Codes + Standards Modular net-zero home models cut energy use by two-thirds Deltec Homes has focused on making affordable prefab houses that don't require any electricity from the grid.
features ‘Urban Mixed-Use’ Developments Do Not Deliver On Their Promises There is something we tend to overlook about the portrayal of extra terrestrials in fiction; they have no individuality. Each different race...
features Job Growth And Wage Gains Point To A Healthy U.S. Housing Market The end of 2015 brought with it a surprising slowdown in household growth, but that looks like it will be an exception to the rule as...
features Building The Smartest Homes Possible Smart homes and smart devices and products are reaching a defining moment. By 2019, companies are expected to ship 1.9 billion connected...
features Reston, Virginia’s People-First Approach To Development Has Lasting Effects Reston Virginia. It sounds like the name of a Clint Eastwood character in a 1960s Spaghetti Western, fully equipped with a piercing squint,...
features BetterLife Student Loan program Looks To Help First-Time Buyers Burdened By Student Debt Ready for the surprise of the day? If you have no debts and $10 in your pocket, you have more wealth than 25 percent of Americans. It seems...
features Digital Upgrades That Help Sell A Home More Quickly We live in a digital world. Things that just a few years ago were unique and novel have become commonplace and necessary. If you pull an old...
Opinion Buyers Discouraged, No Longer Incentivized, By High Home Prices Home prices continue to trend upwards leaving buyers with few options and even fewer affordable ones
Codes + Standards More than 3,300 homes on path to zero energy This represents almost 1% of 2014 housing starts.
Codes + Standards Home automation device hijacks homes’ HVAC systems Amazon’s Echo home automation device reportedly took things into its own hands and adjusted thermostats without owners’ authority.