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It's Time to Give Your Renters Smart Home Tech
Smart locks, thermostats, lights, leak detectors, payment apps: Owners and occupants benefit from the burgeoning market of property technology.
The Year Ahead for the Residential Construction Industry
For builders, 2023 likely will bring declining demand, rising costs, and continued mental health struggles. But builders also will benefit from lessons learned.
Bamboo: Not Just for Your Floor Anymore
Illinois-based Lamboo produces an engineered bamboo that can be used for interior, exterior, and structural applications.
Inflatable Concrete Homes: Building Faster and Cheaper
A New York startup called Automatic Construction pumps air into plastic fabric, then fills it with concrete—creating a house’s structure at 20% of the cost.
Building Homes on the Moon? It’s Possible, with Innovative 3D Printing
Tennessee-based Branch Technology 3D prints material that solidifies in midair as it’s being printed—resulting in lightweight structures and custom designs.
Tiny Homes That Are Sustainable and Affordable—But Not Cheap
South Carolina’s Eclipse Cottages builds compact units that help homeowners live “more abundant” lives—instead of maintaining, and paying for, square footage they don’t use.
Top 2023 Kitchen and Bathroom Design Trends
For its 2023 report, NKBA surveyed almost 600 industry members about what their client homeowners want.
Learning How Our Homes Affect Our Health Through Biophilia And More
In Rochester, Minn., Well Living Lab, in collaboration with Marvin, is developing a smart, connected test home to research the impacts of indoor environments on health and well-being.
The Path from Net Zero Energy to Zero Carbon
After building high-performance, energy-efficient homes for 30 years, Colorado’s Thrive Home Builders takes on a new target: carbon impact.
The Six Grand Winners of the Housing Innovation Awards
Since 2013, the Department of Energy has honored innovative builders constructing zero energy ready homes. This year’s winners include 26 homes in 18 states.
