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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.

4d ago

4M Homes Missing, 6K Homes on 10 Acres, and an $11B Power Line

America is short roughly 4 million homes, yet one Indigenous-led development in Vancouver is building 6,000 homes on just 10 acres. Meanwhile, a new $11 billion transmission line highlights the massive infrastructure investments needed to support a growing, electrified future. In this week's sustainable building news: • Green Builder Media officially launches VISION House Asheville, a climate-ready demonstration home in partnership with Alair Homes and Alair Asheville | Red Tree • The Squamish Nation's groundbreaking Sen̓áḵw development challenges conventional thinking about housing density, affordability, and urban growth. • Why states building more homes are generally seeing better affordability outcomes—and why America remains millions of homes short. https://commercialobserver.com/2026/06/nyc-multifamily-construction-boom/https://www.realtor.com/research/state-report-cards-2026https://www.inman.com/2026/06/12/median-home-price-tops-400k-buyer-demand-falls/https://www.zillow.com/research/million-dollar-starter-home-36452/• The debate over whether loosening building codes can reduce housing costs without compromising safety • SunZia, one of the largest clean energy infrastructure projects in U.S. history, officially comes online. • Why internet connectivity is becoming essential infrastructure in multifamily housing. • New COGNITION Smart Data reveals what homeowners say they want in their bathrooms versus what they actually install. • Editors’ Product of the Week: A front door designed to make moving large furniture a little easier. • Plus, some encouraging news on heat pumps, solar, and why energy-efficient homes may be worth more than many sellers realize. Upcoming Sustainability Events: 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 15-16: U.S. Heat Pump Summit, Worcester, Mass. 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 enewsletter Follow Green Builder Media: LinkedIn: @green-builder-media-llc Facebook: @greenbuildermedia Bluesky: @greenbuildermedia Threads: @greenbuildermedia

8 min
5d ago

The Affordability Reckoning

Our current affordability crisis is the result of how we define value, what we measure, what we subsidize, and what we ignore. Sustainability, resilience, and wellness are the missing variables in a system obsessed with first cost and blind to long-term consequence. In this episode, Sara questions existing paradigms and offers innovative solutions that blend sustainability and profitability to address our pressing economic, social, and environmental challenges.

32 min
Jun 17

Housing Starts Crash, Solar Beats Coal, and a Startup Wants to Make It Rain

This Week's Sustainable Building News This week on Green Builder Media's Housing News Podcast, we explore the trends reshaping housing, sustainability, and resilience. Housing starts have fallen to a six-year low, raising new concerns about affordability and housing supply. At the same time, solar generated more electricity than coal in the United States for the first time ever, marking a major milestone in the nation's energy transition. We also examine a new corporate climate standard that shifts the focus from climate promises to measurable action, a controversial North Carolina proposal that would exempt some agricultural facilities from building code oversight, and a startup that claims it can increase rainfall in drought-stricken regions of the American West. In this issue: Housing starts lowest in six years Solar generates more power than coal SBTi Climate Standard prevents fake green claims North Carolina Farm Act exempts agricultural buildings, including fertilizer facilities, from local zoning and state building code oversight Tech innovation makes rain machine Mass timber earthquake research HomeRES.ai wins tech innovation award USGBC Designing for Greater Efficiency Greensboro Downtown Greenway Farmers defend Iowa water quality regulations Is FEMA ready for the next storm? New IAPMO 2027 Codes The Valuation Metric with Doug Tarry Subscribe for weekly housing, sustainability, resilience, energy, and building science news. Editors’ Product Pick: Rheem Endeavor Line Classic Plus Series Top-Discharge Universal Heat Pump Upcoming Sustainability Events: 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 enewsletter: https://www.greenbuildermedia.com/enewsletter-subscribe Follow Green Builder Media: LinkedIn: @green-builder-media-llc Facebook: @greenbuildermedia Bluesky: @greenbuildermedia Threads: @greenbuildermedia

10 min
Jun 10

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
Jun 9

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

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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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