ABC Green Home 3.0 Continues to Earn Recognition
ABC Green Home 3.0 has been recognized as ASCE-OC’s 2018 Sustainable Engineering Project of the Year
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Choosing and Installing Energy Efficient Windows on Your Next Build
When selecting energy efficient windows, consider their ratings on energy performance in relation to the design of your home and
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Combating Veteran Homelessness with Homes 4 Families
Providing housing solutions for our American Heroes is an everyday goal for this company By Abby Pittman The American Dream
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The Ever-Expanding Green Movement
From record improvements and cultural relevance in 2017, what will 2018 bring to the green movement? By Jason Forrest The
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Redeveloping Brownfield Sites for Energy-Saving Advantages
Zoning for small cottage developments offers energy-efficient value for developers By KATHERINE AUSTIN There is a tremendous challenge we face
Read moreMore Innovation in Sustainable Homebuilding to Come in 2018
2018 will continue to ride the coattails of a strong sustainable 2017 By SERGIO FLORES Overall, the sentiment for U.S.
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Observing Possible Changes Ahead For the Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards
California’s residential ZNE by 2020 mandate was and continues to be a goal rather than a requirement for new construction,
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A Clean Slate for the New Year
Moving forward with durability in mind after a tumultuous 2017 By RON NESTOR, AIA 2017 was a great year to
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If You’re Not Predicting the Future, You’re Living in The Past
Our industry has been slow to move into the realm of big data By GLENN RENNER In this magazine last
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Resiliency for Homes in an Uncertain World
How to prepare for the unexpected? Be resilient By HEATHER ROSENBERG In traditional planning and design, we look ahead by
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The GHB Interview: Mahesh Ramanujam
Ramanujam joined USGBC in 2009 as senior vice president of technology, and was named COO in September 2011. In December
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The Carpet Industry Starts to Clean Up
By Jim Vallette These are revolutionary times in the carpet industry. Thanks to a confluence of rising consumer demands, new
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First EcoSmart, ZeroEnergy Community in Austin, Texas
A blueprint for a new kind of planned community, Whisper Valley is an environmentally-sensitive development dedicated to energy efficiency and
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The GHB Interview – Rob Elliott
Rob Elliott is the President of Insight Homes, one of Delaware’s leading homebuilders. They specialize in building green homes throughout
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Just How Far Did Smart Homes Take Off In 2017?
The highly successful launches of smart speakers like Amazon’s Echo and Google Home provide one harbinger of growth By GLENN
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Sustainable Design Begins With American Made Products
2017 brought many great building products to choose from, but the best and most beneficial are always American made By
Read moreHigh-Performance, Net-Zero American Home Building: DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, and CONSTRUCTION
By NICK SLEVIN The original Net-Zero, LEED ABC Green Home was built at the Great park in Irvine, Calif. in
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Alliance Residential’s Culture is Sustainability
Winner of Green Home Builder magazine’s Developer of the Year, Alliance Residential remains ahead of the curve by taking a
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Green Actions –2017 Encouraged Us To Act on Green and Sustainability
Increasingly, how a company conducts their business is an important factor in choosing to buy their product or service By
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Year-End Residential Reflections
Policy, culture, and technology win big in the residential built environment for 2017 By DOMINIQUE HARGREAVES Photo Credit Natalia Knezevic
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Insight Homes Disrupts the Marketplace
Delaware homebuilder Insight Homes is honored as Builder of the Year for honing their homebuilding craft by pushing the green
Read moreYear-End Reflections for Green Homebuilding in 2017
2017 saw plenty of advances in green home building and design that demonstrate how powerful this ‘niche’ really is By
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Green Home Builder magazine’s 2017 Pubby Awards Winners!
The votes are in! Congratulations to our 2017 GHB Pubby Award Winners! Builder of the Year: Insight Homes Developer of
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Lennar and CalAtlantic Announce Business Combination Creating the Nation’s Leading Homebuilder
MIAMI, Fla. and ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Top 3 position in 24 of the 30 largest MSAs Combined revenue in excess
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Design With Smart Home in Mind: Why Seniors Lead the Way
Senior consumers could lead the pending global smart home revolution Today you are hard-pressed to turn on a TV, flip
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Schneider Electric Introduces the Wiser Energy System to Empower Home Owners to Efficiently Manage their Energy
Image Source: www.schneider-electric.us/wiser-energy · Fully integrated residential energy monitoring system and certified smart panel with an easy to use Wiser
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Study Finds Green Home Building Continues to Gain Traction
One third of builders surveyed say green building is a significant share of overall activity, and many have built a net zero home.
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MARACAY BRINGS LEED® HOMES TO THE WEST VALLEY
Cottages at Rio Paseo to offer residents ‘life within walking distance’
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RoyOMartin Launches New Website
Mobile- and user-friendly, finding and sharing information becomes much easier
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Way Ahead of Schedule – Whirlpool Corporation Meets Two Sustainability Goals Early
The journey to sustainability is a long and winding road with many hurdles along the way. When four sustainability goals
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Housing Production Holds Steady in August
Nationwide housing starts fell 0.8 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.18 million units, according
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NAHB Members Celebrate Professional Women in Building Week
Members of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) are celebrating Professional Women in Building (PWB) Week Sept. 18
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