Eye of the Needle
Even though housing starts, permits, and home prices are soaring, the ugly trifecta of...
4 Reasons the Built-to-Rent Market Is Heating Up
Built-to-rent housing is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the U.S. housing market, with demand...
Builders Market Hard to Millennials—For Good Reason
Millennials reign supreme in the hearts and minds of builders. Here’s how they are changing home...
Is Homeownership Still a Smart Choice?
Building equity is the traditional way of safe saving, but make sure the math works, given your...
Seeking A Garden-Friendly City? Here’s the List.
The Force is strong when it comes to growing your own food, but how do you mix an urban lifestyle...
Do Energy-Efficient Appliances Belong in Your DIY Budget?
Over the long haul, more efficient washers, dryers, and cooktops tend to save enough on water and...
Eye of the Needle
Even though housing starts, permits, and home prices are soaring, the ugly trifecta of...
When Are Builders Going to Narrow Home Buyer Choices?
Home builders need to learn from a quick-serve restaurant and a vanguard builder if they want to...
Webinar: The Mainstreaming of High Performance
Learn how to build high-performance, cost-effective, innovative homes in this webinar featuring...
The 2021 Home Buyer’s Guide Released
The quintessential guide to homeownership options for the millennial generation is now available...
The Evolution of Housing: Healthy and Net Zero Innovation
Learn how advanced products, spurred by pandemic concerns, are making homes safer and more...
Where You Live Matters to Your Health
In this webinar, two renowned health experts will explain how the location of a home can impact...
The Science of Product Selection
Decking Products Have Sustainable Synergy for This Mountainous Getaway
What to Know Before You Buy a House
What Goes Into Choosing Appliances for a Sustainable House?
Salt Lake City First to Adopt Off-Site Construction Standards
Design for Uncertain Times
Above and Beyond Solar Standards
Disaster-Resistant Home Building With Style
Millennial Showhouse Launches in Austin
BUILDING-SCIENCE
Traditional Home Wins Alternative Building Category
With a HERS rating of 17, this traditional-looking home boasts exceptional building science at all...
Webinar: The Mainstreaming of High Performance
Learn how to build high-performance, cost-effective, innovative homes in this webinar featuring...
Spray Foam’s Pollution Reduction Outweighs Initial GHG Impact
A new report modeling SPF’s impact on the CO2 footprint of a home over its lifespan finds huge...
New Drainable WRB Offers a Disruptive Upgrade for Wall Assemblies
This self-stick, water-resistive barrier acts as a sort of Swiss army knife, solving building code,...
GREEN-PRODUCTS
Stars of the 2021 Hot 50 Products
2021 brings us big advances in green technology. Here is our annual gathering of the products that...
Another Reason Every Product Decision Counts
Any manufactured item we purchase matters, now more than ever. My brother Mitch works in the hard...
Best of Show: IBS/KBIS 2021 Highlights
New products address a post-pandemic reality where hygiene, clean air, safe food, and efficiency...
Green Builder Innovation of the Year Awards 2021: Follow the Sun
This year’s greenest ideas bring us closer to harnessing the true potential of solar energy....
13TH-ANNUAL-GREEN-HOME-OF-THE-YEAR-AWARDS
Traditional Home Wins Alternative Building Category
With a HERS rating of 17, this traditional-looking home boasts exceptional building science at all...
A House for All Seasons
Off grid, and made with low-maintenance materials, Upland Road House raises the resilience bar and...
Indoor-Outdoor Connection Makes This Prefab Passive House Shine
This contemporary beauty proves that factory-built homes can achieve high design along with high...
Zero-Energy Passive House Earns Green Award
This winner of Green Builder's Home of the Year awards program boasts efficiency everywhere you...