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This is not your average building market intelligence.

In today’s volatile market, gut instinct doesn’t cut it. If you want to drive sales, outpace competitors, and stay relevant with today’s climate-conscious buyers, you need more than a hunch—you need real-time data that moves the needle.
COGNITION Smart Data, Green Builder Media’s pioneering suite of market intelligence and data services, uses cutting-edge cognitive learning technology to deliver the insights you need to align products, messaging, and innovation with what homebuyers actually want.
COGNITION is the only market insights platform specifically engineered for the building industry’s sustainability transformation. We track evolving consumer behaviors, emerging technologies, policy shifts, competitive benchmarks, and market demand signals so you can adjust faster, sell smarter, and grow revenue—confidently.
When you know exactly where the market is going, you stop reacting and start leading.
What You’ll Get as a Subscriber:
Real-Time Market Intelligence
Access weekly COGNITION Hot Takes with continuously updated insights about buyer trends, regulatory changes, product adoption, and design preferences—from electrification and decarbonization to resiliency and healthy home technologies.
Deep-Dive Research Reports
Receive monthly COGNITION long-form reports, covering everything from embodied carbon to generational housing preferences and smart tech expectations, including analysis and interpretation of the data that will help you make more informed decision making.
Quarterly Briefings
Stay ahead with exclusive, subscriber-only virtual presentations that deliver the latest proprietary insights, trend analyses, and strategic forecasts to inform your planning and decision-making.
Lead-Generating Insights
Understand what drives homebuyer decisions and builder investments so you can align your offerings and messaging for maximum impact.
A Direct Line to the Future of Housing
From AI and advanced materials to the rise of regenerative homes, COGNITION is your early warning system for disruption—and your roadmap for opportunity.
Who It’s For:
- Builders & Developers ready to differentiate with data-backed intelligence.
- Product Manufacturers looking to understand market drivers and optimize product positioning.
- Architects & Specifiers seeking to future-proof projects with sustainable solutions.
- Marketers, Agencies, & Strategists aiming to optimize communication with today’s climate-conscious customer.
Pricing:
Annual Subscription paid monthly - 12 payments of $1,500.00
Or
Annual Subscription paid annually - 1 payment of $16,200.00 
Unlock COGNITION Smart Data benefits today!
Contact us to learn more about how COGNITION Smart Data and COGNITION Academy can boost your building industry business and keep you ahead of your competitors.
COGNITION Smart Data Insights
 
                 
                Despite Political Headwinds, ESG Thrives
 
                How Leak Detection and Monitoring Can Drive Net-Zero Water
 
                Gen X Moves In: The New Face of 55+ Living
 
                Consumers Are Demanding Circularity in Building Products
 
                What the Numbers Say About Net Zero Living
 
                Soaring Demand for Healthy Homes
 
                What’s Driving Multi-Family Leasing in 2025
 
                Why Builders Should Integrate Solar: Market Insights
 
                Consumers Will Spend More for Sustainability Attributes
 
                Keeping Your Sustainability Story to Yourself Is Bad for Business
 
                The Push for EV Chargers in Every Home
 
                Climate Heats Up, Homes Toughen Up
 
                Redefining Prefab: Precision-Built for the Future
 
                Financial Pressures Fuel Smarter, Greener Remodeling Decisions
 
                Smart Home Trends Builders and Manufacturers Can’t Ignore
 
                Top 3 Outdoor Living Features Homeowners Care About Most
 
                How Builders Are Navigating an Uncertain 2025
 
                EPDs and the Future of Product Selection
 
                The Rise of Gen Alpha—And the Home of the Future
 
                Rebuilding Trust in an Era of Greenwashing
 
                Homebuyers Want Long-Term Value, Not Just a Low Price
 
                What’s the Most Stressful City to Buy a Home?
 
                Vehicle-to-Grid Ready for Prime Time
 
                Garbage Overflows in Communities from Coast to Coast
 
                Home Sales Expected to Remain Strong in 2021
 
                Consumers Switch Diets to Combat Climate Change
 
                Consumers Reduce Waste During COVID
 
                Builders Bullish about Green Products
 
                Remote Working Paradigm Shift
 
                Kitchen Design Trends
 
                Home Office Reimagined
 
                Sizzling Hot Solar
 
                COGNITION Hot Take: Notable Housing Market Trends
 
                COGNITION Hot Take: 2021 Housing Outlook
 
                The Magnetic Appeal of Induction Cooking
 
                COGNITION Hot Take: The Touchless Phenomenon
 
                COGNITION Hot Take: Remodeling Hits Record Highs
 
                COGNITION Hot Take: How Are We Doing?
 
                COGNITION Hot Take: Prime Time for Wind and Solar
 
                COGNITION Hot Take: Remodeling Trend on the Rise
 
                COGNITION Hot Take: Millennials Flooding the Housing Market
 
                