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
In SC, Affordable Housing Comes in a Shipping Container
To provide homes for some of Georgetown County's lowest-income residents, Habitat for Humanity is getting creative with shipping containers
Indoor Air Quality
Indoor Air Quality Road Map: A Smart Range Hood
A new market-ready smart range hood switches on and off automatically to improve indoor air quality, energy efficiency, and occupant health
HVAC
Comfort Systems Road Map: A Plug-and-Play Residential Duct System
How strategic Building America research helped create an innovative, market-ready HVAC solution for heating and cooling ducts inside conditioned spaces
Innovation
How is Artificial Intelligence Helping Homebuyers?
Some home selling and lending services like Compass, Zillow, and LoanSnap claim their artificial intelligence tools can search millions of documents in seconds to find the right property for buyers and match the perfect loan type to borrowers
Off-Site Construction
Bringing Custom Homes to the Masses Through Prefab Construction
A custom home may seem out of reach for most Americans, but a new partnership between two architecture firms and a prefab home builder seeks to…
Design
The Time to Innovate House Plans Is Now
Consumers will not be willing to put up with inferior housing solutions after the pandemic
Business Management
What to Know About Selling Homes Online
The pandemic has brought about a lot of change, but not the ultimate innovation, being able to sell new homes online. On HorizonTV this week, Do…
Off-Site Construction
Veev’s Amit Haller on Scaling Innovation and Shortening the Supply Chain
A look at how the off-site digital prefabricator and on-site installer of multi- and single-family homes and accessory dwelling units succeeded in shortening its supply chain and reducing selling prices
Off-Site Construction
Learn from NAHB's Upcoming Off-Site Construction Week
For builders interested in learning more about off-site construction, look no further than the National Association of Home Builders’ Offsite…
Innovation
Can You 'Amazonify' Home Building?
Modular construction company Veev says it builds four times faster than the industry standard. On…
Innovation
There’s a Long-Standing Housing Crisis for Canada’s Indigenous Population—These Firms Have a Plan to Help
Just 500 people live In the remote town of Fort Severn in Ontario, but its intense struggle with a housing crisis is just one of many seen…