PATH Publications
PATH produces a variety of publications to inform both consumers and housing professionals of the latest innovations in housing technology. Below are links to these publications, which can be downloaded online. Many are also available in hard copy from HUD USER and can be order by calling HUD USER at 1-800-245-2691. For your convenience, links on publications description pages also take you to HUD USER's online ordering system.
Below PATH publications are listed alphabetically. Click here to view publications by topic.
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- Accelerating the Adoption of Vacuum Insulation Technology in Home Construction, Renovation, and Remodeling
- Advanced Panelized Construction - Technology Roadmap
- Affordability and Value Through Housing Technology: Programs and Services Guide
- Affordable Housing Design Advisor
- Air of Importance: A Study of Air Distribution Systems in Manufactured Homes
- Alternative Framing Materials in Residential Construction: Three Case Studies
- Alternatives for Minimizing Moisture Problems in Homes Located in Hot, Humid Climates: Interim Report
- Assessing Housing Durability: A Pilot Study
- Assessment of Damage to Single-Family Homes Caused by Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki
- Attic Ventilation Design Strategies for Manufactured Homes
- Barriers to Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing
- Before You Install Exterior Wood-Based Siding
- Builder's Guide to Marketable, Affordable, and Durable Entry-level Homes (MADE) To Last
- A Builders' Guide to Residential Steel Floors
- Building America Newsletter
- Building Better Homes at Lower Costs
- Building Concrete Masonry Homes: Design and Construction
- Building Innovation for Homeownership
- Building Moisture and Durability
- Characteristics of New Housing, 1999
- Climate Effect on Durability of Wood
- Commercialization of Innovation: Lessons Learned
- Community Guide to Basic and Cost-Saving Construction in the American Southwest
- Concrete Masonry Homes: Recommended Practices
- Controlling Moisture in Homes
- Cost and Benefits of Insulating Concrete Forms for Residential Construction
- Creating Defensible Space
- Dateline - APA
- Design, Fabrication, and Installation of Engineered Panelized Walls: Two Case Studies
- Design for a Cold-Formed Steel Framed Manufactured Home
- Design Guide for Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations
- Diffusion of Innovation in the Residential Building Industry
- Durability By Design: A Guide for Residential Builders and Designers
- Economical ICF to Cold-Formed Steel Floor Connections
- Electronic Permitting Systems and How to Implement Them
- Eliminating Barriers to the Use of HUD-Code Housing in Attached Construction
- Energy Desk Book
- Energy Efficiency in Existing Homes - Technology Roadmap
- Volume 1: Technology Brainstorming
- Volume 2: Strategies Defined - Energy Efficient Rehab Advisor
- Energy Performance Contracting for Public and Indian Housing
- Factory and Site-Built Housing: A Comparative Analysis
- Fair Housing Act Design Manual
- FEMA Mitigation How To Series
- Field Evaluations and Recommendations for Steel Framed Homes
- Field Test of Advanced Duct-Sealing Technologies within the Weatherization Assistance Program
- FieldWorks
- Finishes for Butcher Blocks, Countertops, and Wooden Utensils
- Finishes for Wood Decks
- Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations in Residential Construction
- Getting Building Technology Accepted: Developing and Deploying New Building Technologies
- A Guide to Deconstruction: An Overview of Deconstruction With a Focus on Community Development Opportunities
- Guide to Foundation and Support Systems for Manufactured Homes
- The Guideline on Fire Ratings of Archaic Materials and Assemblies
- Healthy Homes for Children Brochure
- Home Builders' Guide to Manufactured Housing
- Homeowner's Guide to Retrofitting
- Homeowner's Insurance as a Tool for Adoption of Innovation
- Homes for Everyone: Universal Design Principles in Practice
- Housing Innovation and the Appraisal Process
- HUD Rehab Guide Series (Volumes 1-9)
- Hurricane George in the Gulf Coast
- Hurricane Georges in Puerto Rico
- HVAC Sizing Methodology for Insulated Concrete Homes
- Hybrid Wood and Steel Details--Builder's Guide
- Implementing a Quality Assurance System: A Trade Contractor Case Study
- Improving Air Distribution Systems (ADS) Performance in Manufactured Homes
- Improving Durability in Housing Background Paper
- Industrializing the Residential Construction Site
- Industrializing the Residential Construction Site Phase II: Information Mapping
- Industrializing the Residential Construction Site Phase III: Production Systems
- Information Technology to Accelerate and Streamline Home Building - Technology Roadmap
- Innovations at the Cutting Edge: New Ideas in Manufactured Housing
- Innovative Rehabilitation Provisions
- Innovative Rehabilitation Technologies: A State of the Art Overview
- Innovative Residential Floor Construction: Horizontal Diaphragm Values for Cold-Formed Steel Framing
- Innovative Residential Floor Construction: Structural Evaluation of Steel Joists with Pre-Formed Web Openings
- Innovative Structural Systems for Home Construction
- In-Plane Shear Resistance of Insulating Concrete Form Walls
- The Ins and Outs of Caulking
- Installing HUD-Code Homes
- Insulating Concrete Forms: Comparative Thermal Performance
- Insulating Concrete Forms for Residential Construction
- Insulating Concrete Forms: Installed Cost and Acoustic Performance
- Life Cycle Assessment Tools to Measure Environmental Impacts
- Lintel Testing for Reduced Shear Reinforcement in Insulating Concrete Form Systems
- Making the Quality Connection: Improving the Building Industry Insurance Situation Through Quality Assurance Programs
- Manufactured Home Installation Training Manual
- Manufactured Home Producer's Guide to the Site-Built Market
- Measuring and Assessing the Consequences of Technology and Innovation for Affordability in Housing: Proceedings of the NIST - PATH Workshop
- Measurements of Apparent Sound Insulation of Exterior and Interior Walls
- Model Guidelines for Design, Fabrication, and Installation of Engineered Panelized Walls
- Moisture Problems in Manufactured Homes
- Mold and Mildew on Wood: Causes and Treatment
- National Construction Goals
- National Forum on PATH Durability Research Report
- National Research Council: Year 2000 Progress Assessment of the PATH Program
- National Survey of Rehabilitation Enforcement Practices
- Nationally Applicable Recommended Rehabilitation Provisions
- New Ideas in Manufactured Housing
- New Madrid Seismic Zone: Overview of Earthquake Hazard and Magnitude Assessment Based on Fragility of Historic Structures
- Next Generation of Manufactured Housing
- NextGen Final Report
- Northridge Earthquake Effect on Manufactured Housing in California
- On-Site Protection of Structures
- Opportunities to Improve Manufactured Housing Through the Use of Advanced Adhesives and Sealants
- Overcoming Barriers to Innovation in the Homebuilding Industry
- Overview of Retrofit Strategies: A Guide for Apartment Owners and Managers
- Paint, Stain, Varnish, or Preservative? It's Your Choice
- Perforated Shear Walls With Conventional and Innovative Base Restraint Connections
- Permanent Foundations Guide for Manufactured Housing
- Place Bark Side Face Up or Face Down?
- Practice of Low Impact Development
- Prescriptive Method for Connecting Cold-Formed Steel Framing to Insulating Concrete Form Walls in Residential Construction
- Prescriptive Method for Insulating Concrete Forms in Residential Construction
- Prescriptive Method for Residential Cold-Formed Steel Framing
- Professional Builder
- Professional Remodeler
- Protecting Wood From Humidity
- Rehab Guide: Volumes 1-9
- Rehabilitation Data Needs: A Building Industry Forum
- Reliability of Conventional Residential Construction
- Removing Building Regulatory Barriers
- A Report on the Feasibility of Deconstruction
- Research and Development Needs for Structural Performance of Light-Frame Residential Construction
- Residential Rehabilitation Inspection Guide
- Residential Remodeling and Universal Design
- Residential Steel Framing: Fire and Acoustic Details
- Residential Structural Design Guide: 2000 Edition
- Retrofitting Apartment Buildings to Conserve Water: A Guide for Managers, Engineers, and Contractors
- Review of National and International Housing Technology Research
- Review of Structural Materials and Methods for Home Building in the United States: 1900 to 2000
- The Role of Information Technology in Housing Design and Construction
- Roof Framing Connections in Conventional Residential Construction
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- Shelterforce
- Smart Codes in Your Community: A Guide to Building Rehabilitation Codes
- Staining Western Redcedar and Redwood Siding
- Steel Framing Prototype Development: Final Report
- Steel vs. Wood, Cost and Short Term Energy Comparison: Valparaiso Demonstration Homes
- Steel vs. Wood Cost Comparison: Beaufort Demonstration Homes
- Steel vs. Wood Long-Term Thermal Performance Comparison: Valparaiso Demonstration Homes
- Stripping Paint From Exterior Wood Surfaces
- Structural Design Loads for One- and Two-Family Dwellings
- Studies on Probability-Based Design for Residential Construction
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- Technology Roadmapping for Manufactured Housing
- Technology Scanning Across Industries
- The Ten Most Wanted: A Search for Solutions to Reduce Recurring Losses From Natural Hazards
- Test for Wood Decay
- Testing and Design of Lintels Using Insulating Concrete Forms
- ToolBase News
- Top 5 Ways to Sell Innovation
- Top Ten Technologies
- Tornado Safe Room Information
- Water Intrusion Evaluation for Caulkless Siding, Window, And Door Systems
- Whole House and Building Process Redesign - Technology Roadmap
- Whole House Ventilation Strategies
- Why Your House Paint Failed
- Wind-Borne Debris: Impact Resistance of Residential Glazing
- Wood Exposed Outdoors
- Wood Shakes and Shingles: Tips for Longer Life
- Wood Shear Walls with Corners
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Content updated on 4/8/2005