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Webinar on Demand: 5 Tips to Build a High-Performance Home

The Pro Builder

Webinar on Demand: 5 Tips to Build a High-Performance Home ibush Mon, 04/22/2024 - 07:46 See and hear how the production team for The New American Home 2024 achieved a remarkable -45 HERS rating for the residence. Insights shared in the webinar can be applied to any home in any market at any price point.

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5 Steps to Cracking the Code for a High-Performance Home

The Pro Builder

For the past 14 years, an overarching objective of The New American Home (TNAH) program has been to achieve superior levels of energy and water savings, indoor air quality, and occupant comfort without sacrificing aesthetics or livability—or making the home’s occupants expend too much effort in maintaining that high performance.

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Smart Neighborhood Project Combines Net Zero with Natural Gas

The Pro Builder

The Smart Neighborhood project aims to demonstrate that natural gas can be a part of the energy solutions for net zero, carbon neutral homes. Our goal is to understand how we can leverage the existing gas system to support the clean energy transition,” says Meena Beyers, vice president of business and community development, Nicor Gas.

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BAM JV bags UK’s largest electricity transmission project

Construction Enquirer

BAM in joint venture with Hitachi Energy has clinched the deal to build two major converter stations on the planned electricity superhighway project from Peterhead in Scotland to Drax in Yorkshire. BAM will work in collaboration with Hitachi Energy to provide the engineering works and technology for the HVDC converter stations.

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Plan for major NHS estate green upgrade framework

Construction Enquirer

Whitehall procurement chiefs are looking at a multi-energy efficiency measures approach allowing NHS Trust to use a single contractor to provide a range of services under a single contract.

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Platinum Contracting of Nevada to Advance Utility Distribution through Underground Installations

Civil + Structural Engineer

The installations will integrate energy, sewer, water, gas, phone and internet services below ground in effort to create a more efficient and reliable distribution system. Underground utility distribution provides an efficiency and reliability that overhead utility lines lack.

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Where is Most Construction Happening in the Texas: 2024 Overview

Building Radar

In 2024, Texas is poised to become one of the hottest construction markets in the United States, driven by a combination of robust economic growth, population influx, and government-backed infrastructure projects. The Lone Star State continues to attract significant investments in sectors like housing, transportation, and renewable energy.