Skilled Trades Are Open to Technology, Survey Finds
Amidst the ongoing labor shortage, technology and digital tools can offer labor-saving gains, and the skilled trades are willing to embrace new tech in their jobs
How This Luxury Custom Home Builder Wins Business with AI and Innovation
How AI is helping custom home builders differentiate and win more business through exceptional customer experience and more efficient workflows.
Putting AI at the Center of Home Building
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
Unlock Home Builder Success: Insights from Leading Customer Experience Brands
How to provide clients with “the right information at the right time” experience
Simplify Your Homebuilding Operations with Centralized Data
Decoding Changes in Building Technology
Builders would be wise to institute proven innovations in materials and methods before more jurisdictions adopt the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code.
How green can a standard go?
Show Village homes rack up the points with the National Green Building Standard.
Up to the Challenge
The Department of Energy’s latest program encourages builders to integrate proven innovations and ensure optimal home performance.
6 Lessons Learned for Building and Selling Energy-Efficient Homes
Speakers who participated in the recent Net-Zero North American Leadership Summit share what the industry has learned about building to the green standard
Professional Builder's 101 Best New Products
Among the hundreds of building products introduced by manufacturers during the past 12 months and featured on the pages of Professional Builder, the readers selected these standouts as the 101 Best New Products.
Safe room shelter standards vary in a state like Michigan
With the prospect of severe tornadoes and severe wind events differing drastically within some states, codes governing emergency “safe room” shelters can vary.
New California building code expected to boost energy demand response technology
The California master building code, set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014, includes a few changes that could push automated, open-standards-based demand response into the mass market.
One of California’s first LEED Platinum homes compared to public art
The poised white rectangle has the appeal of classic Modernism, but it is also a critical part of the sustainability story: The frame’s deep overhang helps shield the house’s main southern exposure from the region’s scorching sun.
Circular design credited with helping homes withstand major storms
Circular design and trusses that radiate from the center and distribute forces evenly are among the features that have allowed houses by Deltec Homes to stand up to powerful storms, the home builder says.
Cool roofs can save 15 percent on cooling costs in California’s climate
Cool-roof material choices have expanded from reflective paint to vinyl sheeting, light-colored gravel, and other roofing products designed to reflect 90 percent of sunlight.