- Modern modular
IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 TECH HOME: Genesis Homes' new Bainbridge comes loaded with electronic extras. It had to happen sooner or later: a high-tech modular home for pampered baby boomers. Genesis Homes, a nationwide modular home manufacturer, unveiled its 2,595-square-foot Bainbridge at the International Builders' Show in Atlanta last month. The ......
- Home Builders' Association applauds fed water
program.
A new voluntary water efficiency program that will build a national brand for technologies and practices that conserve this vital resource is great news for home builders and new home buyers, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Patterned after the popular "Energy Star" program that recognizes consumer ......
- Saving energy on the home front.
Imagine a home that consumes 50 percent less energy than a typical residence - and therefore costs 50 percent less to heat, cool, and otherwise power. Seeing dollar signs? Save that vision. The EPA's Residential Energy Efficiency and Pollution Prevention Program hopes 10 percent of all new home construction will ......
- Charting a Green Path
No one would argue green isn't good, and there's concrete evidence that home builders are taking it seriously. About two-thirds of respondents to a June 2007 Professional Builder survey strongly or somewhat disagreed with the statement that green building is a fad. Last year, in a McGraw-Hill Construction survey, NAHB ......
- Supply chain innovators
A silver lining edges the black cloud over the housing industry. The slowdown in sales and site operations presents an opportunity for builders, trade contractors, manufacturers and suppliers to catch a breath, step back and look closely at how materials and products are purchased, delivered to and assembled in homes....
- Supply chain innovators
A silver lining edges the black cloud over the housing industry. The slowdown in sales and site operations presents an opportunity for builders, trade contractors, manufacturers and suppliers to catch a breath, step back and look closely at how materials and products are purchased, delivered to and assembled in homes....
- Best Practices Are In The Air
Home builders despise two things: punch lists and callbacks. "Callbacks pertaining to the comfort of a home are common in our industry," says Ross Benline, a customer service manager with Ryland Homes Austin/San Antonio division. Yet when it comes to one of the most common causes of aggravation — heating, ......