Related Articles

• J.D. Power Releases 2008 Customer Satisfaction Results
  Overall customer satisfaction with home builders improves significantly in 2008, despite daunting economic challenges and surplus inventory levels in the industry.
• Great Green: The Hot Seller in Silicon Valley
  High electricity rates make solar the way to go in California.
• Great Green: Project Proves Net-Zero is Attainable
  This Georgia model is a prides itself on using alternative, green power sources.
• Great Green: Green Builders Lives Up to Its Name
  The Alder model proves that green can be affordable.
• Great Green: ICFs Seal this Home for Energy Efficiency
  This Wisconsin home's construction methods make it a solid example of green.
• Standby power generators can keep custom home buyers going
  Uninterrupted power keeps homeowners cool (or warm) under the worst weather or rolling blackout.
• Great Green: Prefab-ulous Green
  Haven Custom Homes takes modular green building a step further.
• Decorative Concrete is Flexible and Affordable
  A client wants to use stone in the house you’re building for them, but it’s too expensive and doesn’t fit their budget. Instead of saying no, use concrete: it can take the shape and color of anything your client wants it to be.
• Reclaimed Material Suits Custom Homes
  Drive along any given U.S. highway and you'll see them in the distance: dilapidated barns leaning precariously toward collapse. There's gold in those barns! Ask Gary Norman. He'll fashion those forgotten barn planks into a truly one-of-a-kind custom home.
• Custom Builder Design Challenge Winners Offer Imaginative Plans for Lake House
  Entrants in the 2008 Custom Builder Design Challenge got creative with plans to design a lakefront vacation home.
• 50 Most Innovative New Products: Exterior Products
  Innovative new products for the remodeling and building industries
• Small Sells: Homes on Micro-lots Prove that Size Doesn't Matter
  The Cottage Series at Forest Creek features spacious single-family homes on micro-lots - at prices that turn heads.
• 5 Great Green Building Examples
  These homes, chosen by Professional Builder magazine editors, showcase simple ways you can build green.
• Owens Corning
  These fiberglass-reinforced windows provide great viewing and energy efficiency. Contractors can scoop these up through Owens Corning’s Construction Services
• Serious Materials
  ThermaProof windows were developed to reduce the energy used for heating and cooling by 20-40%, resulting in an 8-16% savings in energy costs for a typical home or building

« Previous    Next »