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This publication of passive solar projects built in the United States has been prepared to document the state of the art in passive solar design. Passive solar heating and cooling can provide a major percentage of the buildings' energy requirement, while at the same time representing a heightened level of involvement for the architect in the design stages of the building. The full potential of this passive conditioning depends on a sensitive awareness of the relationship between climate, comfort, and the thermal characteristics of buildings and building materials.

Passive solar systems are often misunderstood and vaguely defined. Many of the approaches to passive solar heating and cooling are at rudimentary stages, with little performance data and evaluation, few modeling techniques, and minimal published information. Yet for the building designer and the occupant, these concepts have major implications in the design and use of buildings. The purpose of this publication is to offer a working definition and a basic understanding of a number of existing applications of passive solar designs. Methods of passive solar design are not presented in this publication; nor are rules of thumb or passive solar assemblies and components. These subjects will be addressed in later publications. A reference bibliography has been included to assist the reader who desires more information and to stimulate additional individual research and testing. Passive design techniques can be integrated in an additive fashion in more typical buildings –but this challenge for now, is left to the reader. ... Read more

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Old information but still useful- the sun don't change much.
Ok if you're building a library but the black and white photos are hard to see clearly and the line diagrams are old fashioned.
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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on February 13, 1995. The length of the article is 518 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The Dept of Housing and Urban Development's special task force investigating housing and insurance discrimination will not be affected by proposed budget cuts. The task force will develop guidelines for enforcing anti-discrimination laws for homeowners insurance. The dept may issue guidelines for marketing practices, inner-city reinvestment or collecting loss data.

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Title: HUD redlining initiative survives proposed cuts. (Housing and Urban Development Dept)
Author: L.H. Otis
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 13, 1995
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Issue: n7Page: p3(1)

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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In this Department of Housing and Urban Development building science publication available anchor hardware is surveyed and evaluated and pull-out capacity data are compared with hypotheses for predicting anchor pull-out capacity based on soil mechanics principles. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Out of date
Please don't make the mistake I did and spend money on this book.It is a reprint of a 1980 publication that isn't updated at all.Just reprinted.It uses data and cost examples from 1979.All the references in its extended reference list are the same old 1980 ones as well.Everything in this book is easily found on the web.Very disappointing. ... Read more

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Few people intentionally consider durability when designing a home, but rather rely on experience and market acceptance to make design decisions. This approach to design works best in a stable housing market where architectural preferences and material choices do not change or change very slowly.The housing market, however, tends to be dynamic rather than stable and new materials and preferences influence the market continuously, sometimes in dramatic ways. This dynamic condition also places a responsibility on designers and builders to properly apply their experiences, which are often based on older construction methods and materials, to new materials and design conditions.As a result, it is important to understand why certain practices have been effective (or ineffective) in the past so that they can be properly interpreted and considered in the design and construction of modern homes. Durability by Design: A Guide for Residential Builders and Designers is intended to raise the awareness and understanding of building durability as a design consideration in housing.The Guide covers basic concepts of durability and presents recommended practices-including numerous construction details and design data- for matters such as moisture management, ultraviolet (UV) protection, insects, decay, corrosion, and natural hazards. Some attention is also given to matters that may be considered serviceability issues related to normal wear-and-tear, aesthetics, or functions not immediately associated with durability. The contents of this Guide will help to preserve and promote "tried-and-true" practices and concepts related to housing durability, and present them in a manner that can be used to cost-effectively design the durable homes of the future. ... Read more

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A multitude of design strategies are available to achieve energy-efficient windows.Opportunities for improving window performance fall into six groups: site, exterior appendages, frame, glazing, interior accessories, and building interior.Design strategies within these groups can improve one or more of the six energy functions of windows: solar heating, daylighting, shading, insulation, air tightness, and ventilation.Included in this report are 33 strategies; an explanation of the physical phenomena responsible for each strategy's energy performance, summarized energy and non-energy advantages and disadvantages; aesthetic considerations; cost approximations; example installations, laboratory studies, or calculations by the authors; and references.Intended readers include professional designers, lessees and owners of commercial space, home buyers and owners, window component manufacturers, and researchers.The report's purpose is to draw attention to the wide range of options currently available to conserve energy with windows. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Arkansas Business, published by Journal Publishing, Inc. on April 10, 1995. The length of the article is 1562 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cuts part of HUD reinvention. (budget cuts; reorganization of U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development)(includes related article)
Author: Jeff Williams
Publication: Arkansas Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 10, 1995
Publisher: Journal Publishing, Inc.
Volume: v12Issue: n15Page: p1(2)

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on April 24, 1995. The length of the article is 983 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The American Family Mutual Insurance Co redlining case settlement should make homeowner insurers acutely aware of US Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) standards regarding minority and inner-city coverage. Insurers should not expect that a Republican Congress will relieve them of the standards of conduct established by the American Family case settlement. The Republican 'Contract with America' promises to halt further government regulation, but HUD intends to remain vigilant regarding insurer redlining practices.

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Title: HUD will stay in your face on redlining. (Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, homeowner insurance discrimination)(Column)
Author: Sam Friedman
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 24, 1995
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Issue: n17Page: p23(1)

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on November 3, 1997. The length of the article is 916 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Insurers challenge HUD grants.(Dept. of Housing and Urban Development grants for investigation of insurance industry discrimination)
Author: Dan Lonkevitch
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 3, 1997
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Volume: v101Issue: n44Page: p3(2)

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This digital document is an article from Mortgage Banking, published by Mortgage Bankers Association of America on October 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1327 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: HUD amicus brief filed in Haug v. Bank of America. (Business Alert).(U.S. Dept. Of Housing and Urban Development)
Publication: Mortgage Banking (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2002
Publisher: Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Volume: 63Issue: 1Page: 16(1)

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Property Management, published by Institute of Real Estate Management on November 1, 1992. The length of the article is 2983 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: A 'HUD software' is a computer program used in subsidized property management. The program prepares paperwork required by the Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or by other government bodies. Among the forms it can generate are the basic 50059, HAP Requests, Excess Income Reports, FmHA forms, HUD 50058 and Special Claims forms. Apart from handling paperwork, the software can be used for a wide variety of tasks that include dealing with unpaid rent and damages, vacancy and move-ins and outs, subsidy type changes, and incomplete certifications, expenses and assets. It should be noted that HUD programs are marketed by private vendors and are not certified by the department. The decision to select HUD programs should be made after examining their functionalities and their mechanical/structural/operational aspects. A directory of HUD/subsidized software vendors is provided.

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Title: Software for managing HUD-subsidized properties. (Dept of Housing and Urban Development)(includes a directory of HUD/subsidized software vendors) (Computers)
Author: Michael J. Hanrahan
Publication: Journal of Property Management (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 1992
Publisher: Institute of Real Estate Management
Volume: v57Issue: n6Page: p61(3)

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more