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Full transcripts from the Green Builder Media video and podcast library.
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Housing News This Week: AI, ADUs, Wildfire Resilience, and Home Performance
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on ADUs, AI data center power demand, wildfire resilience, and record HERS-rated home performance.
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What Else Can AI Gobble Up? The Housing Market.
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on AI data centers competing with housing for land and labor, plus tariffs, resilience codes, and healthy homes.
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The Impact Series: Sybil Sharvelle
CSU's Sybil Sharvelle on circular water systems, treating produced water for reuse, and why the arid West can't afford to lose a drop.
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The Housing Market Just Changed. Here's Why
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on the new federal housing law, grid strain and home resilience, and Wall Street pricing climate risk.
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The Case for Passive Survivability
Phius co-executive director Lisa White on passive survivability, wildfire smoke, and why first-cost thinking undervalues high-performance homes.
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800k Homes in God's Backyard? Building Code Battles & Future of Sustainable Cities Rises in Greece
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on church land as housing, state energy code battles, and the Athens smart city redefining sustainable development.
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Building Codes Don't Raise Home Prices, Data Centers Hit Roadblocks, & Why Americans Crave Big Homes
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on why building codes don't raise home prices, growing data center pushback, and America's appetite for bigger homes.
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Counting Carbon and Pricing Risk
Gravity co-founder Jay Ruckelshaus on California's SB 253 delay, defensible carbon accounting, and turning emissions data into business value.
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Google Wants to Sell Homes, HERS for Manufactured Homes, and Why Home Batteries Are Winning
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on Google's real estate push, HERS ratings for manufactured homes, and why home batteries are outselling solar.
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When Open Space Becomes the Asset
Developer Curt Johansen on Lagoon Valley, where permanently protected open space and wildfire resilience became the asset, not the cost.
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Housing Finance Overhaul, Home Batteries as a Side Hustle, and a Crystal Sauna You Have to See
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on construction finance reform, home batteries earning income through virtual power plants, and a crystal sauna.
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4M Homes Missing, 6K Homes on 10 Acres, and an $11B Power Line
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on the 4M-home shortage, a 6,000-home net zero community, code rollbacks, and an $11B wind transmission line.
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The Affordability Reckoning
Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman on why affordability is really a valuation problem, and how value per square foot can replace price per square foot.
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Housing Starts Crash, Solar Beats Coal, and a Startup Wants to Make it Rain
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on housing starts hitting a six-year low, solar beating coal, and a startup that says it can make it rain.
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The Valuation Metric: Building Homes for Human Flourishing
Net zero builder Doug Tarry on why homes should be valued for comfort, health and durability instead of price per square foot.
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A 328-Foot 3D Printer, Nuclear-Powered AI, and the Fight Over America's Data Centers
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on a 328-foot 3D construction printer, nuclear power for AI, and the growing fight over U.S. data centers.
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Scale, Resilience, and Resources Will Drive the Next Housing Cycle
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on Berkshire's $8.5B homebuilder bet, NYC's 400,000-unit affordability plan, and Texas water risk.
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The Impact Series: Kelly Kopp
Utah State University's Kelly Kopp on balancing landscape water conservation with the cooling, habitat and health benefits of urban green space.
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Geothermal's Big Moment, HUD Shakeups, Passive House Affordable Housing & More
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on geothermal's record IPO, HUD's new housing playbook, proposed EV fees, and passive house affordable housing.
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New Homes Save Money, Builders Face Lawsuits, AI Competes for Power
Green Builder Media's Ronan Mirza on Florida's code overhaul, $25,000 in new-home savings, builder defect lawsuits, and AI's fight for power.
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Price Is a Snapshot. Value Is a Story
Pearl Certification CEO Cynthia Adams on why price per square foot misses how homes really perform, and what value per square foot would change.
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Resilient Homes Get Payback, AI Reveals Climate-Risk Pricing, Two Paths to IECC Code
Green Builder Media's Cati O'Keefe on resilience incentives, AI-decoded climate-risk pricing, and the two-track 2030 IECC energy code.
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The Impact series: Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien Homes founder Tim O'Brien on building science, incremental energy code progress, and training the next generation of skilled trades.
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The Origin Story Behind One of Housing’s Most Influential Programs
Sam Rashkin, Howard Bashford and Daran Wastchak recount the early years of EPA's Energy Star for Homes program.
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This Week in Housing: AI Disrupts Jobsites, $9B Rebates in Limbo, 55+ Buyers Surge
Green Builder Media's Cati O'Keefe on AI safety tools hitting jobsites, $9B in stalled federal rebates, and why 55+ buyers are upgrading, not downsizing.
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Making Carbon Visible in Housing
Building performance executive Matthew Cooper on how ResNet 1550 makes embodied and operational carbon visible, measurable and valuable in housing.
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Childcare Costs vs. Housing Prices: A Cost Squeeze with No Easy Way Out
Cati O'Keefe on how childcare costs are squeezing housing affordability, plus water limits, housing finance reform and 3D-printed homes.
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Stop Building for Resale. Start Building for Life.
Sekisui House's Nick Fazli on why ESG, resilience and total cost of ownership beat price per square foot in housing.
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Heat Pump Week: Advancing Sustainable Living with Rheem
Rheem's Jon Bogle on Heat Pump Week, training the next generation of technicians, and how heat pump water heaters pay for themselves.
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Housing Affordability vs Energy Codes, The Rise of Green Homes, and Pre-Approved Housing
Cati O'Keefe and Sara Gutterman on energy code rollbacks, green home satisfaction, and the rise of pre-approved housing plans.
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Selling Trust in a Transactional World
Fulton Homes' Dennis Webb on how retail lessons in trust, transparency and pricing changed the way homes get sold.
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Policy Shifts, Energy Strain, Fire Readiness
Green Builder Media's Cati O'Keefe on a White House housing order, households buckling under electric bills, and state wildfire funding.
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$11 Billion in Clean Energy Later, Chris Castro Says We’re Solving the Wrong Problem
Chris Castro, chief sustainability officer at Climate First Bank, on building DOE's multibillion-dollar clean energy grant programs.
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A Crisis of Conscience
Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman explores how the housing affordability crisis reflects a deeper cultural and internal misalignment around value on The Valuation Metric podcast.
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Where Housing Is Headed Next
Green Builder Media's Cati O'Keefe on a proposed $10.7B HUD cut, the D.R. Horton plumbing suit, and the resilience value gap.
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Building Smarter Homes with Connected Technology
Resideo's JD Wix on how connected thermostats, leak detection, and smart safety devices bring energy savings and peace of mind to new homes.
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Why Hasn’t Offsite Construction Fixed Housing Affordability?
Housing 2.0's Sam Rashkin on why offsite construction still hasn't made housing affordable, and what Sweden does differently.
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Housing Is Breaking in Two Directions
Cati O'Keefe on federal energy code rollbacks, modular and geothermal housing wins, and Dr. Jim White on rising climate risk.
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Is AI’s Growth Outpacing Its Environmental Guardrails?
Center for Humane Technology's Kate Berglund on AI data centers, energy and water use, and the missing guardrails on AI development.
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This Week's Sustainable Building News: 3/25
Cati O'Keefe on green MLS listings, rising home insurance premiums, balcony solar for renters, and Florida's water cost problem.
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Reimagining Business Value
Trane Technologies' Scott Tew on why sustainability now drives innovation, risk reduction, and long-term business value.
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Healthy Homes, Smarter Systems: Wellness, IAQ, and the OASYS House Case Study
Panasonic's Ken Nelson and builder Curtis Lawson on the OASYS house and its whole-home approach to air quality and humidity.
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This Week's Sustainable Building News: 3/18
Green Builder Media's Cati O'Keefe on capping investor home buying, Florida's net-zero ban, and Oregon's efficient wildfire rebuild.
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The Climate Reality Scientists Don’t Sugarcoat
UNC Chapel Hill dean and climate scientist Jim White on sea level rise, ice cores, and insurance as a climate tipping point.
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This Week's Sustainable Building News: 3/11
Cati O'Keefe on volatile fuel prices boosting solar, utilities pushing back on electrification, and Bill Lazar on affordable housing.
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The Truth About "Price Per Square Foot" No One Says Out Loud
Energy Logic CEO Steve Byers on why price per square foot penalizes better homes, and what total cost of ownership would change.
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Next-Generation Solar + Storage for New Home Construction
SolarEdge's Cameron Stewart and Jim Westover on the Nexus platform and the barriers keeping solar plus storage out of new homes.
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This Week's Sustainable Building News: 3/4
Cati O'Keefe on Costco-anchored affordable housing, state code moves, AI in building systems, and Nathan Good on passive solar lessons.
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Why Builders Can't Fix the Housing Crisis
St. Johns Housing Partnership's Bill Lazar on why affordable housing hinges on household income, not just construction cost.
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Amanda Cimgalia Reclaiming Affordability
James Hardie's Amanda Cimgalia on how resilient building materials and insurance incentives help homeowners fortify against extreme weather.
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Don Worthington Reclaiming Affordability
Lending expert Don Worthington on new energy-efficiency appraisal rules and how cutting utility bills turns into real homebuyer buying power.
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This Week's Sustainable Building News: 2/25
Cati O'Keefe recaps IBS 2026: housing attainability, price per square foot, shifting state energy codes and resilient new products.
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Sara Gutterman Reclaiming Affordability
Sara Gutterman on replacing price per square foot with value per square foot, and why housing's valuation model is broken.
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Lucienne Pears Reclaiming Affordability
Babcock Ranch's Lucienne Pears on how resilient site design and hardened homes strip flood insurance and storm repair costs out of homeownership.
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Todd Usher Reclaiming Affordability
Builder Todd Usher on trading the race to the bottom for quality systems that deliver maximum value per dollar in new homes.
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John Watson Reclaiming affordability
IAPMO's John Watson on how rightsizing, the Water Demand Calculator and smarter codes make homes both better and more affordable.
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Ron Jones Reclaiming Affordability
Ron Jones calls price per square foot the lazy man's arithmetic and makes the case for measuring real value in a home.
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Generational Marketing 2026
Sara Gutterman maps what boomers, Gen X, millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha now want from a home, using Cognition Smart Data.
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This Week's Sustainable Building News: 2/11
Cati O'Keefe's weekly sustainable building news: New York's new energy code, the Framer Act, ESG data and healthier envelopes.
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Architects Are Being Forced to Rethink Everything
Architect Nathan Good joins Mike Collignon on the Impact Series to discuss four decades of sustainable design, energy codes, AI's impact on architecture, and passing his firm to the next generation.
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This Town Survived the Hurricane—Here’s Why
Babcock Ranch's Lucienne Pears on the design choices that kept a Florida town powered, dry and intact through Hurricane Ian.
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Water Isn’t the Problem. Cost Is.
Deirdre Irwin of the St. Johns River Water Management District explains why Florida's water challenge is about cost, not scarcity.
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From Price to Purpose: Rewriting the Rules of Value
Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman on why price per square foot fails homeowners, and what value per square foot would measure instead.
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Designing Decarbonization: How AI is Reshaping the Future of Green Building
Schema AI's Charlie Cichetti on AI trained on your own project data, the data center debate, and green building careers.
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Learn How to Sell Healthier Homes
Matt Power, builder Todd Usher and Panasonic's Russell Pope on ventilation, indoor air quality and selling healthier homes.
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Shared Energy Solutions with Virtual Power Plants
Daran Wastchak explains how virtual power plants and distributed energy resources manage peak demand and support the grid.
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Smarter Water Systems with Advanced Pumps
Sara Gutterman on how Grundfos smart pumps give VISION House Transcend steady water pressure with far less energy use.
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Healthy and Sustainable Drywall
Sara Gutterman on the USG Eco Smart drywall in VISION House Transcend - 21% lower global warming potential and 22% lighter.
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Sustainable Comfort with Stunning Furniture
Sara Gutterman on how Lee Industries' American-made, low-carbon furnishings bring healthier materials into VISION House Transcend.
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Efficient Hot Water with Heat Pump Technology
Green Builder Media's Sara Gutterman on Rheem's all-electric heat pump water heater: 4x efficiency, app control, and grid demand response.
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High-Performance Air and Water Barrier for Extreme Climates
Sara Gutterman on the liquid flashing and sealant system sealing VISION House Transcend against extreme weather.
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Matt Risinger: The Next Wave of HVAC Innovation
Builder Matt Risinger on HVAC design, ductless systems and modern heat pumps that deliver comfort in high performance homes.
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Beautiful Slip Resistant and Anti-Microbial Tile
Green Builder Media's Sara Gutterman on tile that pairs large-format, earthy design with slip-resistant, antimicrobial protection.
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Elegant, Scratch Resistant, Antimicrobial Countertops
Sara Gutterman on the honed white quartz Caesarstone countertops in Transcend: biophilic looks plus stain, heat and scratch resistance.
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Sustainability in Surround Sound
Sara Gutterman on the Sonos whole-home audio system running through VISION House Transcend.
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Resilience from the Inside Out
Sara Gutterman on how Rockwool stone wool insulation adds fire resistance, sound control and durability at VISION House Transcend.
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Bringing the Outdoors In with Arq Espacio Windows & Doors
Sara Gutterman on how Arq Espacio's multi-chamber tilt-and-turn windows add thermal efficiency, fire resistance and sound control.
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Crafting Sustainable Beauty Underfoot
Sara Gutterman on the certified North American hickory flooring at Vision House Transcend: light, neutral, and ultra-low-emitting.
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Inside the Walls: Keeping the Noise Out and Comfort In
Knauf's Shane Dickson on how fiberglass and EcoBatt insulation deliver quieter, healthier, more energy-efficient homes at VISION House Hickory Grove.
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Powering the Future in Conjunction with Local Utility
Sara Gutterman on partnering with a rural electric co-op and Tri-State to power the net zero VISION House Transcend in remote Colorado.
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Frontlines of Climate Action: The Energy Awakening
Carrier's Hakan Yilmaz on battery-equipped heat pumps that shift peak demand, ease grid stress, and feed virtual power plants.
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First Installation of Radiant Ceiling Panels in U.S.
Sara Gutterman tours the Vision House Transcend's radiant ceiling heating and cooling, PEX plumbing, and fire sprinkler systems.
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Harnessing Heat from the Cold
Sara Gutterman of Green Builder Media breaks down how cold-climate heat pumps pull usable heat from air as cold as -25 degrees C.
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Managing Design Trend Uncertainty
Sam Rashkin on why chasing design trends is a trap, and how user-experience-driven design makes homes more desirable.
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The Hidden Costs and Untapped Opportunities of Water Efficiency
IAPMO's Christopher Lohr explains how right-sizing plumbing with the Water Demand Calculator cuts cost and waste in new homes.
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Inside VISION House Austin’s GE Profile Kitchen
Architect Peter Pfeiffer breaks down the GE Profile appliances powering VISION House Austin, from induction cooking to heat pump water heating.
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Managing Homebuyer Uncertainty
Sam Rashkin's ten research-based strategies for turning high-performance home features into buyer emotion and trust.
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Custom Doors Offer Sleek Design and Enhanced Sustainability
Sara Gutterman on Transcend's custom interior doors: sleek curved-cut detailing, recycled-content MDF, and no added formaldehyde.
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Powering the Future with Solar + Storage Systems
Sara Gutterman on the solar array and battery storage keeping VISION House Transcend powered day and night.
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Luxury Appliances Enhance Sustainability
Sara Gutterman on the Dacor and Samsung appliances in VISION House Transcend, chosen for energy and water efficiency.
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Building Code Update — Navigating What’s Next
Code expert Shaunna Mozingo breaks down the 2024 IECC residential provisions, compliance paths and what is coming in future code cycles.
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Frontlines of Climate Action: Turning Utility Bills Into Buying Power
Don Worthington on turning monthly utility bills into mortgage buying power so home buyers can electrify without paying more.
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Natural Beauty, Enhanced Resilience with Thermally Modified Wood Siding
Sara Gutterman on Delta Millwork's Luna Wood thermally modified siding, and how heat and steam boost durability without coatings.
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Beautiful Water Solutions at Transcend
Sara Gutterman highlights the water-saving showers, toilets, sinks and filtered water system installed in the Transcend Home.
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Glass in, Carbon Out: A Smarter Concrete Solution
Craig Szabo explains how recycled curbside glass replaces cement in concrete, cutting carbon while improving strength and durability.
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Breathe Easier, Build Smarter: Why ERVs Are a Must-Have in New Homes
Panasonic's Don West and Matt Power explain how ERVs deliver filtered fresh air and manage moisture without wasting energy.
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Breathing Easy with Whole-Home Indoor Air Quality Solutions
Sara Gutterman shows how sensor-driven ventilation, a range hood insert, and an ERV keep indoor air clean at the Vision House Transcend.
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Interview with the Owners of VISION House Austin
VISION House Austin owners Judy and Robert George on solar credits, comfort in Texas heat, and aging in place in their new green home.
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Rebuilding Productivity in Home Construction
Sam Rashkin's four survival strategies for the construction labor shortage: recruiting, productivity, skills and fewer trades.
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Check out the completed VISION House Transcend
Sara Gutterman tours VISION House Transcend, a net zero all-electric prefab built for comfort and wildfire resilience.
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Smart Panels Make Smarter Homes
SPAN's Stephen Kane explains how a smart electrical panel manages home loads, battery backup, and EV charging without upsizing service.
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AHF at VISION House Austin
Peter Pfeiffer on the tile and densified-wood flooring specified at VISION House Austin for durability, low waste, and healthier indoor air.
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Inside a Net-Zero Home: How Trane Powers Sustainable Living in Austin
Peter Pfeiffer and Trane's Chelsea Hudson explain how an all-electric heat pump powers a zero-energy, climate-responsive Austin home.
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Smarter Spaces and Cleaner Air
Architect Peter Pfeiffer on how VISION House Austin's heat pump and mini-split design deliver clean air, comfort, and a negative energy bill.
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Breaking the Housing Affordability Trap
Sam Rashkin on the gap between home prices and household incomes, and six cost-saving strategies builders can use to close it.
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What Every Builder Needs to Know About IAQ
Field Controls' Brent Holloway explains demand-controlled ventilation, fresh-air dampers and what every builder should know about IAQ.
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Building Product Circularity in Action
Trex CEO Bryan Fairbanks on making decking from 95%+ recycled material and the manufacturing culture that makes circularity work.
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A New American Harvest: Carbon Storage and Home Building
Rocky Mountain Institute's Chris Magwood on turning agricultural biomass into carbon-storing building materials for homes.
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Frontlines of Climate Action: Building for the Storm
Pearl Homes' Marshall Gobuty on the elevation, structural, and envelope choices that carried his Florida homes through four hurricanes.
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EPDs at the Core of Fiberon’s Decarbonization Strategy
Fiberon's Kate Haws explains how EPDs, recycled content and renewable energy drive the composite decking maker's decarbonization push.
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Case Study: How to Strengthen the Building Envelope
DuPont's Shawn Hunter on airtight envelopes, continuous insulation, and cutting operational and embodied carbon.
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Managing Market Uncertainty: Programs and Certifications
Sam Rashkin, who led ENERGY STAR for homes at EPA, on the program's uncertain future and what builders should do next.
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Westlake Royal Offers Innovative Exterior Solutions
Westlake Royal's Steve Booze on the cool roof tile system and manufactured stone at the VISION House Las Vegas.
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Step Into Sustainability
Mohawk's Denise Silbert explains how bio-based, PVC-free flooring lines pair durability with design at VISION House Las Vegas.
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Insulation Case Study: Quiet, Comfortable, Sustainable
Greenfiber's Laura Woodford explains how recycled cellulose insulation sequesters carbon while making homes quieter and more comfortable.
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Fresh Air, Smarter Homes: How Beazer and Broan Are Elevating Indoor Living
Beazer's Justin Anderson and Broan's Travis Rasch on how ERVs and quiet exhaust fans deliver fresh, filtered air in energy-efficient homes.
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Think You Know Electrification? This NGIG Event Might Change Your Mind
Steve Byers and NGIG panelists question the efficiency-first playbook and make the data case for electrifying homes first.
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Resilient by Design: Inside the VISION House Austin
Architect Peter Pfeiffer tours VISION House Austin, showing how passive climate-responsive design delivers an affordable zero energy home.
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Plumbing the Future: How IAPMO is Driving Innovation
IAPMO's John Watson on how standards and third-party certification build trust in new plumbing tech, and why water quality is next.
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Resilient Siding Provides Climate Conscious Protection
James Hardie's Jill Kolling on resilient fiber cement siding, zero manufacturing waste goals and locally sourced raw materials.
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Beat the Heat with Fabral’s Metal Roofing
Fabral's Bruce Green on recycled-content metal roofing, standing-seam durability, and reflective cool-roof coatings at VISION House Austin.
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VISION House Las Vegas Walkthrough
Ron Jones and Beazer Homes' Justin Anderson tour VISION House Las Vegas, from rooftop solar and battery storage to what's hidden behind the walls.
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Why Heat Pump Water Heaters Are Unsung Heroes of Efficient Homes
Rheem's Scott Cohen tells Ron Jones how heat pump water heaters cut water heating energy use about 75% and what incentives offset the cost.
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Frontlines of Climate Action with Ken LaRoe
Climate First Bank founder Ken LaRoe on values-based banking and financing rooftop solar for thousands of American homes.
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The Next Evolution of the Perfect Wall
Sam Rashkin on updating the perfect wall for today's moisture, resilience and labor realities, and how to pick a wall system.
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Decked Out and Loving It at VISION House Austin
TimberTech's Samara Toole on recycled-content decking at VISION House Austin, and how advanced PVC adds fire and flood resilience.
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Sustainability Symposium 2025 ClimateTech Revolution
Trane's Scott Tew and Vijay Deshmukh on thermal storage, next-gen refrigerants, and heat pumps driving building decarbonization.
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Sustainability Symposium 2025 Burn the Rulebook with Allan Merrill
Beazer Homes CEO Allan Merrill on going all-in on zero energy ready homes and rethinking how buyers find and finance them.
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Sustainability Symposium 2025 Breaking the Build
Sam Rashkin on why housing's affordability, labor, and productivity crises demand a user-experience-first building model.
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Sustainability Symposium 2025 Climate Capitalism
Bloomberg's Akshat Rathi on how industrial policy and carbon pricing make capitalism work for the climate, not against it.
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Sustainability Symposium 2025 Winning the Decarbonization Debate in Hostile Territory
Former Washington senator Reuven Carlyle on winning the decarbonization debate by framing it as business resilience.
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Sustainability Symposium 2025 Power, Water & Survival: The Race to Keep the Lights On & Taps Flowing
KB Home's Jacob Atalla and Will Sarni on water-efficient homes, microgrids, and decentralized water tech for stressed regions.
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Sustainability Symposium 2025 Sustainability is No Longer Just a Footprint Initiative
Kohler's Laura Kohler on shifting from footprint reduction to sustainable living as a driver of growth and product innovation.
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Sustainability Symposium 2025 AI & Sustainability: Game-Changer or Apocalypse Machine?
Merlin AI founder Sneha Kumari weighs AI's sustainability upside against its energy, emissions, and data center footprint.
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Sustainability Symposium 2025 Resiliency Evolution
Matt Power, Marshall Gobuty and Cynthia Adams on building homes for wildfire, flood and wind, and what insurers now demand.
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From Smart to Self-Healing: A New Age of Climate-Conscious Buildings
Trane Technologies' Scott Tew on circular products, recycled materials, and digital systems that let buildings diagnose and heal themselves.
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Carrier’s Air-to-Water Heat Pump Ushers in a New Era of Home Efficiency
Carrier's Matt Vargo on an air-to-water heat pump that handles heating, cooling, and hot water in one package without cooling the utility room.
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The Energy-Water Nexus
Daran Wastchak explains the water-energy nexus and which fixtures, programs and reuse systems actually save water at home.
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Rethinking How to Scale Systems Built Homes
Sam Rashkin on why systems-built housing hasn't scaled, and the true-cost math that makes panelized construction pencil out.
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Heat Pumps for the Modern Era
Samsung HVAC's Victor Gomez on cold-climate heat pumps, flexible retrofit options, and AI-driven energy management.
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Cracking the Code on Embodied Carbon with RESNET 1550!
RMI's Chris Magwood on the draft RESNET 1550 standard and how builders can measure and cut embodied carbon in homes.
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Frontlines of Climate Action: Sustainability Should be the Norm
Tim O'Brien Homes CEO Tim O'Brien on third-party certified homes, air sealing, indoor air quality, and making sustainability the norm.
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Homeownership Made Easy with Resideo Smart Home Devices
Resideo's JD Wix on why smart thermostats, connected devices and utility programs are changing what homeownership really costs.
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Generational Marketing in 2025
Sara Gutterman profiles the 2025 housing market by generation, from boomers to the emerging Gen Alpha buyers.
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Interview with new Head of Builder Partnerships, Jay McKenzie
New Green Builder Media builder partnerships lead Jay McKenzie on smart data, builder training, and the opportunity in sustainable homes.
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How a Former Youth Activist is Driving Change in Corporate Sustainability
Charles Orgbon on going from 12-year-old youth activist to ESG consultant, and why sustainability data now faces financial-grade scrutiny.
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Why Babcock Ranch was a Lone Community Standing with Power After Hurricane Ian
Kitson & Partners' Tom Hoban on the 15 years of planning that kept Babcock Ranch powered through Hurricane Ian.
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Greenfiber: Decades Ahead of the Cellulose Insulation Craze
Greenfiber CEO Tom VanAlstine on cellulose insulation's recycled content, energy performance, and its role at Vision House Las Vegas.
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Frontlines of Climate Action: Sustainability is Personal
Thrive Home Builders' Gene Myers on 32 years of green building, rooftop solar, and why carbon neutral homes are personal for him.
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Rethinking How We Scale Climate Solutions
Sam Rashkin on why climate urgency isn't being heard, and how simpler home ratings and better messaging could scale climate action.
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Energy Code Mastery IECC 2024
Daran Wastchak covers the 2024 IECC: what changed, nine pathways to compliance, and tougher testing and inspection requirements.
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Frontlines of Climate Action: Green Building Grit and Gumption
Green Builder Media co-founder Ron Jones on protecting the green builder name, shaping ICC 700, and the future of the building envelope.
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Andersen Windows and Doors at VISION House Austin
Andersen's Brandon Berg on how window and door design, long-term durability, and circularity shape sustainable building at VISION House Austin.
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Multifamily Trends and Connected Living
Kwikset's Aaron Zarle on garden-style multifamily trends, renter demographics, and how access control differs from smart apartment tech.
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Carrier's Roadmap to Decarbonization
Carrier's Ravi Annapragada outlines the HVAC maker's four-pillar net-zero roadmap and the EPDs behind its low-carbon products.
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2024 State of the Industry Analysis
Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman on the 2024 housing market, her 2025 forecast, and why green building keeps growing.
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Reduce, Offset, Repeat: The Path to Carbon Neutrality
Sara Gutterman and Mark Chen on decarbonizing the built environment and how high-integrity carbon offsets close the gap builders can't.
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A Production Builder's Lessons Learned Minimizing Embodied Carbon
Thrive Home Builders' Gene Myers on measuring embodied carbon, buying offsets, and delivering carbon-neutral production homes in Colorado.
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LP Eco Leaders: Longevity and a Commitment to Proving Sustainability
LP's Jenni Galiotto on cutting carbon intensity 41%, biomass energy, carbon negative products and 50-year durability.
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Better Homes for Lower Cost How You Live Matters
Sam Rashkin closes the Housing 2.0 series with community and design, and the cost advantage of getting both right.
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Better Homes for Lower Cost Future Ready Matters
Sam Rashkin on future-ready homes: smart integration, disaster resistance, water savings, and electric, solar and battery ready design.
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Better Homes for Lower Cost Comfort Matters
Sam Rashkin on comfort as a system: enclosure, natural conditioning, and HVAC sizing that orientation and duct location can swing.
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Better Homes for Lower Cost Performance Matters
Sam Rashkin opens the Housing 2.0 series on enclosure performance, ranking wall assemblies by thermal bridging, risk and cost.
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DuPont’s Vision for a More Energy-Efficient Future
DuPont's Shawn Hunter on continuous insulation, environmental product declarations, and cutting embodied carbon in home building.
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Sunnova’s Role in Powering Energy Independence
Sunnova's Michael Grasso on how solar, storage, and EV charging are driving new-home energy independence and grid resiliency.
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Important Code Update
Code consultant Shaunna Mozingo breaks down the 2021 IECC residential compliance paths and its new additional efficiency requirement.
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Fiber Cement Siding and Sustainability Can Be Compatible
James Hardie's Jill Kolling on low-carbon cement R&D, product declarations, and climate-engineered fiber cement siding built to last.
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Designing for the Future: AHF’s Role in Creating Sustainable and Healthy Homes
AHF Products sustainability VP Noah Chitty on carbon-neutral tile, wood flooring, and material transparency at VISION House Austin.
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How Home Fire Sprinklers Can Reduce Construction Costs
Lorraine Carli of the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition and NFPA colleagues on today's home fire risk and the cost case for sprinklers.
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Navigating the NAR Settlement: A Realtor's Perspective
Realtor Christopher Matos-Rogers breaks down how the NAR settlement changes MLS commission fields and buyer brokerage agreements.
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VISION House Austin: Discover the Future of Sustainable Living
Architect Peter Pfeiffer on how VISION House Austin uses climate-responsive design to stay comfortable without power.
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Electrifying Homes with SPAN: Unlocking High Performance and Zero Energy Living
SPAN's Arch Rao explains how a smart electrical panel lets homes go fully electric without costly power-line and service upgrades.
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Climate Anxiety Unmasked
Kate Schapira on eco-anxiety, climate guilt, and how community connection turns overwhelming feelings into action.
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Zero Carbon Homes Pioneering a Sustainable Future
Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman on the shift from net zero energy to net zero carbon homes, from embodied carbon to EPDs.
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Banking Green: Why Sustainable Banks Make a Difference
Climate First Bank founder Ken LaRoe on values-based banking and a fully digital rooftop solar loan program now going nationwide.
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Zero Energy Workforce Housing
Builder Rob Howard explains how he delivers DOE Zero Energy Ready workforce homes in North Carolina for about $200,000.
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Sustainable Products of the Year from Green Builder Magazine
Matt Power presents Green Builder Media's 2024 Sustainable Products of the Year, from smart energy panels to efficient appliances.
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High-Performance Home Laboratory Webinar Summary
Pearl Certification's Cynthia Adams and builder Alan Machuga on how certification turns home performance into value.
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Reimagining Home: The Shift Toward Sustainable Living
Fieser Homes' Justin Anderson on water-smart desert building, solar plus storage, and making high-performance homes attainable in Las Vegas.
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Getting to Zero at Lowest Cost
Builder Scott Sanders on value engineering zero energy ready homes: advanced framing, staggered studs and foundation detailing.
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Efficient Living, Solar-Driven: The Next Generation of Homeownership
Beazer Homes' Kyle Tibbitts explains how zero energy ready, all-electric solar homes are being built at attainable prices in Las Vegas.
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Exterior Products for the Ultimate In Energy Efficiency, Style
Westlake Royal's Steve Booz on insulated siding, R-5 continuous insulation, and cool concrete roof tile for energy efficiency and resilience.
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Meet the CEOs Behind VISION House Las Vegas: Crossing the Rubicon
Beazer Homes CEO Alan Merrill on delivering zero energy ready homes at scale and the VISION House Las Vegas project.
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Zero Energy Modular Homes
Dvele's Brandon Weiss on delivering zero energy ready modular homes at scale, and why the industry needs a national standard.
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Sustainable Manufacturers Up Their EPD Game
Ferguson and Kohler leaders explain what an EPD really reveals, what makes one high quality, and why they are so hard to produce.
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Automated Shades Save Energy Costs
PowerShades president Ryan Chacon on how automated shades cut HVAC energy use up to 30% and how power-over-Ethernet shades work.
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Existing Homes are Critical to Zero … How We Get there
Sam Rashkin on retrofitting America's 85 million existing homes to zero: the technical minefields and what scaling would take.
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Welcome to Kate Schapira’s Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth
Author Kate Schapira on her Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth and how collective action helps people move past eco-anxiety.
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Sustainability Symposium 2024: Existential Solutions - Jon Creyts
RMI CEO Jon Creyts on how falling costs and exponential clean energy growth are tipping markets faster than anyone forecast.
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Sustainability Symposium 2024: Existential Solutions - Jeremy Rifkin
Economist Jeremy Rifkin on the shift from an age of progress to an age of resilience, and what it means for how we build.
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Sustainability Symposium 2024: Existential Solutions - Ashlee Piper
Ashlee Piper on why Gen Z and millennials distrust sustainability marketing, and how brands can win that trust back.
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Sustainability Symposium 2024: Existential Solutions Opening Remarks
Mike Collignon and Sara Gutterman open Green Builder Media's eighth Sustainability Symposium, Existential Solutions.
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Sustainability Symposium 2024: Existential Solutions - Xiye Bastida
Youth climate activist Xiye Bastida on indigenous roots, eco-anxiety, and building a climate movement people want to join.
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Sustainability Symposium: Existential Solutions - Sara Gutterman
Sara Gutterman on ESG, climate disclosure, and carbon solutions driving the decarbonization decade in building.
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Get ready for the Sustainability Symposium 2024: Existential Solutions
Sustainability Symposium 2024 speakers preview sessions on climate communication, consumer trust, clean tech and rethinking our buildings.
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Translating the Hidden Value of Zero Proven Behavior Change Techniques
Sam Rashkin on behavior change techniques for selling zero energy homes: visual proof, infrared imaging and storytelling.
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Dish It Out!
Food writer Caroline Saunders on climate-friendly eating and the carbon footprint behind everyday food and kitchen choices.
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A Family of Families
Wellborn Cabinet president Paul Wellborn on cutting waste, American-made materials, and the families behind his Alabama plant.
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Enverge Showcases SucraSeal at IBS 2024
Enverge's Charles Valentine shows how spray foam seals homes against air and moisture, plus an open-cell foam with 17% bio content.
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Room & Board Becomes a Certified B Corporation
Room & Board's Emily McGarvey on B Corp certification, urban wood furniture, and the retailer's path toward carbon neutrality.
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Beyond the Build Unlocking Home Value with Sustainable Technologies and Certification
Pearl Certification's Cynthia Adams and Rheem's Alan Machuga on how efficient home systems plus certification prove and unlock a home's value.
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Zero for Lower Cost 5 No Cost Lower Cost Best Practices
Sam Rashkin's low- and no-cost strategies for reaching net zero: compact plumbing, mass customization and smarter design decisions.
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Kick Fossil Fuels to the Curb
JinkoSolar's Adam Detrick explains how all-black solar modules plus battery storage can eliminate a home's electricity bill for good.
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Generational Marketing 2024
Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman on generational data: what each age group expects from brands, and why greenwashing backfires.
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Sneak Peek: Sustainability Symposium 2024
Xiye Bastida, Jon Creyts, Ashlee Piper, and Michael Barnard preview the 2024 Sustainability Symposium on climate messaging and solutions.
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High Performance Home Energy Efficiency is Only a Good Start
Sam Rashkin on why high performance homes take more than efficiency: enclosure imperatives, SIPs and airtightness targets.
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Learn from the Pros with Bradley Hemmick of Carrier
Carrier's Bradley Hemmick busts cold-climate heat pump myths and explains the tax credits and rebates that cut upfront cost.
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Optimizing Design for Lower Cost High-Performance Homes
Sam Rashkin shows how simpler floor plans and rooflines cut real cost from high-performance homes without losing appeal.
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A Doorway to Security and Sustainability
Brighton Homes' Tim O'Brien discusses sustainable, attainable green building features, from LiftMaster garage door technology to Windsor Doors' recycled-steel content.
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Future of Housing with Certainty Adapt or Be Left Behind
Housing 2.0 creator Sam Rashkin on why disruption is coming for home building and how builders can adapt before it arrives.
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Sherwin-Williams Brings Light to Air Purifying and Sanitizing Technologies
Susan Raterman on the Sherwin-Williams air-purifying and sanitizing paints at the Scottsdale ReVISION House.
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Mastering the Art of Color Selection
Sherwin-Williams' Laurie Clark and VISION House Scottsdale's Susan Raterman on picking paint colors that support health and wellness.
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State of the Industry 2023
Sara Gutterman reads COGNITION Smart Data on builder and buyer priorities: resilience, electrification, prefab, healthy homes.
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Geothermal Economics – Understanding and Leveraging the Inflation Reduction Act
Joe Parsons of Climate Control Group explains how IRA tax credits and adders reshape geothermal heat pump economics.
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Solar Panels Enhance Midwest Home
Builder Tim O'Brien on the 12.6kW solar array and battery backup system at VISION House Sussex.
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Insulated Garage Door Helps Strengthen Thermal Envelope
Builder Tim O'Brien on Windsor garage doors - up to 75% recycled steel and a more comfortable garage in extreme weather.
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VISION House Sussex – the Nitty Gritty
Wisconsin builder Tim O'Brien breaks down the heat pumps, water-saving fixtures, solar-plus-storage, and durable finishes in VISION House Sussex.
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Storage Solutions Level-Up Demonstration Home
Organized Living's Sarah Wise on storage built to last: cleaner manufacturing, certified materials, and ESG at the core of the product line.
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Appliances as Energy Management Systems
GE's Kevin Nolan on heat pump water heaters and dryers, induction cooking, and appliances that double as home energy management.
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Lauren Fraser MIC
Canopy co-founder Lauren Fraser on software that strips the friction out of home electrification, from heat pumps to incentives.
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The ESG Imperative
Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman on credible ESG strategy, coming disclosure rules, and why the term turned political.
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Kohler’s Transformation from Sustainability to ESG
Kohler's Laura Kohler on the shift from sustainability to ESG: zero-waste plants, water stewardship, supplier scorecards and WasteLab.
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Coping with Climate Anxiety
Five sustainability pros on managing climate anxiety, and why small personal actions and better clean tech still add up to real change.
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Panelized Homes Bring Speed and Performance to the Building Industry
Dennis Michaud tells Matt Power how the ONE Precision Assemblies panelized system speeds construction and guarantees performance.
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Embracing ESG: LG Electronics’ Commitment to People and Planet
LG Electronics' John Taylor on the Better Life 2030 ESG plan: RE100 renewables, recycled plastics, e-waste recovery and heat pumps.
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Schneider Electric: Accelerating Towards Net-Zero with ESG
Schneider Electric's Richard Korthauer on the company's net-zero ESG roadmap and how Schneider Home automates solar, storage and home energy use.
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Foundation Lowers Embodied Carbon of Home
Brandon Weiss explains how a prefabricated steel and magnesium oxide foundation cuts a modular home's embodied carbon by about 80%.
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Demonstration Home Teaming With Cutting-edge Technologies
Brandon Weiss tours the Transcend prototype home's geothermal heat pumps, radiant ceiling panels and energy recovery ventilation.
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Modular Home Company is Breaking the Mold
Devel's Brandon Weiss on why modular construction delivers healthier, self-powered homes and microgrid-ready Transcend communities.
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Transcend Communities: Empowering Net-Zero Living and Sustainable Community Development
Brandon Weiss on the first Transcend Communities home site and scaling net-zero modular homes into microgrid communities.
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InteliSense Technology Makes for Seamless HVAC Repairs and Serviceability
Carrier's Braden Cook and Christine Rasche on IntelliSense diagnostics, heat pumps and dual fuel systems for smarter, serviceable HVAC.
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Homes That Give Back – Helping smart homeowners get paid to flex their energy use
Utility program expert Tom Hines explains how virtual power plants and load-flexibility incentives pay builders and homeowners.
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Tile Surfaces Offer Superior Performance, Low Environmental Impact
Daltile's Mike Profilio on antimicrobial glazes, slip-resistant tile, and porcelain panels that pair performance with low impact.
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Meeting Consumer Technology Expectations
Home Technology Association co-founder Josh Christian on finding qualified smart home integrators and getting home tech right.
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A Look Inside Modular Home Building Factory
Inside a California modular factory, Stace McKee on why controlled-environment building beats stick-built on cost, speed, and labor.
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Video Digs Deep into Tile Industry’s Efforts to Improve Sustainability
Daltile's Mike Profilio on antimicrobial tile, click-together installation, and the ESG goals reshaping tile manufacturing.
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Walls Tell a Story of Health and Energy-Efficiency
Designer Yannick Halsberghe shows how radiant heat, ventilation, and solar-ready mechanicals get built into VISION House walls at the factory.
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The Impact of Outdoor Spaces on Well being and Sustainable Living
Trex's Leslie Adkins on how outdoor living spaces boost well-being and sustainable design, live from Mariposa Meadows.
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Technology’s Role in Prefab Home Manufacturing Process
Colm McKee explains how CNC files and digital modeling of light-gauge steel cut waste and labor time in prefab home manufacturing.
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2021 IECC Residential Overview and DOE Field Study Findings
Code expert Shaunna Mozingo breaks down 2021 IECC residential compliance paths and what DOE field study data shows.
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Building the 21st Century Community Offsite, Sustainable, Inclusive
Younger Homes' Jesse Younger on building an inclusive, sustainable Texas community with offsite construction methods.
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Psychological Aspects of Home Sound Systems
Sonos sustainability lead Deji Olukotun on home audio innovation, sound and wellbeing, and the company's net zero and longevity goals.
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Sustainability Symposium 2023: The Great Conversion - Cheyenne Hunt
Climate attorney Cheyenne Hunt on how Gen Z turns climate dread into political action, social media activism, and purchasing power.
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Sustainability Symposium 2023: The Great Conversion - Ron Jones
Ron Jones on why quality of life tracks with closeness to nature, and why rural and small-town America deserves investment too.
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Sustainability Symposium 2023: The Great Conversion - Reuven Carlyle
Former Washington senator Reuven Carlyle on the Climate Commitment Act, cap-and-invest carbon markets, and Pacific Coast policy alignment.
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The Power of Placemaking
Majora Carter on placemaking, brain drain, and why low-status neighborhoods should retain their talent instead of exporting it.
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Sustainable Green Building Products of 2023
Green Builder Media editor-in-chief Matt Power unveils the year's Top 50 Sustainable Products and the criteria behind the picks.
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Senator Martin Heinrich to Present at Sustainability Symposium 2023: The Great Conversion
Senator Martin Heinrich on new storage chemistries, grid innovation and why the electrification caucus gives people hope for a cleaner grid.
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Cheyenne Hunt to Present at 2023 Sustainability Symposium: The Great Conversion
Cheyenne Hunt on why Gen Z distrusts legacy energy companies and what a just, equitable energy transition should look like.
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Learn How Lighting Aids in Architectural Design
Ron Jones on why light is architecture's most critical component, and the dark-sky, all-LED lighting plan at Mariposa Meadows.
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ESG in Housing What we Can Learn from the Largest Builders
Stefanie Coleman analyzes the ESG disclosures of the largest national homebuilders and what other builders can learn from them.
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Builder Chooses High-Performance Appliances for Off-Grid Project
Builder Ron Jones on picking Whirlpool, Amana and KitchenAid appliance suites plus sinks, faucets and low-flow fixtures for an off-grid project.
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How Do You Make Radiant Heating Work in Mountain Homes?
Ron Jones on why hydronic radiant heat, insulated slabs and tankless combi boilers deliver quiet, efficient comfort in mountain homes.
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Video Explores How to Integrate Indoor and Outdoor Space Sustainably
Pioneer Landscape Centers COO Craig Mauk on outdoor living demand, water-wise landscapes, and smarter delivery logistics.
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Video: In Wildfire-Prone Rural Colorado, Resilient Doors Offer Fortress-Like Protection
Ron Jones on fire-rated doors and an insulated garage door that deliver wildfire resilience in rural Colorado.
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The Role of Certification in Home Valuation
Pearl Certification's Cynthia Adams on how third-party home certification drives appraised value and a 5.5% resale premium.
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Cost Effective Solutions for Residential Electrification
Building scientist Steve Easley on cost-effective all-electric homes: heat pumps, air sealing, duct placement and service upgrades.
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High-Performance Windows Conserve Energy at Off-Grid Build
Euroline Windows' Davyd Funk on tilt-and-turn uPVC windows, Passive House performance, and energy payback.
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5 Traits of Effective Leaders
Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman shares the five traits she believes define effective leadership.
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Generational Marketing
Sara Gutterman on how each generation buys, searches and consumes media, and what that means for marketing homes and products.
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Letters from Mariposa: What We've Learned So Far. Episode 2: Words Matter, Choose Wisely
Daniel Wallach of Birdhouse Farm tells Ron Jones why self-sufficiency outsells sustainability in rural Kansas, plus insect protein.
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Housing Breakthrough: Next is Now
KB Home's Dan Bridleman and Jacob Atalla on the all-electric microgrid communities making net zero attainable for first-time buyers.
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Video: Builder Describes Key Design Elements of His High Elevation Project
Builder Ron Jones on the solid-core doors, brushed-nickel hardware and Fresco Harmony tinted drywall finishes in his high-elevation project.
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Lasting Protection For Roof and Walls at 10,000 feet
Ron Jones on the steel roof, fiber cement siding, and stone veneer that make a 10,000-foot mountain home wildfire resilient.
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Precision Engineered Windows with Sexy Operability Enhance this Modular Home
Leonardo Uribe explains how European-style uPVC window systems and advanced glass deliver larger, tighter, more energy-efficient openings.
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State of the Industry
Sara Gutterman's annual industry address: 2023 housing market conditions, consumer sustainability trends and the rise of ESG.
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Durable Materials Enhance this High Elevation Home
Ron Jones on the envelope behind a 10,000-foot home: ICF foundations, SIP walls and roof, triple-glazed windows, and fire-rated doors.
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To True Believers, ESG Offers a Path Toward Climate Action
Green Strategies' Roger Ballentine on ESG, coming climate disclosure rules, and how consumers can spot greenwashing.
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2021 IECC Residential Provisions
Robby Schwarz breaks down what changed from the 2018 to the 2021 IECC for homes, and what it means for code compliance.
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Efficiency From the Start
Thrive Home Builders' Bill Rectanus and Gene Myers on the carbon neutral Green Builder Vision Home at the 55-plus Saunders community.
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How to Access Inflation Reduction Act Funds
DOE's Chris Castro explains how to access Inflation Reduction Act rebates and tax credits for homes and buildings.
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The Grace Period is Over Zero at No Cost by 2030
Sam Rashkin and Sara Gutterman on reaching net zero housing by 2030 through one federal policy change at no cost to taxpayers.
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Microgrids
Blue Planet Energy founder Henk Rogers on off grid battery storage and why the future of the grid is local microgrids.
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Millennial Home Builders Emphasize Understanding Your Lot Before Building
Younger Homes' Danielle and Jesse Younger on understanding your lot, healthy materials and why sustainable building costs less than buyers think.
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Samsung Pushes the Boundaries of Sustainability
Samsung's Mark Newton explains how product efficiency, renewable energy, and circular design drive the company's sustainability strategy.
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VISION House Transcend: Self-Powered, Sustainable Housing
Dvele CEO Kurt Goodjohn and Sara Gutterman on VISION House Transcend: all-electric prefab homes that power themselves and rethink housing value.
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Water Solutions Webinar: How Low Can We Go?
Green Builder Media's Matt Power on cutting home water use with low-flow fixtures, greywater, rainwater harvesting and smart irrigation.
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Decarbonization and the Built Environment
Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman on decarbonizing the built environment through durable materials and home electrification.
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Letters From Mariposa: What We've Learned so Far
Ron Jones on the EPA ruling, and why the fall of whale oil and steam shows energy transitions come from better technology.
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The Future of Home Performance is All-Electric
Building scientist Steve Easley on electrification, enclosure best practices, and installing heat pump water heaters right.
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How do Millennials Really Feel About Smart Home Tech?
Four millennial homeowners on what smart home tech actually delivers, from battery load shifting to door locks, and where it falls short.
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The Demand for Healthy Homes on the Rise
Sam Rashkin and Panasonic's Ken Nelson break down source control, dilution, and filtration, and why buyers will pay for healthy homes.
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What Can Builders Do to Create Healthier Homes?
Sam Rashkin and Ken Nelson on how indoor air quality and smart ventilation make homes healthier and cheaper to operate.
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Water and Energy Efficiency are of Utmost Importance
Uponor's Ingrid Mattsson on radiant heating, PEX plumbing, and fire sprinklers, and why water and energy efficiency now drive product design.
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A Healthy Home Means Healthy Inhabitants
Delos founder Paul Scialla explains how indoor air quality and filtration technology directly shape human health and wellbeing at home.
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Radical New Tool to Measure Climate Risk
Risk Thinking's Ron Demo on modeling climate financial risk for buildings worldwide and using it to prioritize which ones to retrofit first.
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The Future of Comfort at Home
Homebuilding veteran Alan Laing on an engineered HVAC distribution system that moves ducts into conditioned space for better comfort.
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Smart Home Technology to Optimize Energy Use
Schneider Electric's Bradford Wills on device-level energy monitoring, virtual power plants and future-proofing homes with the Energy Center.
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The Integration of All in One Home Control Centers
Samsung SmartThings' Steve Herbert on how all-in-one home control centers now manage energy, air quality and water.
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Persistent Drought Conditions Persist: Water Management Solutions are Becoming Increasingly Vital
Sara Gutterman, Thrive's Bill Rectanus and Phyn's Ryan Kim on drought, water rights, and the tech that cuts household water waste.
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Easy Steps to Healthy Home
Green Builder Media's Sara Gutterman on two simple strategies for better indoor air quality: source control and contaminant containment.
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Millennial Essentials What They Want, What They’ll Pay For, and How to Give It to Them
Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman on what millennial homebuyers want, what they'll pay extra for, and how to deliver it.
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ESG Spotlight: LP Building Solutions
LP Building Solutions' Donna Kopecky on the company's ESG strategy: climate risk disclosure, product EPDs, forestland stewardship and supplier accountability.
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Today's Home Buyer - A Free Ebook
Matt Power on the squeeze facing first-time buyers, and a free Green Builder Media e-book on buying versus renting today.
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DuPont's Strategy to Address Climate, Circularity and Chemicals
DuPont's Shawn Hunter on the 2030 sustainability strategy for Shelter Solutions: lower embodied carbon, material circularity and safer chemistries.
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Cold Brew Series: Max Rohr on Efficiencies Gained by Using Water to Move Energy
Hydronics educator Max Rohr on why water moves 3,400x more energy than air, the skilled trades gap, and water heaters as load-shifting batteries.
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Beko works towards melding sustainability with functionality
Beko's Zach Elkin on carbon-neutral appliance manufacturing, a 2.5-liter Corner Sense dishwasher, and Harvest Fresh refrigeration that fights food waste.
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Cold Brew Series: Eddy Soffer on Values-Aligned Investing
Interactive Brokers ESG manager Eddy Soffer on values-aligned investing, carbon offsets, and the firm's Impact app for personalized portfolios.
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Housing 2.0: Education for Successful Building
Sam Rashkin on why high performance alone isn't enough, and the five user experiences Housing 2.0 says builders must get right.
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The Future of Healthy Homes
DOE's Eric Werling on where ventilation standards, indoor air quality science and healthy home technology are heading.
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Cold Brew Series: Danny Torres on the Importance of Salvaging Urban Lumber
Danny Torres on salvaging city trees into furniture, keeping stored carbon out of landfills, and replanting with climate-appropriate species.
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Sustainability Symposium 2022 Day 2 Opening Remarks
Sara Gutterman and Mike Collignon open day two of Sustainability Symposium 2022 on climate tech, carbon capture, and systems change.
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Sustainablity Symposium 2022 Decarbonization Panel
Peter Pfeiffer, Steve Easley and Bronwyn Barry on practical ways to cut carbon in buildings, from programming to energy modeling.
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Sustainability Symposium 2022 David McGinty
PACE global director David McGinty on why the circular economy is essential to decarbonizing the built environment.
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Sustainability Symposium 2022 Roger Ballentine
Climate capitalist Roger Ballentine on aligning innovation, stewardship, and profit to make decarbonization pay.
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Sustainability Symposium 2022 Sandra Waddock
Boston College's Sandra Waddock on replacing the shareholder-wealth narrative with an economics of stewardship and collective value.
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Sustainability Symposium 2022 - ESG Essentials
A manufacturer, a builder, and an investor on putting ESG strategy into practice, and why inconsistent standards stall progress.
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ICC Uses Innovation to Address Future Building Realities
ICC's Ryan Colker on resilience benchmarks, offsite construction standards, and codes that keep pace with changing risk.
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Sustainability Symposium 2022 Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken on why climate language built on fear and blame fails, and why regeneration is the better frame.
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Sustainability Symposium Opening Remarks
Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman opens the 2022 Sustainability Symposium on the roadmap to a decarbonized economy.
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New Integrated Solar Roof Shingles for Homes
GAF Energy's Martin DeBono explains how Timberline Solar shingles turn an ordinary asphalt roof into a power source.
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ESG Spotlight: Whirlpool
Whirlpool sustainability director Ron Voglewede on net zero operations, wind energy, water efficiency, and zero waste to landfill.
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The Future of Home Sales and Marketing
Fulton Homes' Dennis Webb on how online-first buyers are changing new home sales and the role of the salesperson.
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Better Homes for Lower Cost Put to the Test Housing 2 0 Action Group Results
Housing 2.0 author Sam Rashkin shows how redesigned builder floor plans delivered better homes and tens of thousands in savings.
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Trane Technologies ESG Initiatives
Trane Technologies' Scott Tew on the Gigaton Challenge and the ESG commitments reshaping how the company designs and manufactures.
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The Concern of Indoor Air Quality is Here to Stay
HP Products' Greg Calderone explains why central vacuum systems improve indoor air quality and how existing homes can be retrofitted.
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Environmental Potential in Demand-Side Energy Management
CR Herro on how buildings waste half their energy, and how demand-side energy management can flatten peak demand and cut a $1.2 trillion annual cost.
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Liftmaster at ReVISION House Austin
Homeowner Tiana Cooper on LiftMaster's quiet wall-mounted garage openers, app control and Amazon Key at ReVISION House Austin.
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LG HVAC at ReVISION House Austin
Reid Fairbanks and homeowner Tiana Cooper on the LG whole-house and mini split HVAC system at ReVISION House Austin.
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Signature Kitchen Suite at ReVISION House Austin
Homeowner Tiana Cooper on the Signature Kitchen Suite appliances and open-concept layout at ReVISION House Austin.
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The Forever House: Ventilating Right with an Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV)
Building scientist Steve Easley explains why a balanced ERV is the right way to ventilate a high performance, healthy home.
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Mohawk Flooring at ReVISION House Austin
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