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JLC talks to four builders with long track records about what it means to build green.
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Builder Confidence Drops, Again
Confidence in the multifamily housing market sagged in the third quarter of 2008, pushing builder confidence indexes for both the condominium and the rental markets to their lowest levels since the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) created the indexes in 2003.
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IRC adopts residential-sprinkler requirement; Long Island town imposes energy-efficiency standards; new homes shrinking; more
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Center for Science and Computation, Annandale-On-Hudson, N.Y.
The Bard College Center for Science and Computation in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., features a cost-effective lighting design accomplished with simple hardware—no custom or decorative fixtures—that “celebrates the architecture instead of calling attention to itself,” explains Keith Yancey, principal...
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Roofing nails puncture gas lines in Texas; hot countertops rattle kitchen and bath industry; dustup over drywall
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Retsinas Serves Up Fresh Thinking
This July, Nicolas Retsinas stood outside a ruined highrise apartment building in Chengdu, capital of China's Sichuan province.
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Historic Wisconsin Brewery Becomes Workforce Housing
LA CROSSE, WIS. The Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center here had a difficult time attracting and retaining employees due to the lack of quality affordable housing in its area.
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Austin passes modest accessibility requirement for new houses; study finds pneumatic-nailer triggering has little effect on speed; builders fined for runoff; more
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Pneumatic nailers under fire; assessing the risks of broken compact fluorescents; big builders rank low on sustainability; DeWalt recalls popular table saw; more