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Energy Efficiency

Energy-Efficiency Road Map: Whole-Building Envelope Sealing

This aerosol-based solution for home air sealing can help new and existing homes and buildings achieve stringent thresholds for airtightness

Building Software

3 Ways Machine Learning Can Be Useful in Construction

How artificial intelligence technologies are changing the way home builders build

Innovation

Housing's Incremental Innovation Path

Is the housing industry slow to change, or is its incremental adoption of innovation a product of its culture?

Q+A

Vaughan Buckley on Restarting a Former Katerra Factory

VBC's Vaughan Buckley talks about restarting a former Katerra factory, modular homes, tapping into new off-site technology, and his new openness to horizontal integration

Inside former Katerra plant in Tracy, California, acquired by VBC

Innovation

3 Home Building Innovations You Have to See

Efficient tools for the jobsite, sales center, and inspections—a Horizon TV classic

Innovation

How European Technology Can Benefit U.S. Builders

New technology promises more efficient, healthy buildings through innovation and data collection

DNA weave through human life and industry

Off-Site Construction

Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction and Modular Homes

For home builders, transitioning to industrialized construction's off-site building methods requires an operational overhaul

Indoor Air Quality

Indoor Air Quality Road Map: A Smart Range Hood

A new market-ready smart range hood switches on and off automatically to improve indoor air quality, energy efficiency, and occupant health

HVAC

Comfort Systems Road Map: A Plug-and-Play Residential Duct System

How strategic Building America research helped create an innovative, market-ready HVAC solution for heating and cooling ducts inside conditioned spaces

Off-Site Construction

Bringing Custom Homes to the Masses Through Prefab Construction

A custom home may seem out of reach for most Americans, but a new partnership between two architecture firms and a prefab home builder seeks...

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

Renters Are Choosing Single-Family Homes for These Features