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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

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in 2020 occurred on construction jobsites, and between 25% and 30% of those deaths were related to home building activities, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ). In fact, more than one-fifth of the 4,764 workplace fatalities in the U.S. Photo: Tomasz Zajda / stock.adobe.com.

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The Inefficiencies of the Latest Energy Code

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Thus, for a typical single-family home in Phoenix, the payback period for that investment in additional ceiling insulation would be about 170 years—far longer than the homeowner's 30-year mortgage. Department of Energy’s BEopt simulation software and energy prices came from the U.S. Another example is continuous wall insulation.

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