3 Forces Reshaping Housing: Washington. Wall Street. Weather.
Congress is rewriting housing policy. Wall Street is redefining risk. Extreme weather is testing...
Cati O'Keefe
Cati O’Keefe is the editorial director of Green Builder Media. She has 25 years of experience reporting and writing on all aspects of residential housing, building and energy codes, green building, and sustainability.
Conservation: Investing in Community Value
Curt Johansen explains why protecting nature may be one of the smartest development strategies of...
Tight Homes Demand Smarter Ventilation
Why today's builders can't afford to treat ventilation as an afterthought—and what they'll learn...
800,000 Homes in God's Backyard? Building Code Battles, and the Future of Sustainable Cities Rises in Greece
The biggest housing innovations aren't coming from where you'd expect. This week, we explore the...
Building Codes Don't Raise Home Prices, Data Centers Hit Roadblocks, and Why Americans Crave Big Homes
This week's biggest housing stories explore affordability, data center pushback, and the surprising...
Google Wants to Sell Homes, HERS for Manufactured Homes, and the Home Battery Boom
This Week's Sustainable Building News covers major policy decisions, smarter manufactured homes,...
Your Home Is Worth More Than Its Square Footage
In this episode of The Valuation Metric, Sara Gutterman and Cynthia Adams examine why the future of...
Housing Finance Overhaul, Home Batteries as a Side Hustle, and a Crystal Sauna You Have to See
This Week’s Sustainable Building News podcast digs into financing reform, how states are getting...
Saving Water Vs. Looking Like You're Saving Water
New research challenges conventional thinking about lawns, landscapes, and what real water...
4M Homes Missing, 6K Homes on 10 Acres, and an $11B Power Line
From housing shortages to energy infrastructure, this week's headlines reveal why affordability is...
The Ventilation Challenge: What Every Builder Needs to Know About IAQ
As homes become tighter, healthier indoor air doesn't happen by accident. Learn how ventilation,...
The Housing Future Is Arriving in Strange Ways
A rain-making machine, self-healing timber buildings, and solar overtaking coal all point to a...
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The Case for Visible Infrastructure
For municipalities facing pressure to maximize infrastructure investments, provide lifestyle...
