Design New Initiative Enables Builders to Reduce Embodied Carbon Launched by the nonprofit RMI, HomebuildersCAN helps single-family and low-rise multifamily builders address an often-overlooked problem in home construction
Healthy Home The Passive House Network Publishes Guidance for 2024 The “Building Certifier Scope of Services” provides clarification on steps taken to certify a
Healthy Home Concrete Wall Panels Help Build Noncombustible Homes NileBuilt’s net-zero homes are built with concrete wall panels—creating fire, flood, and wind
Healthy Home Don’t Burn Straw—Build With It Many farmers across the globe burn the straw that’s left over from their rice and wheat crops.
Healthy Home How AI and Mushrooms Helped Turn an Empty Urban Lot into Affordable Housing In Oakland, Calif., a design team leveraged innovative methods and materials to build 316 afforda
Healthy Home Boston’s First Passive House-Certified Homes RODE Architects encountered surprises and challenges while designing the three single-family home
Healthy Home PhiusCon 2023 Heads to Houston, Texas Hosted by Phius, the conference brings together architecture, building, manufacturing, and energy
Healthy Home Prefab, Modular Homebuilder Touts Energy and Cost Benefits California-based Dvele delivers high-performance, healthy homes resilient to fire and extreme wea
Healthy Home Mass Timber and Prefab, Stronger Together For commercial and, increasingly, housing projects, Mercer Mass Timber supplies products that can
Innovators Nominations Open for the 2024 Ivory Prize For Housing Affordability The Ivory Prize seeks to elevate ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to the challenges fa
Disruption D.R. Horton Buys 250,000 Grass-Made, Structural Panels from Plantd The startup’s collaboration with D.R. Horton signifies a major industry shift in favor of clima
Healthy Home Luxury Development in Utah Uses Leading-Edge Tech to Enhance Health and Wellbeing The 115-residence community has partnered with a range of partners providing air purification and
Healthy Home Concept Homes to Promote the Wellness that People Want from Their Homes The national America at Home Study uncovered how people feel about home and community. Now, a col
Healthy Home Liv-Connected Puts Health in Homeowners' Hands With 'Health Hub' Liv-Connected's off-site home concept is built for wellness, now integrating health monitoring sy