4 Housing Affordability Organizations Awarded 2024 Ivory Prize
Ivory Innovations will provide $300,000 in total prize money to support winners’ initiatives
New Heat Pump Takes a Sleek Approach to Home Climate Solutions
Startup Quilt is putting a fresh face on heat pumps to save homeowners money on their energy bills
How Smart Technology Can Help Homes Sell Faster
Homebuyers are actively seeking out smart features to increase their homes' resale value
Architecture Firms Look to AI to Speed up Design Process, but There Are Caveats
Lessons learned from BSB Design’s use of generative AI to create conceptual renderings for a client
IKEA Model Home Aims to Ease the Trauma of Homelessness
Blending innovation with empathy and eco-conscious design, IKEA US unveils a pioneering model home in its Live Oak, Texas, store
Utah Passes Bill to Regulate Modular Construction at the State Level
Goals for housing innovation and affordability meet in Utah's passage of a new bill that establishes a statewide modular construction program
The New American Home
The New American Home 2016: A Cutting-Edge Showcase
Energy innovation meets modern warmth for a show home packed with inspiring and useful takeaways for builders everywhere
Liquid Deterrent Helps Prevent Theft
Jobsite theft costs the construction industry more than $1 billion a year. Some companies are adding a new deterrent to their arsenal of security measures
Solar Decathlon 2015 Prototype Homes Open for Tours
Some participating teams constructed homes that address resiliency toward environmental changes and disasters in their respective home regions
Building Science: Maintaining a CHP Unit
Is a CHP unit right for you? In this episode we shed light on the unit’s footprint, maintenance, and integration of this technology in existing…
Building Science: The Power of Propane
Propane can be used to heat water, cook, heat a home, and now it can provide power. We talk with propane provider Blossman about the fuel’s…
Building Science: What is a CHP?
We visit Yanmar’s facility in Adairsville, Ga., to learn how Combined Heat and Power units CHP), a compact and seemingly quiet unit, can power and…
Homeowners Can Talk to Their Homes with New Amazon Device
Homeowners with hands covered in flour in the kitchen can ask Amazon Echo’s Alexa to brighten the lights
IrriGreen Genius Irrigation System
To help contractors manage an IrriGreen Genius Irrigation System from a smartphone, IrriGreen has introduced a…
Lean Lessons From the New Urbanism
Small, infill multifamily projects like this one exemplify the tenets of Lean Urbanism, a growing movement that…
Innovation
Dimmer Switch Inventor and Lutron Founder Dies at 88
Joel S. Spira was a prodigious innovator who changed the way we illuminate our homes and founded and built Lutron Electronics Co. into a global company
