www.epa.gov/iaq/moisture
Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National
Association (SMACNA). SMACNA Air Duct Leakage Test
Manual. 1985.
(A companion to HVAC Duct Construction Standards - Metal
and Flexible, this manual contains duct construction leakage
classification, expected leakage rates for sealed and unsealed
ductwork, duct leakage test procedures, recommendations on
the use of leakage testing, types of test apparatus and test
set-up and sample leakage analysis.)
United States Environmental Protection Agency. National Menu
of Stormwater Best Management Practices. Online. Internet.
Updated May, 2006. Available at http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/
stormwater/menuofbmps/index.cfm. Accessed November 6,
2013.
(This resource provides detailed information including
applicability, design criteria, limitations and maintenance
requirements on these and many other site drainage
methods.)
Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National
Association (SMACNA). Architectural Sheet Metal Manual –
Fifth Edition. 1993
(The SMACNA Architectural Sheet Metal Manual provides
design criteria and details for roof drainage systems, gravelstop fascia, copings, flashing, building expansion, metal
roof and wall systems, louvers and screens and other metal
structures. Chapter 1 contains data, calculations and charts
for designing roof drainage systems.)
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Porous
Pavement (Post-Construction Stormwater Management in
New Development and Redevelopment). Online. Internet.
Updated May, 2006. Available at http://cfpub.epa.gov/
npdes/stormwater/menuofbmps/index.cfm?action=min_
measure&min_measure_id=5. Accessed November 6, 2013.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. PostConstruction Stormwater Management in New Development
and Redevelopment. Online. Internet. Updated May,
2006. Available at http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/
menuofbmps/index.cfm?action=min_measure&min_measure_
id=5. Accessed November 6, 2013.
(This resource provides detailed information on postconstruction stormwater management including O&M best
management practices.)
Spray Polyurethane Foam Association. Spray Polyurethane Foam
for Exterior Subgrade Thermal and Moisture Protection.
(This publication is a technical guide to specifying closed-cell
spray foam polyurethane on the outside of basement walls as
thermal insulation and moisture protection.)
Straube, John. 2011. High Performance Building Enclosures.
Somerville, MA: Building Science Press (This book includes
the fundamentals underpinning the physics of heat, air and
moisture control in high-performance building enclosures and
practical design guidance to achieve them for a wide array of
enclosure assemblies in all North American climate zones.
There is a section on condensation control in wall and roof
assemblies.)
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Source Water
Practices Bulletin: Managing Storm Water Runoff to Prevent
Contamination of Drinking Water. EPA 816-F-01-020. July
2001. Available at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/sourcewater/
pubs/fs_swpp_stormwater.pdf. Accessed November 6, 2013.
(This fact sheet focuses on the management of runoff in
urban environments.)
Texas Water Development Board. The Texas Manual on Rainwater
Harvesting.
(This manual presents an interesting discussion on the history
of rainwater collection, harvesting system components, water
quality and treatment, system sizing and best management
practices.)
Water Management Committee of the Irrigation Association. Turf
and Landscape Irrigation Best Management Practices.
(The Irrigation Association is involved with public policy
issues related to standards, conservation and water use on
the local, national and international levels.)
WUFI (Hygrothermal modeling software to assess the water vapor
dynamics of wall and roof systems in numerous climates.
WUFI is one of the more complete treatments of water
vapor dynamics in assemblies. WUFI is available from the
Fraunhofer Institute of Building Physics [http://www.hoki.
ibp.fraunhofer.de/] in Germany. A limited version of WUFI
is available free from Oak Ridge National Laboratory [http://
www.ornl.gov/sci/btc/apps/moisture/].) Accessed November 6,
2013.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Alternative
Pavers (Post-Construction Stormwater Management in
New Development and Redevelopment). Online. Internet.
Updated May 2006. Available at http://cfpub.epa.gov/
npdes/stormwater/menuofbmps/index.cfm?action=min_
measure&min_measure_id=5. Accessed November 6, 2013.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Construction Site
Stormwater Runoff Control. Online. Internet. Updated May,
2006. Available at http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/
menuofbmps/index.cfm?action=min_measure&min_measure_
id=4. Accessed November 6, 2013.
(This resource provides detailed information on constructionphase storm water management, including best management
practices.)
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