Codes + Standards North American Passive House Network e-book explains Passivhaus, net-zero techniques Free e-book offer how-to on construction and retrofits
Projects* UNPUBLISHED What if you built every home as if you planned to live there yourself? When a builder lives in the homes he creates, it allows for more risk taking. It also results in homes that sell faster.
Opinion Being Smart About Smart Homes For home buyers, smart gadgets and systems aren't just nice to have — the features are becoming necessities.
features Big Home Builders Dominate Metro Atlanta After the recession whittled out many small home builders, the share of construction of the top 10 builders in Atlanta has doubled (from 22...
features Building Science: How Tight Construction Improves Indoor Air Quality High-performance homes provide more affordable, comfortable, healthy, durable, and safe dwellings for all Americans, and that’s a good thing...
features Canadian High Schools Have Home Building on the Curriculum Instead of home ec or shop class, students at Calgary’s Jack James High School can build a real home, the Calgary Herald reports. The...
features The Least and Most Useful Luxury Home Features Chef’s kitchens look nice and contain dozens of tools, gadgets, and appliances that could be useful. That is, if you’re a professional chef....
features Orlando’s New American Home Will Be Ready for the 2017 International Builders' Show The International Builder Show returns to Orlando two winters from now, and by the time it arrives, an 8,000-square-foot, net-zero, $4...
features An Inside Look at KB Homes and its Double ZeroHouse 3.0 In an interview by ProudGreenHome.com with KB Home’s Jacob Atalla, the company’s vice president of sustainability initiatives talked about...
Opinion New Ruling on Status of Subcontractors in Home Building The National Labor Relations Board could consider them "joint employees"