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A number of large and small home builders have signed on the implement the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s newest Energy Star guidelines for homes.
NVR is entering the Tampa Bay area’s home market by introducing their Ryan Homes brand.
KB Home is making solar power a standard home feature in most of its Southern California developments.
Nissan and City Ventures have teamed up to create the first neighborhood in the United States that is pre-wired for electric cars.
A new bipartisan effort on Capitol Hill would change the way homes are appraised by putting energy costs and savings into standard mortgage underwriting equations.
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.
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that 25 percent of all single-family homes built in the U.S. in 2010 earned EPA’s Energy Star certification. This is up from 21 percent in 2009....
Dow Solar will be participating at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon 2011 as a sponsor of several key events and two student teams.
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.
ServiceMagic, an online resource that matches homeowners with home improvement contractors, released home improvement data and national survey results from the first half of 2011 showing that...
Last Wednesday, Dow Building Solutions and the Great Houston Builder’s Association(GHBA) hosted an all-day Houston Building Science and Energy Forum for local residential builders and remodelers...
Some studies indicate that newly constructed homes with third-party certifications for sustainability and energy efficiency sold for more on average than noncertified home, and linger on the...
For the first time in San Antonio, solar panels are becoming an option for home buyers at an affordable price point, and in the kind of new homes that many people purchase: production homes by...
Energy-efficient homes in San Francisco may soon receive an official certification from the city, potentially boosting their resale value.
KB Home announced the opening of ten new San Francisco Bay Area communities of its signature Built to Order energy-efficient homes.
Al Durden, construction supervisor for SF Communities in Macon, Ga., builds quality residential homes in Macon and surrounding communities throughout Middle Georgia. Recent alterations in SF...
Knauf is the first insulation company to verify all products as formaldehyde-free through GreenGuard
Propane Education & Research Council offers tips for remodelers and builders to navigate tax incentives
The Building Performance Institute Inc. (BPI) reached 25,000 active certifications this week, more than tripling its total number of professional certifications in the home performance and...
Westinghouse Solar and Lennar announced a supply agreement to deliver solar power systems to new home buyers.
