Building Matters
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Next-Generation Prefabrication
Stakeholders in the residential prefab industry are shifting their focus to high-value building components and their cost- and time-savings potential
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Construction Sequencing in High-Performance Building
Leveling up on building enclosure details requires flexibility in the work schedule and extra cooperation from other trades
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The New “Greenwashing”
How we hold developers accountable for their sustainability claims is critical, up to a point
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Three Climate-Tech Startups Share Their Innovations
GBA speaks with standouts from the World Economic Forum's Technology Pioneers selectees
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Cold-Climate Vapor Control
Contrary to the American IRC, the Canadian NBC allows only one method of vapor management to be used in a residential building
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A Model for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Tracking and Reporting
Nashville-based Louisiana–Pacific Corporation stakes its business on total transparency and accountable carbon reductions
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Achieving Affordable High-Performance Homes
Using small-house design principles, prefabrication construction technologies, and strategically chosen high-performance building elements, a small neighborhood developer keeps costs below the median in his market
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Carbon Emissions in a Typical New Production Home
A case study report from the NREL shows the importance of selecting materials and construction practices that reduce carbon emissions in homebuilding
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Furred Continuous Insulation Wall Assembly to Meet 2021 Codes
A wall designed to be readily adopted by builders as an alternative to more complicated walls with continuous exterior insulation
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Financing Solar Power, Part 3
Tapping into solar power requires balancing context, personal finances, and regional incentives
