How Climate Tech Start-Ups Are Helping People Protect Their Homes
These companies are helping homeowners fortify their properties against intensifying climate catastrophes
Office-To-Housing Conversions Offer a Potential Solution for Metro Areas Impacted by the Pandemic
Vacant office spaces could provide a housing solution to meet rising rental demand
IECC Report Shows Warming Climate Across U.S.
Here are the regions reporting the most substantial changes.
The World's Largest Community of 3D-Printed Homes Is Coming to Austin
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4 Principles for Building Resilient Homes
How to design a 100-year home built to last
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New Housing Design in Alaska Combines Indigenous Wisdom with 21st Century Technology
I realized … that incorporating the wisdom of a people who had over 10,000 to 20,000 years adapted to one of the harshest climates was an important step
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Natural Disasters Now Factor Into Where Homebuyers Want to Live
Also, about one-third of the 3,000 homeowners surveyed are considering selling their home, moving, or both to avoid a potential disaster in the future
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Mortgage Market Is Not Ready for Climate Change
As the mortgage industry wonders what to do next it will have to pivot from risk models that are focused on credit and operating risk underwritten and priced by insurance companies.
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Markets With Extreme Weather Are Only Affordable to the Wealthy
Miami Beach resident Curt Dyer says he’s spent nearly $250,000 in renovations to make his home more resilient to flooding, something that impacts…
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There Will Be More Idas
The deadly devastation that Hurricane Ida left from the Gulf Coast to the mid-Atlantic coast is likely a preview of what’s to come, as climate change and rising sea levels converge to produce stronger and more frequent natural disasters.
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NAHB Chairman's Letter: Prepare Yourself With NAHB’s Disaster Toolkit
NAHB provides a range of resources to help builders, remodelers, home builder associations, and homeowners prepare for and respond to disasters and to build resiliency
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More Than 31 Million Homes Are at Risk This Hurricane Season
This year’s hurricane season will not hit 2020 levels, but several large hurricanes will put more than 31 million U.S. homes at risk, according to…
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Wildfires Are Only Worsening—It May Be Time for New Construction Methods
As bushes and trees nearby turned to ash, one California resident’s home remained untouched by the Valley Fire of 2015. How? Its composition of…
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Natural Disasters Push Builders to Consider Resiliently Designed Off-Grid Homes
Extreme weather resulting from climate change are now regular, year-round events, pushing some builders to reconsider how they design and…
