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Brookfield Residential delivers wildfire-resilient homes in Altadena
In late September 2026, Brookfield Residential welcomed the first homeowners back to La Viña following the early 2025 Eaton Fire, which destroyed 52 homes in the community. By partnering with municipal officials to deploy pre-approved design catalogs, the developer delivered quick turnaround times, with the residents moving in only six months after groundbreaking. All units were completed on or under budget while achieving Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) enhanced wildfire-resilience certification…
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EEBA Presents 2026 Building Excellence Awards and DOE ENH Awards
At the Energy and Environment Building Alliance (EEBA)'s High Performance Home Builder Summit, homebuilding professionals were recognized for leadership and innovation in energy-efficient construction. The event featured the presentation of the Department of Energy's Efficient New Homes (DENH) Awards and the Energy and EEBA 2026 Building Excellence Awards. The EEBA also recognized industry milestones for two builders: Lennar for building 5,867 homes this year and Beazer Homes for achieving 10,000 homes built…
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2026 class of LEED Fellows announced
The Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the independent oversight of professional credentialing and project certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) verification, announced the 2026 cohort of LEED Fellows. This distinction recognized professionals with 10 years of experience as LEED professionals who exhibit exemplary leadership in sustainable building practices.
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It’s not too late to register for our webinar tomorrow
In today’s shifting housing market, builders, architects and design-build firms face a shared strategic challenge: expanding project margins and revenue without overextending operational capacity. The solution increasingly lies in targeted, high-margin residential interventions—most notably specialized bathroom design and remodeling. Driven by surging demand for universal design, barrier-free living and aging-in-place functionality, bath renovations offer fast project turnarounds, reliable profitability and high-impact value.
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Owens Corning
Owens Corning products make buildings more comfortable, more energy-efficient, and safer. This includes insulation that reduces heating and cooling costs, roof shingles that reflect the sun’s rays and protect the roof from severe weather, and doors that connect you with the people and things you care about most — and make life easier, safer and more beautiful, too. Owens Corning is building a sustainable future through material innovation.
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Rebuilding begins for 60-home community after Maui wildfires
Nearly three years after the Maui wildfires destroyed both residential and commercial buildings in Lahaina, rebuilding is set to begin at Lahaina Residential, a 60-home residential community. Project leaders said the rebuilt community will include several sustainability upgrades, including fire-resistant siding and roofing, defensible space, wildfire-resilient landscaping, water-saving native plants, low-flow plumbing fixtures and infrastructure for future electric vehicle chargers…
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Connecting Nature in an Unconventional Build
To ASSEMBLY Architecture + Build, sustainability is a fundamental feature in how the team designs and constructs every home. “Our philosophy is simple: design and build beautiful green homes and have clear communication with a high level of collaboration throughout the process,” said Lily Aksan, Digital Marketing Lead at ASSEMBLY Architecture + Build. “We are a small, tight-knit team that has a true interest in creating the best possible homes for the people who live in them…
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PhiusCon begins in Arizona
PhiusCon, the largest passive building conference in North America, runs Oct. 8 through the 10th in Phoenix, Ariz. The conference brings together architects, builders, engineers, policymakers and developers from across the world for education, discussion and celebration of passive building practices and technologies. The three-day event includes keynote addresses with high-profile speakers such as Zack Semke, the Director of Passive House Accelerator, an exhibit hall and the announcement of Phius Passive Projects Design Competition winners.
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Green Project of the Week: 3005 Rae Dell
Located in Barton Hills, Texas, 3005 Rae Dell is a 4,240-square-foot, LEED-certified home. Built by Hayes Builders, the home blends luxury and sustainability, with five bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms. The builder names the kitchen the heart of the home, featuring sleek countertops and ample storage space. The living room is adjacent to the kitchen, bathing the space in natural light through large windows, creating a bright and airy atmosphere…
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NGBS Green 2025 edition: What to know for existing structures
The new NGBS Green 2025 edition standardizes existing building retrofits for single-family homes by offering ten flexible compliance tracks tailored to project-specific conditions. Unlike new builds, which start with a clean slate, NGBS understood the headwinds in certifying a remodeled home. Project teams can select asset-level performance benchmarking against 2021 IECC baselines with carbon tracking, simple prescriptive component checklists for minor retrofits, unit-level ERI target scoring…
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Working Harmoniously with the Environment
In the late 1960s, I was one of the lucky few who returned home from Vietnam in one piece, but I was not the same person who had left. The experience gave me a deep sense that my life had been spared for a reason. I felt strongly that I should not waste it. I needed to find real meaning and purpose in what I chose to do next. As a child, I was always building things; taking them apart, studying how they worked and imagining how they could be improved. That curiosity naturally led…
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Green Home Builder is a national B2B publication serving homebuilders, architects, designers and other industry professionals dedicated to protecting the environment. We are expanding our social media presence and posting the latest industry news and featured content from our magazines on Instagram, LinkedIn, X and Facebook. Now, we ask you to show your support by following us on social media to stay up-to-date on the latest green homebuilding news and stories…
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