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Prefab Plus Infill: A Formula for Homes People Can Afford in Places They Want to Live

California-based Villa Homes aims to be “the Toyota of housing: It works really well, it’s durable, and it’s high quality for the money,” says the CEO

RENCO USA Lego-like building system with composite blocks

Building Materials

Building Homes with ‘Legos on Steroids’

Stronger and lighter than concrete, RENCO USA’s composite blocks are simply stacked on top of each other and glued into place

Modern, white, cube, elegant, minimalist style passive house with large panoramic windows, grey shutters in maintained garden

Healthy Home

The Passive House Network Publishes Guidance for 2024

The “Building Certifier Scope of Services” provides clarification on steps taken to certify a

Building Science

A System that Takes Developers and Builders from Design to Completion

By requiring fewer workers and less time, New Orleans-based Shibusa Systems aims to make homebuil

Model of a smart eco-friendly house with solar panels

Technology

25 Innovative Solutions to the Housing Affordability Crisis

Ivory Innovations has announced the 25 finalists for the 2024 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordabili

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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

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Builders

Prefab Plus Infill: A Formula for Homes People Can Afford in Places They Want to Live

Building Materials

Building Homes with ‘Legos on Steroids’

Healthy Home

The Passive House Network Publishes Guidance for 2024

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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 affordable and sustainable homes

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Boston’s First Passive House-Certified Homes

RODE Architects encountered surprises and challenges while designing the three single-family homes—all of which sold before they were finished

Healthy Home

PhiusCon 2023 Heads to Houston, Texas

Hosted by Phius, the conference brings together architecture, building, manufacturing, and energy experts and enthusiasts to address the next frontier of passive building strategies and weather-resilient homes

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Technology

Healthy Home

The Passive House Network Publishes Guidance for 2024

The “Building Certifier Scope of Services” provides clarification on steps taken to certify a

Building Science

A System that Takes Developers and Builders from Design to Completion

By requiring fewer workers and less time, New Orleans-based Shibusa Systems aims to make homebuil

Technology

25 Innovative Solutions to the Housing Affordability Crisis

Ivory Innovations has announced the 25 finalists for the 2024 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordabili

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

Construction engineer holding plan in double exposure above blue city and construction site for ai resource guide article. Generative AI

Technology

AI Resource Guide Released for Builders and Contractors

The AI resource guide provides builders with a base-level knowledge of artificial intelligence, a

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. A Swedish startup turns that agricultural castoff into building boards

Building Tech

A Homebuilding Factory that Comes to You

Instead of building large modular factories that ship out containers, Cuby Technologies’ transportable factories produce homes right near the construction sites

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