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Automated Home Building with Mobile Factories

UK company Facit Technologies rolls out its approach to high-performance, low-embodied carbon builds that could help bridge the housing gap

Q&A Spotlight

Do better insulation and new heating-cooling equipment warrant mechanical ventilation?

Best Practices

A Texas-based architect describes building ignition-resistant houses in accordance with the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code

Building Matters

Contrary to the American IRC, the Canadian NBC allows only one method of vapor management to be used in a residential building

Best Practices

Guidance on where to start and how to progress when performing energy upgrades on an existing house

Guest Blogs

Here's what fire prevention experts says is most important

When making upgrades to your roof, seal up as many penetrations as possible to reduce the risk of water leaks

Q&A Spotlight

If mechanical equipment is going in the attic, should the attic be sealed and conditioned or vented and unconditioned?

Best Practices

From choosing products to their compatibility with other control layers to assemblies that work, take a deep dive into CEI

Meet high-performance energy efficiency goals by following the PGH approach to designing and building