6th Annual MVP Awards: Connected Home
The Most Valuable Product Awards showcase the best in new building product design, innovation, and functionality. Here are the winners in the Connected Home category
Whole Home Electrical Safety from Leviton
Real-Time Energy Consumption From Every Circuit in the My Leviton App
Today’s buyer expects more technology in their home
New Proptech Tools Set to Revolutionize Home Sales and Renovations
Real estate pros recently met to discuss the benefits and challenges of implementing new property technology tools
Back to Bare Bones—Delivering New Homes Buyers Can Actually Afford
Elevated expectations in the new-home market are driving up costs for unnecessary amenities homebuyers may not actually want
Smart Home
As Smart Home Tech Becomes Ubiquitous, Is It Still Considered Smart?
Should home technologies still be considered “smart” when it's becoming more commonplace? The term “smart home technology” stems from the idea of…
Smart Home
Smart Device Partners and Energy Management for the Connected Home
Should home builders work with one of the big three—Apple, Amazon, Google—on a connected home solution? And what about energy management? Is microgrid technology the answer?
Appliances
Manufacturers Bet on Tech for New Home Appliances
Appliance manufacturers are offering consumers tech features, large and small, on their latest appliances
Coronavirus Resources and Information
These Builders Are Delivering the Clean Home Tech Buyers Want
Sales for new technology aimed at sanitizing interior living spaces have seen jumps since the pandemic began, says a CNBC report, clearly…
Top 100 Products
2020 Pro Builder Top 100 Products
Pro Builder's annual list of the building products that garnered the most reader interest through the year
Trends
Buyers Desire More Food Storage, Tech in Homes
As kitchen tables and living room couches continue to accommodate virtual business meetings as well as meals and relaxation, homebuyers are…
The New American Home
The New American Home 2020's Eco-Friendly Design
A combination of smart design, hyper-insulation, and energy-efficient systems elevate the performance of The New American Home 2020
Mechanical + Electrical
2019 Top 100 Products: Mechanical / Electrical / Technology
Products from Assa Abloy, Eaton, ICC, In-O-Vate Technologies, Intelligent Audio Products, Noritz, Reliance Worldwide, Rinnai, SoftPlan, and Uponor
Smart Home
15 Smart Home Products Millennial Homebuyers Actually Want
Millennials and technology seem like a natural pairing, but does this tech-savvy generation really dig the smart products being marketed to them…