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Carbon Limit employee with CaptureCrete product

Sustainability

Startup Turns Concrete into a Carbon Capture Solution

Florida-based Carbon Limit has developed a product called CaptureCrete that pulls CO2 from the ai

Net Zero Carbon Building Professional Designation EEBA

Single Family

EEBA Launches New Net Zero Carbon Building Professional Designation

EEBA's new course for designers, builders, and building industry supply partners will help them t

Rendering of startup Plantd's all-electric Factory of the Future

Disruption

D.R. Horton Buys 250,000 Grass-Made, Structural Panels from Plantd

The startup’s collaboration with D.R. Horton signifies a major industry shift in favor of clima

Velvaere Residence exterior surrounded by trees

Healthy Home

Luxury Development in Utah Uses Leading-Edge Tech to Enhance Health and Wellbeing

The 115-residence community has partnered with a range of partners providing air purification and

Start ups

Sustainable, Structural Panels Made From Grass

Could wood OSB become a thing of the past? This startup creates carbon-capturing structural panel

Rendering of Plantd 'Factory of the Future' for structural panels made from grass

Market Makers

Introducing: World’s First 100% Bio-Based 3D Printed Home

The University of Maine has unveiled a first-of-its-kind bio-based home, utilizing wood fibers, p

Process Innovation

Combining Mass Timber with Modularity

Seattle-based Forterra wants to reimagine affordable housing by using responsibly harvested mass

ModPro Living Room mass timber modular prototype

Innovators

The Best of NAHB’s International Builders’ Show 2023

In its biggest builders' show since 2008, IBS 2023 received more than 400 entries for the Best of

Demographics

What I Learned From the 2022 EEBA Summit

High-performance homebuilders have a lot on their plate. Here are a few prominent issues of heavy

Professional builders in large room listening to speaker on stage

Innovators

Meet the Utopia Editors at IBS 2023

Utopia editors are heading to Las Vegas for the 2023 NAHB International Builders' Show (IBS). Wil

Promotion for meeting the editors of online publication Utopia

Architects

Bamboo: Not Just for Your Floor Anymore

Illinois-based Lamboo produces an engineered bamboo that can be used for interior, exterior, and

Interior Master Bedroom with bamboo Rainscreen Ceiling

Single Family

The 14 Essential Patterns of Biophilic Design

For builders and homeowners alike, these 14 patterns of biophilic design offer a look into the mo

Biophilic design home kitchen with plant wall

Innovators

Harvard Graduates Devise Community-Scale Geothermal Energy Solution

Over 150 students sought to find creative solutions to common industry problems during Ivory Inno

Boston, Massachusetts building at daytime

Sustainability

Vinyl Siding: A Surprising Way to Go Green

While the classic look of wood is forever timeless, new developments in design allow vinyl siding

Westlake Royal Building Products’ Portsmouth Shake & Shingles

Startup Turns Concrete into a Carbon Capture Solution

EEBA Launches New Net Zero Carbon Building Professional Designation

D.R. Horton Buys 250,000 Grass-Made, Structural Panels from Plantd

Luxury Development in Utah Uses Leading-Edge Tech to Enhance Health and Wellbeing

What Impact Does Immigration Have on Housing?

US Home Price Growth Soars to New Highs

These States Have the Highest Share of Assumable Mortgages