Desert Comfort: Innovative Measures Against the Elements
The net-zero energy Desert Comfort Experience Home combines multiple solutions to protect the house from its extreme climate conditions
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
The Desert Comfort Experience Home: Going Vertical With Insulated Concrete Forms
The use of an integrally insulated concrete-based system of ICFs for the home’s above-grade perimeter walls ensures a tight, thermally-resistant shell
The Desert Comfort Experience Home Navigates a Perfect Storm
This net-zero energy home in the Arizona desert weathered its share of delays before construction started, highlighting building industry inefficiencies—all exacerbated by the pandemic
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Sales + Marketing
Inside the Mind of the High-Performance Homebuyer
New data sheds light on what homebuyers really care about when it comes to sustainability, helping builders improve their products
High-Performance Homes
A Home for the Ages: Sustainability, Health, and Attainability in One
The Sustainable, Healthier Home in North Canton, Ohio, is a model of energy efficiency, performance, and attainability for 55+ buyers
Home Design
Evolving Traditional Design Strategies for Today’s Homeowner
A glimpse into more practical home design and the importance of asking “why”
High-Performance Homes
How to Sell High-Performance Homes
The National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) green home series highlights the benefits of high-performance homes and how builders can…
High-Performance Homes
How This North Carolina Builder Does High-Performance Homes
The latest series from the National Association of Home Builders takes viewers on a tour of high-performance homes, with the latest installment…
High-Performance Homes
How to Get an Accurate Appraisal for Your High-Performance Homes
If your high-performance homes are appraised lower than contract prices, the National Association of Home Builders has some tips for you.…
Comfort + Health
High-Performance Features That Set The New American Home 2021 Apart
High style and high performance go hand-in-hand in this year's annual show house
Energy Efficiency
What's Inside a LEED Platinum Home?
Home builder Kevin Kittilsen of DJK Custom Homes walks us through his flagship, LEED Platinum-rated model home, including an overview of the…
High-Performance Homes
Can High Performance Be Cheaper Than Code? [VIDEO]
Jim Nostedt, president or Seefar Building Analytics, lays out a formula that shows how total cost of ownership makes high-performance housing…
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…
