3D Printed Houses Entering Mass Production – 2023 USA Update
3D Printed Houses is a reality, it’s more than an experiment now, it’s a viable building system for…
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Renewable Energy: Refers to energy sources harnessed from natural processes, like solar and wind, used in sustainable building practices
Circular Economy Principles for Achieving Net Zero in the Built Environment
To understand the Circular Economy Principles properly we need context and examples of how its practices can be…
Explaining the Circular Economy and How Society Can Re-think Progress
Our newest contributing author the Ellen MacArthur Foundation published this very simple yet effective animated explanation about how…
My Biggest Regret Building a Net Zero Home
Net Zero Home Build: My Biggest Regret Building My New House. There are a lot of different paths you can take to get to a net-zero home. Everything from passive homes to earthships to modular and factory built houses. You can retrofit an existing building or you can build a new one.
I Didn’t Know A Prefabricated House Could Do This!
One of the benefits of a factory built home is that the insulated wall panels are assembled in a climate controlled facility. However, they still need to get assembled on site … and that’s when mother nature can take her revenge. My factory built house started getting raised on site at the beginning of January and the New England weather didn’t want to cooperate … which got me a little worried about water soaking the insulation inside the wall panels.
Asthma New Zealand Healthy Homes Series – Episode 2 – Insulation
Today, in collaboration with Asthma New Zealand, we are releasing Episode 2 of the Healthy Homes series on The Build Review. This episode focuses on the crucial role of insulation in our homes and the consequences of poor installation or no insulation. Yes, still many homes in New Zealand have no insulation in their walls, under their floors, and roof spaces.
Top 5 Solar Battery Solutions for Homes (And One You Might Not Expect)
Forward by Ian Thompson, Editor at The Build Review: Do you use a solar battery solution for your…
Top 5 Solar Energy Advances Using Perovskites
Continuing on from last week’s post about Tesla’s solar roof (Link) Matt Ferrell discusses the future of solar…
Tesla Solar Roof – A Builders Perspective
Matt Risinger tours a custom home with a Tesla Solar Panel Roof. The builder on the job walks…
Healthy Homes – Episode 1 – The Problem
Let’s Reduce Asthma By Building Better homes Asthma New Zealand Nurse Educators spend a lot of time in…