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From breaking news and market signals to deep dives on sustainability, value, policy, resilience, and meaning, the Green Builder Media Podcast Network brings together the industry’s most trusted voices to explore how homes are designed, built, valued, and lived in.

1d ago

A 328-Foot 3D Printer, Nuclear-Powered AI, and the Fight Over America's Data Centers

This week on Green Builder Media's Sustainable Building News, we explore the growing backlash against data centers, including Google's Project Skyway data center, Arizona's push to streamline small modular nuclear reactors for data center power and kneecap residents’ ability to use zoning laws to block data centers, and a construction technology breakthrough that could transform how buildings are built. We also cover major changes to federal home energy rebates, new resources for homeowners seeking efficiency incentives, wildfire resilience standards that now extend beyond individual homes, and what the 2026 FIFA World Cup may reveal about housing markets and sustainability. In this episode: The world's first tower crane 3D construction printer. Why some homeowners may lose access to electrification rebates. A primer on rebates, incentives, and financing programs for homeowners. Google Project Skyway Data Center Halted The future of wildfire-ready neighborhoods. A new debate over federal research funding.Fire-resistant building products.The Impact Series: Kelly Kopp on Water, Landscapes, and the Future of Communities Green Builder Media's upcoming housing affordability webinar.World Cup Host Cities and Housing Prices Upcoming Sustainability Events: June 11–12: Next Generation Water Summit Santa Fe & virtual June 18–July 30: High Performance Home Master Class Series—plus CEU opportunities for builders and pros June 22–24: 2026 NFPA Conference & Expo Las Vegas June 23–25: Trellis Impact 26 San Francisco July 15–16: The Flooring Sustainability Summit, Arlington, Va. July 22–23: Sunbelt Builders Show, San Antonio, Texas July 23–24: Industrialized Housing Summit, Austin September 9–10: Building Fire Safety Symposium September 16–18: EEBA Summit 2026 St. Paul, Minn. October 20–23: Greenbuild 2026 New York, NY November 4–5: The Building Products Customer Workshop, Nashville About Green Builder Media Green Builder Media www.greenbuildermedia.com is North America’s leading green building and sustainable living media company. Through our magazine, website, demonstration homes, and data services, we provide actionable information to consumers and builders about how to build and remodel sustainable homes. We focus on net-zero building, green products, energy efficiency, healthy homes, resilience, connected living, and building science. Subscribe to our once-a-week Vantage e-newsletter Follow Green Builder Media: LinkedIn: @green-builder-media-llc Facebook: @greenbuildermedia Bluesky: @greenbuildermedia Threads: @greenbuildermedia

9 min
3d ago

The Valuation Metric: Building Homes for Human Flourishing

Sara Gutterman talks with Doug Tarry, President of Doug Tarry Homes and author of From Bleeding Edge to Leading Edge, about what happens when housing is valued not as a commodity, but as human infrastructure. Together, they explore why homes must do more than meet code or maximize price per square foot—they must support health, safety, resilience, connection, and long-term well-being. From net-zero homes and climate-ready design to nature-integrated communities and seven-generation thinking, this conversation reimagines what it means to build with purpose, responsibility, and care.

51 min
Jun 3

Scale, Resilience, and Resources Will Drive the Next Housing Cycle

This week on the Green Builder Media News Podcast, we cover one of the biggest housing stories of the year: Berkshire Hathaway's $8.5 billion acquisition of Taylor Morrison and what it could signal for the future of builder consolidation. We also explore Houston's new solar-plus-storage virtual power plant program, Texas' growing water challenges, fire safety concerns surrounding green walls, and a proposal to convert thousands of underused federal buildings into housing. In This Episode: Berkshire Hathaway to Acquire Taylor Morrison HomesSunrun and NRG partnership in Houston, TexasTexas Water ProblemNew York City's plan to create and preserve 400,000 affordable housing unitsGreen Walls a fire hazardTurning empty federal buildings into housingA new guide to conditioned attics and unvented roof assembliesWinners of USGBC California's global water design competitionThe Valuation Metric with Cynthia Adams, PearlWhy green skepticism may be causing consumers to disengage from sustainability altogetherOpta Glass turns recycled glass into lower-carbon concreteNew data shows 76% of buyers are open to all-electric homesUpcoming Sustainability Events: 💚June 3–4: Sustainability Symposium 2026 (Free Virtual Event)💚 June 10–13: AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2026 San Diego June 11–12: Next Generation Water Summit Santa Fe June 18–July 30: High Performance Home Master Class Series—plus CEU opportunities for builders and pros, virtual June 22–24: 2026 NFPA Conference & Expo Las Vegas June 23–25: Trellis Impact 26 San Francisco July 15–16: The Flooring Sustainability Summit, Arlington, Va. July 22–23: Sunbelt Builders Show, San Antonio, Texas September 9–10: Building Fire Safety Symposium September 16–18: EEBA Summit 2026 St. Paul, Minn. October 20–23: Greenbuild 2026 New York, NY November 4–5: The Building Products Customer Workshop, Nashville About: Green Builder Media www.greenbuildermedia.com is North America’s leading green building and sustainable living media company. Through our magazine, website, demonstration homes, and data services, we provide actionable information to consumers and builders about how to build and remodel sustainable homes. We focus on net-zero building, green products, energy efficiency, healthy homes, resilience, connected living, and building science. Subscribe to our once-a-week Vantage e-newsletter Follow Green Builder Media: LinkedIn: @green-builder-media-llc Facebook: @greenbuildermedia Bluesky: @greenbuildermedia Threads: @greenbuildermedia

8 min
Jun 2

The Impact Series: Kelly Kopp

Mike and Kelly talk about The Great Salt Lake, aliens and a whole lot more on The Impact Series.

48 min
May 27

Geothermal’s Big Moment, HUD Shakeups, Passive House Affordable Housing & More

Could geothermal become the clean energy source everyone actually agrees on? Why is Congress considering a new EV fee? And is affordable multifamily housing one of the biggest climate solutions hiding in plain sight? This week, we break down the biggest stories shaping sustainable building, housing, energy, and resilience—including geothermal’s breakout moment, major HUD policy shifts, the future of affordable housing, Passive House at neighborhood scale, and why fire sprinklers may deserve a second look. In This Episode: Geothermal’s Big Moment https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/climate/the-new-gold-rush-of-geothermal-energy.htmlCongress Considers EV Fees https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/energy-environment/electrc-vehicles-annual-fee-congress.html?White House Housing Program Cuts Proposal https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/white-house-wants-eliminate-housing-160000708.htmlHUD Housing Playbook https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-26-036Why Apartments Could Be a Climate Solution https://grist.org/cities/the-surprising-climate-fix-that-democrats-and-republicans-both-love/Alafia Passive House Community https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/a-blueprint-for-resiliency-in-east-new-yorkHUD Assistance Animal Policy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/politics/hud-assistance-animals-disabled.htmlWatch: The Impact Series with Tim O’Brien https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUdEWoZ4Abg&list=PLwQAcwOzaQyftMxZfrSjZFo1gI-e6qNyo&index=1Download: The Case for Residential Fire Sprinklers (Free Ebook) https://www.greenbuildermedia.com/download-the-case-for-residential-fire-sprinklersEditor’s Product Pick: Trex Refuge Decking https://www.trex.com/products/decking/refuge/Register Free: Sustainability Symposium 2026 — Systems Reckoning https://www.greenbuildermedia.com/sustainability-symposium-2026-systems-reckoning?hsCtaAttrib=212234382646 Upcoming Events: 💚June 3–4: Sustainability Symposium 2026 (Free Virtual Event)💚 https://www.greenbuildermedia.com/sustainability-symposium-2026-systems-reckoning?hsCtaAttrib=212234382646 June 1–4: NAREE’s 60th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference Miami https://www.naree.org/annual-conference June 10–13: AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2026 San Diego https://conferenceonarchitecture.com/ June 11–12: Next Generation Water Summit Santa Fe https://ngws.vfairs.com/ June 18–July 30: High Performance Home Master Class Series—plus CEU opportunities for builders and pros (Coupon Code for AM class $90 discount: https://www.learningedgellc.com/offers/HMh73TFf/checkout?coupon_code=GBM0226AM; Coupon Code for PM class $90 discount: https://www.learningedgellc.com/offers/EmLrNsoL/checkout?coupon_code=GBM0226PM) June 22–24: 2026 NFPA Conference & Expo Las Vegas https://www.nfpa.org/events/conference June 23–25: Trellis Impact 26 San Francisco https://trellis.net/teaser-ti26/ July 22–23: Sunbelt Builders Show, San Antonio, Texas https://www.sunbeltbuildersshow.com/ September 9–10: Building Fire Safety Symposium https://web.cvent.com/event/cae6dc8d-a2c4-4b4b-970d-42b14c08a21a/register September 16–18: EEBA Summit 2026 St. Paul, Minn. https://summit2026.eeba.org/registration October 20–23: Greenbuild 2026 New York, NY https://greenbuild.informaconnect.com/2026/registrations/Attendee November 4–5: The Building Products Customer Workshop, Nashville https://www.venveo.com/2027?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-93MVoaxjiTvIX5b86Dwm32UwmhDVTtdCDx9lAcwyK3IP77-_xYB9kTtcajBxcjnzFFmRXRYYJ48uAiCTLdMj6PgYv2FcEcLIKCqoxxj9lbX7e471c&_hsmi=414332482&utm_content=414332482&utm_source=hs_email About: Green Builder Media www.greenbuildermedia.com is North America’s leading green building and sustainable living media company. Through our magazine, website, demonstration homes, and data services, we provide actionable information to consumers and builders about how to build and remodel sustainable homes. We focus on net-zero building, green products, energy efficiency, healthy homes, resilience, connected living, and building science. Subscribe to our once-a-week Vantage enewsletter: https://www.greenbuildermedia.com/enewsletter-subscribe Follow Green Builder Media: LinkedIn: @green-builder-media-llc Facebook: @greenbuildermedia Bluesky: @greenbuildermedia Threads: @greenbuildermedia #HousingMarket #SustainableBuilding #Homebuilding #ConstructionNews #SmartHomes #SolarEnergy #FloridaBuildingCodes #AffordableHousing #AIInfrastructure #DataCenters #GreenBuilding #EnergyEfficiency #Resilience #HomeDesign #HousingNews

11 min
May 20

New Homes Save Money, Builders Face Lawsuits, AI Competes for Power

Florida may be rewriting the rules of homebuilding. New homes could save buyers thousands. And the AI boom? It may be competing with communities for power. This week on This Week in Sustainable Building News, Ronan Mirza breaks down the forces quietly reshaping housing, affordability, resilience, and infrastructure. From Florida’s proposed building code overhaul to a new study showing buyers of newly built homes may save $25,000 over ten years, the definition of housing value is changing fast. But so are the risks. Major builders are facing a growing wave of construction defect lawsuits, while labor shortages tied to immigration policy could put even more pressure on affordability and housing supply. Meanwhile, the AI boom is creating a new kind of infrastructure tension. Reno just advanced a temporary moratorium on new data centers, and a new report suggests Lake Tahoe could lose much of its electricity supply as power shifts toward Northern Nevada’s exploding digital economy. Also in this episode: • Why stronger building codes may become unavoidable in climate-vulnerable states like Florida. • The hidden long-term savings behind new construction homes. • What rising construction defect claims say about speed, labor, and quality in housing. • How immigration policy may be affecting housing supply and construction jobs. • Why communities are pushing back on AI-driven data center growth. • Could solar shift from a sustainability play to an energy security strategy? • What consumers actually want from smart homes. • A surprisingly cool new insulation material made from fungi and construction waste • Why buyers care more about how a home feels than fancy finishes. • The Valuation Metric with Matthew Cooper Upcoming Events: 💚June 3–4: Sustainability Symposium 2026 (Free Virtual Event)💚 May 27–28: California Green Building Conference 2026 Berkeley June 1–4: NAREE’s 60th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference Miami June 10–13: AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2026 San Diego June 11–12: Next Generation Water Summit Santa Fe June 18–July 30: High Performance Home Master Class Series—plus CEU opportunities for builders and pros: Coupon Code for AM class $90 discount Coupon Code for PM class $90 discount June 22–24: 2026 NFPA Conference & Expo Las Vegas June 23–25: Trellis Impact 26 San Francisco July 22–23: Sunbelt Builders Show, San Antonio, Texas September 9–10: Building Fire Safety Symposium September 16–18: EEBA Summit 2026 St. Paul, Minn. October 20–23: Greenbuild 2026 New York, NY November 4–5: The Building Products Customer Workshop, Nashville About: Green Builder Media www.greenbuildermedia.com is North America’s leading green building and sustainable living media company. Through our magazine, website, demonstration homes, and data services, we provide actionable information to consumers and builders about how to build and remodel sustainable homes. We focus on net-zero building, green products, energy efficiency, healthy homes, resilience, connected living, and building science. Subscribe to our once-a-week Vantage e newsletter: https://www.greenbuildermedia.com/enewsletter-subscribe

9 min
May 19

Price Is a Snapshot. Value Is a Story

In this episode, Sara and Cynthia expose a major economic blind spot: we’ve optimized for the transaction, not the experience.

32 min
May 13

This Week in Housing: Resilient Homes Get Payback, AI Reveals Climate-Risk Pricing, Two Paths to IECC Code.

Resilient homes may finally start paying homeowners back, AI pulls back the curtain on climate-risk insurance pricing, affordable housing financing faces new uncertainty, and the future of building codes may be getting a major rewrite. Stories: Why states are beginning to reward resilient homes with insurance discounts, grants, and incentives How AI is helping uncover how climate risk is priced into insurance markets Why lenders are warning about potential cuts to a little-known affordable housing program Changes to the 2030 International Energy Conservation Code Why the next labor shortage may be a resilience skills shortage Wellness design is becoming more about affordability, resilience, and lower operating costs than luxury COGNITION Smart Data reveals why people care about indoor air quality Why The Valuation Metric with Nick Fazli Editors’ product pick: VELUX skylights Upcoming Events: 💚June 3–4: Sustainability Symposium 2026 (Free Virtual Event)💚 https://www.greenbuildermedia.com/sus... May 15: Green Building United’s Sustainability Symposium Philadelphia May 20: Virtual Webinar—Solar Tax Credits Are Gone. Now What? May 27–28: California Green Building Conference 2026 Berkeley June 1–4: NAREE’s 60th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference Miami June 10–13: AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2026 San Diego June 11–12: Next Generation Water Summit Santa Fe June 18–July 30: High Performance Home Master Class Series—plus CEU opportunities for builders and pros Coupon Code for AM class $90 discount Code for PM class $90 discount June 22–24: 2026 NFPA Conference & Expo Las Vegas June 23–25: Trellis Impact 26 San Francisco

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From breaking news and market signals to deep dives on sustainability, value, policy, resilience, and meaning, the Green Builder Media Podcast Network brings together the industry’s most trusted voices to explore how homes are designed, built, valued, and lived in.

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