climate change

With the national push for electrification getting stronger, an engineer shares some common misconceptions about it and why they aren't true.

This author and architect discusses achieving carbon reduction in the home-building industry through radical sufficiency and using less.

Explore the details of this landmark legislation and learn how it can benefit homeowners and contractors.

In addition to adding cost to a project, a complicated design is responsible for increased embodied carbon emissions.

This architect and engineer developed a Passive House standard for the United States. In this interview, she discusses what it will take to move the building industry toward climate-positive realities.

Whether you're dealing with flooding, high winds, or both, check out this list of articles we've compiled to help homes better weather storms.

Experts share their thoughts on the role of net-zero-energy homes in a climate-friendly future for residential construction.

In this excerpt, the team discusses the strategies for building homes in coastal hurricane zones to withstand high winds and storm surges.

Architectural designer Marianne Cusato draws on her experience designing disaster-recovery homes to offer insight into climate-responsive housing development.

Building materials capable of reducing up-front carbon to zero are available, code-compliant, and affordable, study shows.