Climate Risk Is Moving Faster Than Housing Policy
Climate change is often framed as a future problem. But what if some of its biggest impacts are...
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.
How Sustainability Can Unlock New Markets
A new conversation is emerging around how sustainability is a core driver that could reshape...
The Housing Reset Is Already Underway
Energy codes blocked, a sweeping housing bill advances, modular construction proves its speed, and...
The Affordable Housing Myths the Industry Still Believes
A veteran builder offers practical ideas—some that have worked in the past—to solve our stubborn...
Are We Underestimating Water’s Impact on Housing?
Water has always been part of the housing conversation. But what if it’s about to become one of the...
The Hidden Forces Reshaping Housing Right Now
Kansas City walks back its energy code, solar balcony and geothermal legislation considered, and...
Housing Policy, Climate Rebuilding, and the Technology Changing How Homes Perform
This Week’s Sustainable Building News covers federal ideas to solve housing availability and...
Is Resilience the New Sustainability?
A hard truth from Architect Nathan Good in the latest Impact Series podcast. There’s a moment in...
Why High-Performance Homes Are Still Undervalued
A conversation about why energy efficiency, building performance, and resilience still don’t show...
Oil, AI Construction Towns, and the Energy Grid: What’s Shaping Housing This Week
Watch This Week in Sustainable Building News to learn how energy volatility, AI expansion, and...
Healthy Homes, Smarter Systems: A New Playbook for Builders
Energy efficiency used to dominate the conversation around high-performance homes. Today, the focus...
Affordable Housing Reengineered: From Costco Mixed-Use to Federal Megaprojects
What’s new in innovative sustainable building, federal money for affordable housing, and AI making...
Babcock Ranch, Insurance Gaps, and the Future of Resilient Communities
A conversation about how we define affordability, ROI, and community success in climate-volatile...
