Utah Passes Bill to Regulate Modular Construction at the State Level
Goals for housing innovation and affordability meet in Utah's passage of a new bill that establishes a statewide modular construction program
Ivory Innovations Announces 25 Finalists for the 2024 Ivory Prize
The finalists for the prize demonstrate innovative, scalable solutions for advancing housing affordability
AI in Home Building ... What Now? What Next?
Artificial intelligence is coming to home building. How can builders use AI in new-home construction? Start with this primer
AI Glossary for Home Builders: Artificial Intelligence Terms Explained
A quick guide to some key terms you'll hear used when talking about artificial intelligence
Here's Where AI Is Making Inroads in Homes and the Housing Industry
Industry pros weigh in on how artificial intelligence is changing the way they do business and enhancing life at home for their clients
What's Standing in the Way of Home Builders Adopting Off-Site Methods?
Findings from Home Innovation Research Labs show home builders continue to embrace the status quo when it comes to adopting new methods, but results vary by builder type and region
Energy Efficiency
This Prefab Modular Facade Promises to Cut Energy Use by Half
Buildings have a larger carbon footprint than the entire transportation sector and a new prefab, modular facade aims to help with that, says Fast…
High-Performance Homes
Innovative Products: A New High-Performance Wall [VIDEO]
Patti Gunderson, a building science engineer at Home Innovation Research Labs, explains the myriad values of the high-performance Extended Plate…
Innovation
Tech and Home Building: Garbage in, Garbage Out
Why do we see home builders making the same mistakes with technology time and again?
Business Management
The Home Building Technology Revolution, Part II: Understanding the Obstacles
Feedback to Part 1 of this series about technology adoption in home building provides instructive insights about how the status quo in our industry is hobbling progress
Building Materials
Could This New Material Replace Glass Windows?
The University of Maryland has created a new transparent, glass-like material that offers lower thermal conductivity, greater strength, and less…
Building Technology
The Dilemmas Builders Face With Home Building Technology
With all the available technology out there for builders, why isn’t it easier and faster to build? Instead, construction schedules get longer and…
Off-Site Construction
Disrupting Home Building: The Rise of IC Outsiders
Why industrial construction applied in state-of-the-art, vertically integrated manufacturing facilities is the future of the built environment
Innovation
Scientists Create the First Transparent Solar Panels
The creation of window-like solar panels could mean a wider rollout and solar energy usage—once scientists are able to maximize the transparent…
Tiny Homes
The Technological Evolution of Tiny Homes
A need or want for a tiny home may seem to counter recent homebuyer trends, but Fast Company says tiny home living remains a reasonable way to…
Building Technology
(Still) Waiting for the Home Building Technology Revolution, Part I
Claims about how new and impressive technologies will revolutionize product and process in home building are nothing new. So why don’t they work?
