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.
Tag: Comfort
Recognizing the Unique Needs of Each Home You Build
Whether it’s location, orientation, climate zone, design, size or occupant, every home requires a different formula.
How the 2016 New American Home Challenged Convention and Got Breakthrough Results
Game changing. Cutting-Edge. Stunning. Three words you’ll hear frequently when describing The 2016 New American Home®.
Experience the Comfort Applied Building Science Brings to the New American Home®
Visitors experiencing the 2016 edition of The New American Home® in Las Vegas won’t just see and hear how Owens Corning is helping builders turn building science into building genius™ –they will be able to feel it!
Upgrade Below Grade: How to Build Dry, Livable Basements That Customers Demand
Perfectly planned and installed dry concrete basements are tricky. Get it wrong, and that below-grade space could cost thousands in repair and maintenance down the road. In worst case scenarios, it could even end up making a home "unsellable". Find out how to do the job right the first time, or look at remediation if you need to.
3 Key Factors Contributing to a Home’s Livability
From a building science perspective, three things define a home's comfort level: moisture, temperature and noise. Taking care of these three issues in a home, new or old, will go a long way toward making it the livable, comfortable place that it should be.
Assessing the Impact of Millennials in Today’s Rental Market
If you have all you can handle keeping up with new home orders, congrats and keep it up. If you're looking to diversify your portfolio of construction services, as many home builders are, now is a great time to explore your multifamily options.
“Leaky” Home? Check These 5 Energy-Losing Areas First
For some, winter means overheated apartments and clanky radiators, but for homeowners it’s more often a struggle to keep an inefficient home cheaply warmed. Here is a look at five problem areas that cause heat loss in colder climates and older homes with some potential solutions to explore.
Turning the “Daylight Health Factor” into a Tangible Sales Benefit
Can daylight help close more home sales? The value of natural light is a growing factor with today's home buyer.
The Atmosphere Is Right for Upgraded Indoor Air Quality.
As consumers become more aware of how the built environment affects occupants, what can home builders do to cater to this growing demand?