How to Minimize Formaldehyde for a Healthier Home
An industrial hygienist explains the ramifications of exposure to formaldehyde and how to minimize its use in homes across the country.
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We Want to Hear from You! Share Ideas About the Future of High-Performance Building
We listen. We learn. We thrive.
Here’s What We Learned at the 2016 Building Genius Summit
Check out what Builder 20 members are saying about the Building Genius Summit
Have You Heard? Here Are Some of the Latest Acoustical Performance Trends
Today’s builders, architectural designers and building owners face increasing demands to control growing noise levels within residential and commercial buildings.
What Is the Future of Smart Home Technology?
How do and how will builders and architects create better disciplines and practices around discovery of what people expect in their new homes?
Building The New American Home: A Partnership That Changed the Game for High-Performance Homes
A remarkable example of customized homebuilding, TNAH reflects a year-long collaborative partnership between Owens Corning and Las Vegas-based custom homebuilder Element Design Build.
Air Sealing, Comfort, Energy Efficiency, Innovation, Moisture Control
Part 2: Marketing to Today’s Self-Educating Homebuyer
A major shift in the way homes are listed may boost home buyer interest in home performance. I say could, because it’s too soon to tell. As of February 2016, about nine states have added Home Energy Ratings to real estate MLS listings. This means that homebuyers can now make an “apples-to-apples” comparison of a home’s energy performance, as it relates to future energy use.
How to Market to Millennials as They Enter Prime Home Buying Years
A residential builder’s guide to the who, why, and how of development, design, construction, and marketing to young adults of today and tomorrow.
Today’s Self-Educating Homebuyers are Ready to Learn About High-Performance Homes
Data suggests that builders still have a key role to play in getting buyers past product myopia.
Building Science Innovation Powers the Future of the High-Performance Home
Building science is an integral part of what builders use today as tools to achieve a better performance building. To achieve a better performance building, builders understand the value of building science because building science will help them get the targets that building codes are requiring them to achieve today.
Design Showcase: Bringing New Insights to Light
Research has found that we work, play and communicate better in bright, airy spaces. Here’s advice and inspiration for bringing light and laughter into your home.