The Downside of 3D Home Printing
New communities developed through 3D printing have been making headlines, from a 15 net-zero home…
This Company Says It Can Produce 1,000 Homes From One Factory
California-based modular building company S2A Modular wants to build hundreds of net-positive…
Katerra Wants to Disrupt the Construction Industry
For better or worse, Katerra has created a brand of disruption through prop-tech that either…
Energy Innovation: Solar Energy Solutions Continue to Gain Momentum
From community solar installations to a push in some municipalities for all-electric building codes, interest in solar keeps growing
Advertisement
Innovation
3D-Printed Houses are Popping Up in America—the Moon Might Be Next
Icon, a Texas-based 3D home printing company, created the country’s first fully permitted, fully 3D-printed home.
Off-Site Construction
Precut Framing Field Test: Does This Off-Site Solution Earn Its Keep?
Real-world field assessments aim to find out whether precut framing is an off-site construction solution that truly boosts productivity and reduces waste
Off-Site Construction
3D-Printed Homes Aren't the Future—They're the Now
Two entirely 3D-printed communities are in the works, and the off-site construction companies are calling demand “off the charts.” The first public
Business Management
The Home Building Technology Revolution, Part III: The Missing Link
Other industries have managed to harness technology to boost productivity. Why not home building?
Innovation
First 3D-Printed Building Facade Coming to Tennessee
A Chattanooga-based credit union will feature the “world’s first” 3D-printed building facade on its newest branch.
Off-Site Construction
How Katerra Is Building the Future
On today’s installment of The Weekly, Janet Stephenson from building technology company Katerra talks to Pro Builder about the company’s vision to
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 C
High-Performance Homes
Innovative Products: A New High-Performance Wall
Patti Gunderson, a building science engineer at Home Innovation Research Labs, explains the myriad values of the high-performance Extended Plate Wa
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 provides instructive insights about how home building’s status quo is hobbling the industry
