Comfort, health, and safety are important when you are building a new home today. What issue encompasses all three of these items more than Indoor Air Quality? We are building homes so efficient today that in many cases, the indoor air quality (IAQ) is worse …
Today, more than ever before, we need well-designed, safe, and affordable housing. We can’t build homes fast enough to meet the current need for housing. The off-site construction industry is growing rapidly across the U.S. and in fact, around the world. But this has led …
HEADER PICTURE: The Hockey Stick Principles, Flatiron Books Residential construction in the U.S. has changed. While getting skilled and trained labor in many industries is hard, getting it in the construction industry has gotten more difficult than ever with no end in sight. Material prices …
It’s the time of year when people start thinking about the design of the new home they will build next year. For most of those thinking about building, it will be their first time. Lots of new concepts and design ideas are being tossed around. …
As we start a New Year many have made moving into a new home their top New Year’s Resolution. But what does “new home” really mean? There are many options. For some it could just mean moving into a home that is different from the …
About half of all Americans use natural gas to heat their homes, but there are many other efficient methods to keep your house warm in the winter. One that is gaining more and more popularity is the use of heat pumps. But many homeowners are …
Off-site modular construction is the planning, design, fabrication and assembly of building elements at a location, other than the final location where they will be installed, to support the rapid and efficient construction of a finished structure. There are several different types of off-site construction …
Modular construction is not a new building technique. The concept of resilient construction is also not new. However, the changing weather patterns and the weather events that appear on the news have made resilient construction more relevant than ever. Today’s home buyer expects, no requires, …
In today’s new homes there are often many missed opportunities to leverage advanced technology for superior energy efficiency and home performance. Modular construction helps leverage opportunities during the off-site home construction process that aren’t available to homes that are traditionally built onsite. This can be …
The first principle to understand in modular residential construction is that modular is just that, a type of construction, not a type of home. While the term modular home is the well-worn industry description and I’ll use it in this article, it is a misnomer …
