Ed Hudson, MBA August 8, 2023 Residential Sector Trends from the New Building Products Demand Meter For more than 25 years, Home Innovation’s Annual Builder Practices and Consumer Practices Reports have offered unparalleled insight into the ever-changing picture of demand for residential building products. The industry, particularly manufacturers of building products, has grown to rely…
Bob Hill, PE March 10, 2014 Our Credibility Is Your Currency Here is a common barrier to innovation faced by builders and product manufacturers alike. A manufacturer might have a new product, formulation, or use devised to improve construction. Or, a builder may re-engineer a wall system to improve constructability or performance. Both are certain…
Michelle Foster February 19, 2021 Voice of the Verifier: Jamie Carr, NGBS Green Verifier Jamie Carr, Partner at Eco Achievers and NGBS Green Accredited Master Verifier About Me: Attorney by formal training; builder by practical training Worked as a project manager for multifamily architects & developers Enjoy working on challenging NGBS Green projects, particularly those…
Michelle Foster February 20, 2014 Making it Easier for Consumers to Go Green Home Innovation Research Labs began to certify homes and multifamily buildings to the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) in 2009. Since then, NGBS Green Certification has established itself as an affordable, yet rigorous green certification program for residential construction. We launched the program…
Deanna Williams Seale, PE July 29, 2022 #WillItCorrode: Tools of the Trade: Add Testing to Your Product Durability Toolkit For every job, there is a tool. When it comes to product durability, lab testing is one of the best and most reliable tools you can have. Speaking of tools, we’re keeping our #WillItCorrode monthly test…
Ed Hudson, MBA May 10, 2019 Hot, Fresh Data Now Available: 2019 Annual Builder Practices Reports Data collection for our Annual Builder Practices Survey is complete and initial findings are now being published. More than 1,500 U.S. home builders participated this year to give us highly detailed information on their new home characteristics and the products…
Bob Hill, PE June 27, 2014 A Day in the Life of a Lab Director: Post-Audit Reflection The phrase, “You’re being audited,” can strike fear into the heart of anyone. As I write this post, I am personally recovering from our latest lab audit, or, more accurately, our latest surveillance assessment. Perhaps “recovering” is too…
Michelle Foster December 8, 2017 Work Smarter, Not Harder Why work harder to find products that meet your NGBS certification needs, when you can work smarter by specifying NGBS Green Certified Products? What is the Green Certified Product program? Understanding the inherent challenges to creating a high-performance home, not to mention achieving rigorous third-party certification…
Michelle Foster June 16, 2021 Voice of the Verifier: Drew Smith, NGBS Green MASTER Verifier on the 2021 TNAR Show Home About Drew Smith: Drew Smith has been involved in green building for nearly 20 years and is the Chief Operating Officer of Two Trails, Inc., a company focused on green building consulting and certification….
Ed Hudson, MBA March 14, 2022 COVID Changes – Temp or Perm? Part 2 A few weeks ago, I shared the overall findings from a survey of builders on the permanence of 22 business and new home changes adopted during the pandemic (click here if you missed it). As suspected, we found that virus-mitigating practices…