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.
Tag: Healthy Home
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?
Nine Best Practices for Building a Healthier Home
From radon mitigation and proper ventilation to moisture control, some strategies are often overlooked in builders' battle for superior indoor air quality.
VIDEO: “The New American Home” See the Latest Building Science Advancements at Work
This is the first in a series of NAHB-produced videos about Owens Corning's participation in the 2016 New American Home. Take a look and listen to what Element, the builder, has to say about working with Owens Corning on this project - and then let us know how we can work with you to help Turn Building Science into Building Genius™.
Your Focus on Sustainability Is the Key to Improving Living Environments Moving Forward
Environmental stewardship, economic prosperity and social progress are directly linked with creating better living environments.
How to Respond to Increasing Concerns about Indoor Air Quality
As building envelopes get tighter, air flow through the building is choked off and VOCs and allergens are trapped inside homes. Find out what you need to know about indoor air quality and how you can make your homes healthier and your customers happier.
Coordinating Building Components to Create a Fully Integrated High-Performance Home
A house is a complex system of different components assembled together. Correctly integrating these systems in a cost effective way is key when developing a high performance home. Therefore, there has to be a systems thinking when putting together a high performance building.
Creating Green Homes That Perform for Your Customers and Your Business
The decision to offer homes that are high performance, energy efficient, non-toxic, sustainable—whatever the preferred term—involves many considerations. Of course, green building techniques and products reduce a home’s environmental impact as well as owners’ operational costs, but what do they do for a builder’s bottom line?
Homeowners Recognize the Health Benefits of High-Performance Homes
Add another selling point for new homes—homeowners consider them healthier than homes built before 2001, according to the Houzz 2014 Healthy Home Trends Study.
Building High-Performance Features into Production Homes
To build a house to the rigorous Passive House standards involves a large investment that may be challenging to many profit-minded home builders. The idea of lowering the home’s carbon footprint is certainly appealing to many homeowners, but the substantial upfront cost is a roadblock that may be tough to overcome. This article offers a few ideas for overcoming this roadblock and building a higher performing home.