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3 Questions Answered About Reliable Energy in Home Construction

Energy expert Bryan Cordill makes a case for why and how propane is an answer to growing concerns about reliability and resilience in home construction 




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Best Practices

Resilient Design: Ready for Natural Disasters

Resilient design creates homes that can survive natural disasters and stay functional in the aftermath

Design

Diplomacy Goes A Long Way With Infill

Custom infill projects require architects and builders to play nice with neighbors and planning officials

Design

Custom Homes Lead The Way In Sustainability

A range of smart building practices ensure long-term livability and good business sense

Design

One-of-a-Kind Green Homes

These custom-built homes make a strong design statement while delivering a high level of energy and resource efficiency.

Energy efficiency

Green homes continue to grow across the U.S.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that more than 20,000 homes across the United States have earned certification through the LEED for Homes program. 

Building Materials

Canadian study says wood could be good building material for tall structures

A new study examines the potential of wood — typically used only in low-rise building — as an option in taller structures.

Design

Lean Design Blog: Check out this 2,800-square-foot Lean design

Typically I like to save my drama for my mama – not this time. This time I packed it all into this 2,800-square-foot Lean-designed home. This cost-…

Energy efficiency

The Lean and Green Blog: Lesson 7 - better energy management

With so many definitions of energy efficiency, it is often difficult to pin down what that means.  For the most part, a consumer defines energy…

Technology

Toll Brothers, EchoFirst to offer green, energy-efficient home communities in Arizona

Toll Brothers and EchoFirst announced that Echo solar systems will be deployed as the state-of-the-art energy management system within new Toll Brothers communities in Arizona. 

Energy efficiency

KB Home rolls out zero-energy product in three markets

KB Home announced a planned nationwide rollout of its next-generation of energy-efficient home designs, a net-zero-energy home dubbed ZeroHouse 2.0.

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