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What Builders Lose If ENERGY STAR Gets Eliminated In EPA Cuts

Policy

What Builders Lose If ENERGY STAR Gets Eliminated In EPA Cuts

A sudden move to sunset the EPA’s ENERGY STAR program threatens to unravel 30 years of progress, hitting homebuilders hard — just when they need every edge to close a sale ... and every reason to keep building higher performance homes.

What Trump's 2nd Coming May Mean For High-Performance Homes

Policy

What Trump's 2nd Coming May Mean For High-Performance Homes

With President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January, contributor Ryan Meres outlines what builders need to pay attention to when it comes to energy-efficient tax credits and building codes.

Energy Codes Are Complicated: Time for a Simpler Approach?

Policy

Energy Codes Are Complicated: Time for a Simpler Approach?

Homebuilders can get ahead of code changes by taking advantage of incentives and participating in state code adoption processes where they build.

Energy-Efficient Tax Credit Changes Are Coming: Ready Or Not?

Policy

Energy-Efficient Tax Credit Changes Are Coming: Ready Or Not?

To comply with adjustments to the 45L New Energy Efficient Home tax credits, here’s what homebuilders need to know now.

Thrive, Mandalay, Lennar, KB Take Top HERS Score Honors

Leadership

Thrive, Mandalay, Lennar, KB Take Top HERS Score Honors

The two privately-held operators and two publics earned top prizes in the 2023 RESNET Cross Border Home Builder Challenge, a competition designed to promote wider use of the HERS® (Home Energy Rating System) as a single-source-of-truth energy performance industry standard.

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What Builders Lose If ENERGY STAR Gets Eliminated In EPA Cuts

Policy

What Builders Lose If ENERGY STAR Gets Eliminated In EPA Cuts

A sudden move to sunset the EPA’s ENERGY STAR program threatens to unravel 30 years of progress, hitting homebuilders hard — just when they need every edge to close a sale ... and every reason to keep building higher performance homes.

What Trump's 2nd Coming May Mean For High-Performance Homes

Policy

What Trump's 2nd Coming May Mean For High-Performance Homes

With President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January, contributor Ryan Meres outlines what builders need to pay attention to when it comes to energy-efficient tax credits and building codes.

Energy Codes Are Complicated: Time for a Simpler Approach?

Policy

Energy Codes Are Complicated: Time for a Simpler Approach?

Homebuilders can get ahead of code changes by taking advantage of incentives and participating in state code adoption processes where they build.

Energy-Efficient Tax Credit Changes Are Coming: Ready Or Not?

Policy

Energy-Efficient Tax Credit Changes Are Coming: Ready Or Not?

To comply with adjustments to the 45L New Energy Efficient Home tax credits, here’s what homebuilders need to know now.

Thrive, Mandalay, Lennar, KB Take Top HERS Score Honors

Leadership

Thrive, Mandalay, Lennar, KB Take Top HERS Score Honors

The two privately-held operators and two publics earned top prizes in the 2023 RESNET Cross Border Home Builder Challenge, a competition designed to promote wider use of the HERS® (Home Energy Rating System) as a single-source-of-truth energy performance industry standard.

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What Builders Lose If ENERGY STAR Gets Eliminated In EPA Cuts

Policy 05.09.25

What Builders Lose If ENERGY STAR Gets Eliminated In EPA Cuts

A sudden move to sunset the EPA’s ENERGY STAR program threatens to unravel 30 years of progress, hitting homebuilders hard — just when they need every edge to close a sale ... and every reason to keep building higher performance homes.

What Trump's 2nd Coming May Mean For High-Performance Homes

Policy 12.19.24

What Trump's 2nd Coming May Mean For High-Performance Homes

With President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January, contributor Ryan Meres outlines what builders need to pay attention to when it comes to energy-efficient tax credits and building codes.

Energy Codes Are Complicated: Time for a Simpler Approach?

Policy 09.17.24

Energy Codes Are Complicated: Time for a Simpler Approach?

Homebuilders can get ahead of code changes by taking advantage of incentives and participating in state code adoption processes where they build.

Energy-Efficient Tax Credit Changes Are Coming: Ready Or Not?

Policy 02.09.24

Energy-Efficient Tax Credit Changes Are Coming: Ready Or Not?

To comply with adjustments to the 45L New Energy Efficient Home tax credits, here’s what homebuilders need to know now.

Thrive, Mandalay, Lennar, KB Take Top HERS Score Honors

Leadership 12.15.23

Thrive, Mandalay, Lennar, KB Take Top HERS Score Honors

The two privately-held operators and two publics earned top prizes in the 2023 RESNET Cross Border Home Builder Challenge, a competition designed to promote wider use of the HERS® (Home Energy Rating System) as a single-source-of-truth energy performance industry standard.