the wall assembly
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Calculating the Costs of Electricity Consumption
How to turn electricity usage data into dollar figures to help identify potential savings
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Calculating Electric Service Needs
Measuring a home's electric demand determines if the existing service can serve additional loads, such as an EV charger
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Concrete-Free Slab House Revisited
A look at how this custom home with an atypical foundation is performing five years after its completion
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Starting on the Path to Better Water Quality
To ensure clean, safe water from your faucets, it must be tested and monitored regularly—just like many other components that go into a healthy home
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Residential Rainwater Harvesting
Collecting rainwater is simple in concept but there are multiple considerations when installing a residential water-storage tank
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Short-Term Indoor Air Quality Monitoring
Does a 1-hour-window look at a building's indoor air quality metrics yield useful information?
