Codes + Standards California’s Bid to Make New Buildings Greener Will Raise Cost Some energy and building experts say California’s building code update that will require new homes and commercial buildings to switch from natural gas to electric heating, cooling, and power will drive up the state’s already high construction costs
Energy Efficiency 20% of the Country's Planet-Heating Emissions Come From Powering Homes A significant chunk of planet-heating emissions generated by the U.S. (20%) can be attributed to heating, cooling, and lighting the country...
Codes + Standards New California Energy Code Makes Moves Toward Zero Emission Buildings The California Energy Commission recently announced the 2022 update of the statewide building energy code will require new buildings to use...
Sustainability A HERS Rating for Water Use? RESNET’s Ryan Meres offers insight into a new program that rates homes on water-use efficiency and explains its usefulness
Energy Efficiency RESNET Launches HERS H2O Rating for Water Efficiency Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) launched a new HERS rating program that evaluates a home’s water efficiency. On HorizonTV this...
Sustainability Home Construction Using ICFs: Building for Sustainability, One Block at a Time The 2021 Sustainable, Healthier Home kicks off with a cost- and labor-efficient structural system: using insulated concrete forms
Energy Efficiency The Debate for Energy’s Future: How Either Result Could Impact Homes Energy’s future lies in two camps: those who support more localized, smaller systems and those who want widespread power lines carrying...
Energy Efficiency Most Buyers Say They Want Energy-Efficient Windows A survey of 3,247 recent and prospective homebuyers found a large majority of respondents see energy-efficient windows as a desirable or...
Environmental What to Know About Air Source Heat Pumps and Cold Climates There are several different ways to go about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and it’s become increasingly important to consider different...
Community Development The Largest Net-Zero Community Will Have 21,000 Homes Developer FivePoint Valencia broke ground on a new 21,000-home project that will become the largest net-zero community in the country. Homes...
