In the green building industry, size matters. However, this does not necessarily translate into “bigger is better.” Nevertheless, average home size has increased more than 61 percent since 1973, while household sizes have shrunk. Currently, the United States averages 1,000-square-feet of living space per person. “That number is obscene,” says Andrew Morrison, co-founder of Tiny […]
Taylor Morrison Builds for Boomers’ “Next Adventure”
The rules have changed when it comes to active adult homebuyers, and Taylor Morrison is tapping into Baby Boomers’ wants and needs with the “Next Adventure Home.” “There actually are no rules. They want it however they want it,” says Carol Thompson, Taylor Morrison’s national director, strategic sourcing – East. But how exactly do they […]
Alliance Residential Shares Sustainability Success Stories
Alliance Residential is the nation’s largest multifamily developer, a status it maintains through a simple, conservative and sustainable mantra—what gets measured, gets managed. Alliance just released its second annual Citizenship & Sustainability Report, which measures and manages the developer’s sustainability initiatives from the past year. Kelly Vickers, vice president of Corporate Social Responsibility for Alliance […]
KB Home’s 4 Principles to Success in Future-Minded “ProjeKt”
KB Home is building a home of the future, taking builders, homeowners and the industry as a whole on a journey, but it didn’t do it alone. “Any collaboration starts with an idea—an idea of how would we, together, demonstrate the beauty, the technology and what a 2020 to 2050 house would look like,” […]
My First TecHome: Custom Home with “All the Bells and Whistles”
A custom homebuilder is learning the value of technology, integrator partnerships and client communication through his very first TecHome—a project complete with “all the bells and whistles.” Chris Tennant’s journey began at TecHome Builder’s 2014 LUX summit, in Pasadena, and the subsequent year’s Orlando event. Here, the vice president of Mt. Lincoln Construction was referred […]
Savant Tech Comes Standard Through New Developer Partnership
The goal is to create “a harmonized standard” across all new developments, and multifamily developer Property Markets Group (PMG) achieves these aspirations through a new strategic relationship with Savant. The developer recently announced that Savant will provide the technology for its portfolio of developments currently under construction—from New York to Miami. “The builder market is […]
Savant Extends Home Control With Nest, iPort Partnerships
Luxury home automation platform Savant expands its partner program to include Nest’s smart thermostat and iPort. The new integration partnership was announced, today, at CEDIA 2016 and builds off of Savant’s existing partner program that includes other major connected device makers such as Lutron and Sonos. According to the press release, Savant’s decision to choose Nest and […]
My First TecHome: Tackling Immediacy to Stay on the Leading Edge
Innovation moves fast. If you don’t keep up with the changes, your business could suffer. Just ask Jeff Hansell. The co-owner of Swiftwater Custom Homes in Washington has learned a lot about technology’s evolution since including solar hot water systems in his first projects back in 1981. “Back then, in the Pacific Northwest, this was […]
Four Things To Know About Avid Ratings’ New GoTour
Virtual and augmented reality gives customers the ability to tour and customize a home before it’s even built. This unique marketing technique extends to energy-efficient and other smart tech packages. Avid Ratings’ GoTour program is one of the virtual reality choices currently on the market. It essentially enables the builder to present a home with […]
Production Homebuilder Taps Savant as Partner in Tech Standard
First Texas Homes, a production builder, has introduced a new smart home technology standard, tapping Savant as its key partner. Savant just made the announcement about the partnership that started this summer, which provides built-in home automation and control in all new production homes. First Texas Homes are being pre-wired with structured wiring and include a Savant […]