Ashton-Woods, Beazer, KB Home, Meritage, M/I, and NVR are the majors among 400 home building companies who've signed on to to implement the U.S. EPA's newest Energy Star guidelines for homes.
Builders have asked the International Code Council (ICC) to eliminate multifamily buildings from the scope of its new International Green Construction Code.
According to new research, workers on green building sites suffer more falls than workers on traditional projects; are exposed to new, high-risk tasks; incur more lacerations, strains and sprains; and more.
Contrary to common belief that nothing is really happening in green building at the Congressional level these days, this article provides two counterexamples.
Builder scoured the stories it has published in its magazine and online this year to identify trends we believe might spill into 2012 and influence how builders adjust to compete profitably.
