Sustainability New ISO Standard for Optimizing Building Use, Reusing, and Recycling Components Released A new ISO standard has the goal of optimizing building use to realize a structure’s full potential throughout its life cycle. ISO 20887,...
Sustainability Living Future Institute’s JUST Program Helps Measure Progress on Sustainability, Social Justice The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) released an upgraded version of its JUST program, JUST 2.0, in 2019. ILFI’s JUST program...
Opinion How Can Builders Prepare for More Solar? More U.S. markets are adopting mandates requiring solar energy for new construction. Here are answers to common questions
Resilient Construction The Need for Resilient Construction Is Real. How Are Home Builders Responding? Increasingly frequent and intense natural disasters are driving resilient construction in more U.S. markets, but most builders aren’t going beyond what’s mandated by code
Sustainability Millennials Value Sustainability But Savings Incentivize Them Millennials want green, but they don’t want to spend green. Despite a majority of the generation being concerned about the environment, only...
Smart + Resilient Cities Flooding in America: A Story of Love, Loss, and Risking It All Imagine investing in a house, improving it, and making it a home only to discover it is worth nothing. In twelve years, flooding wiped out...
Energy Efficiency HERS-Rated Homes Sell Better Than Unrated Homes A new study found that homes that were rated by RESNET’s Home Energy Rating System (HERS) sold 2.7% more on average than comparable unrated...
Solar Solar Is Keeping Some Lights on in California Blackout Some Californians might be without power for as long as eight days due to utility Pacific Gas & Electric shutting down the grid to avoid...
Sustainability Zero Carbon Buildings for All Aims for Ambitious Emission-Reduction Targets The Zero Carbon Buildings for All Initiative recently launched at the UN Climate Action Summit will aim for upgrading standards so that all...
Solar Can Solar Boost Home Value? California’s requirements that all new homes have solar panels, starting in 2020 could give homeowners $19,000 in energy cost savings over...
