Industry News
April 30, 2013
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association recently published the first North America standard for multipoint locking hardware for side-hinged door systems.
April 29, 2013
Three recent studies that address the advantages of energy efficiency on home ownership could have a significant impact on the way buyers finance home purchases.
April 26, 2013
Buoyed by rising home prices throughout much of the nation, both single-family and multifamily housing starts are expected to post double-digit gains in 2013 compared with last year.
April 26, 2013
The National Association of the Remodeling Industry named immediate past president Dean Herriges as its chairman of the board and elevated Art Donnelly to the office of president.
April 26, 2013
Concern about the rising costs of construction materials and labor contributed to the pause in the general upward trend of remodelers’ confidence.
April 26, 2013
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies predicts a 21-percent increase in 2013 for the remodeling industry, and Normandy is on track to meet or exceed those predictions in 2013.
April 26, 2013
Currently, only 12 states allow homeowners to enter into lease agreements for solar energy, but the solar energy industry is lobbying hard to change that.
April 25, 2013
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants cool roofs added to the city's building code. He is also asking the Department of Water and Power to create incentives that make it financially attractive for homeowners to install cool roofs.
April 24, 2013
Building stronger roofs could help make homes more resistant to disaster, according to building and insurance groups.
April 24, 2013
On April 2, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it has temporarily suspended adjudication of certain Form I-129 H-2B petitions for temporary non-agricultural workers.
April 23, 2013
Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 1.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 417,000 units in March, according to newly released figures from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau.
April 23, 2013
The National Fenestration Rating Council approved changes to its NFRC 100 and NFRC 200 standards, allowing certain shading devices to be rated for U-factor and Solar Heat Gain Coefficient.
April 23, 2013
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is working on new building standards after discovering previously unknown indoor air pollutants.
April 23, 2013
The best kitchen and best bath designers for 2013 excel in a wide variety of designs, specificially their creative use of glass.
April 22, 2013
NARI’s first-quarter data of current and future remodeling business conditions is reaching new heights, as quarter-over-quarter increases are seen across all subcomponents measuring remodeling activity.
April 22, 2013
The first group of Passive House-certified homes called the Stables will be ready for occupancy in spring 2013. The row of Passive House single-family townhomes is being developed by Onion Flats group with Domani Developers.
April 18, 2013
“The first dozen or so attempts to build net-zero [homes] in Oregon fell short because they missed the mark on efficiency and performance,” says Sam Hagerman, co-owner of Hammer & Hand and president of the Passive House Alliance US.
April 18, 2013
Spending by homeowners on improvement projects is expected to accelerate as the year progresses, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity released by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard...
April 17, 2013
The Maryland Legislature passed a measure that would prohibit local jurisdictions from weakening the wind design and windborne debris provisions of the Maryland Building Performance Standards.
April 16, 2013
The pace of housing starts in March tipped a milestone, posting an annual rate of 1.04 million units, an increase of 7 percent from February and up 47 percent from a year earlier.
