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Can High Performance Be Cheaper Than Code?
Jim Nostedt, president or Seefar Building Analytics, lays out a formula that shows how total cost…
Innovative Products: A New High-Performance Wall
Patti Gunderson, a building science engineer at the Home Innovation Research Labs, explains the…
Decrease Lumber Use With High-Performance Building Strategies
As softwood lumber prices reach new heights, home builders may want to consider high-performance…
Jim Nostedt on How High Performance Can Beat Code-Built Homes on Price
SEEFAR's Jim Nostedt shares how an appraisal/analysis called Total Cost of Building Ownership reveals the true cost of building and operating a sustainable building
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Green Design
A Look at the First 2020 NGBS Green Certified Building
A nine-unit condominium building by Marnella Homes in Portland, Ore. has secured the first 2020 National Green Building Standard certification.
High-Performance Homes
Can High Performance Be Cheaper Than Code Compliant?
On this week's installment of The Weekly, Jim Nostedt, president of SEEFAR Building Analytics, lays out a formula that shows how total cost of buil
Net Zero
Making the Transition to Net Zero Homes: Product Design
Designing your homes to optimize the sun and reduce mechanical energy loads is critical to achieving a net zero energy balance
Net Zero
Making the Transition to Net Zero Homes: Role of Trade Partnerships
Two builders discuss why cultivating true trade partners is essential to successfully transitioning your business to building net zero or NZE-ready homes
Energy Efficiency
What Are the Ingredients for an Energy-Efficient Home?
Though there is no one-size-fits-all way to build an energy-efficient home, RESNET used its Home Energy Rating
Energy Efficiency
Can Building a Passive House Cost the Same as a Code-Built Home?
Designer and builder Natalie Leonard shares how an energy-efficient Passive House can cost the same to build as a code-built home
High-Performance Homes
Zero Energy Ready Home Adoption Is Accelerating
Sam Rashkin, chief architect of the U.S.
Resilient Construction
How One Prefab Building Company Is Rebuilding Better in the Face of Disaster
In the aftermath of wildfires, prefab home builder Dvele steps up to provide fire-resistant spec homes
Show Village
Four Innovative Modular Homes at Show Village 2020
Professional Builder’s annual Show Village and The New American Home at IBS 2020 demonstrate a variety of innovative housing options
Net Zero
The 12-Step Path to Net Zero
A new training course from the Energy & Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA) helps builders chart their own path to successf
