Integrating Smart Home Tech Into Your Next Build From voice-activated assistants to remote-controlled lighting, these innovative devices offer unprecedented convenience and control, allowing homeowners to manage their living spaces with ease. Read More CityLife https://citylife.capetown/uncategorized/how-to-integrate-smart-home-technology-into-your-home-design/69344/
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New Net Zero Home in Maine
New Net Zero Home in Maine Stewart Roberts, having downsized from the family home in Carlisle — which he and his late wife and architectural partner, Karla S. Johnson, designed — built a getaway on Westport Island, Maine, at the… Read More Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/08/magazine/widower-builds-net-zero-home-maine-gather-with-his-grown-children/
Read MoreThe Country’s First Gas Utility-Run Networked Geothermal Heating and Cooling System Breaks Ground in Massachusets
The Country’s First Gas Utility-Run Networked Geothermal Heating and Cooling System Breaks Ground in Massachusets New England’s largest energy utility, Eversource, is on its way to becoming the first gas utility in the country to build and run a “networked geothermal system.” The pilot project, which broke ground this week in… Read More BUR https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/06/13/networked-geothermal-eversource-heat-pump-gas-utility
Read MoreHealthy Homes in Detroit Creates Path to Community Well-being
Healthy Homes in Detroit Creates Path to Community Well-being As the saying goes, everything begins at home—and Detroit is doing its part to help residents have healthy beginnings with healthy homes. According to Safiyah Merchant, Analyst for the Policy & Implementation… Read More Michigan Chronicle https://michiganchronicle.com/2023/06/11/healthy-homes-in-detroit-creates-path-to-community-well-being/
Read MoreTo Make a Greener Building, Start With an Old One
To Make a Greener Building, Start With an Old One NEXT TIME YOU find yourself in a new-ish US office building, scan the walls visible from the entryway. Within seconds, you are almost guaranteed to find a glittering circular plaque embossed with a leaf. It’ll be… Read More Wired https://www.wired.com/story/to-make-a-greener-building-start-with-an-old-one/
Read MoreKB Home Announces the Grand Opening of Two New Communities in Clovis, California
KB Home Announces the Grand Opening of Two New Communities in Clovis, California KB Home announced the grand opening of Cielo Ranch 5000s and 6000s, two new communities of single-family homes on large homesites in highly desirable Clovis, California. The new… Read More Yahoo Finance https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kb-home-announces-grand-opening-204700976.html
Read MoreConstruction Begins on Union Green, a Multifamily Project in Union City
Construction Begins on Union Green, a Multifamily Project in Union City Union City has been tapped as the home of Woodfield Development’s newest multifamily unit, Union Green. Construction began on the project with a ceremonial groundbreaking on June 7. Union Green, a four-story… Read More News Daily https://www.news-daily.com/neighbor_newspapers/south_metro/news/construction-begins-on-union-green-a-multi-family-project-in-union-city/article_050581af-256c-59fd-ad83-5a15ffcfd7ab.html
Read MoreHomeowners Increasingly Seek Energy-Efficient Technologies
Homeowners Increasingly Seek Energy-Efficient Technologies n the past year, energy prices have taken a bigger chunk out of everyone’s budget. Increases at the gas pump get the most attention, but rising costs for heating and cooling homes have also taken their toll on banks… Read More Business West https://businesswest.com/blog/homeowners-increasingly-seek-energy-efficient-technologies/
Read MoreLGI Homes Opens New Community in Charlotte, McKee Creek Village
LGI Homes Opens New Community in Charlotte, McKee Creek Village LGI Homes, Inc. announced the company is now selling brand-new, single-family homes at McKee Creek Village. Ideally positioned in east Charlotte, North of Mint Hill, McKee Creek Village provides residents… Read More Investors Observer https://www.investorsobserver.com/news/qm-pr/6765569268993842
Read MoreConcrete Panels & Green Construction
Concrete Panels & Green Construction As construction waste quickly fills our landfills, it also takes away a significant portion of the bottom line. There are a lot of factors in play, of course, but the most common come are inaccurate ordering, inefficient… Read More For Construction Pros https://www.forconstructionpros.com/concrete/article/22863381/sustainable-concrete-panel-construction-spotlight-on-nexii-and-vero-building-systems
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