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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 8h

Discover how to make every upgrade count—for your comfort, your wallet, and the planet.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 5d

A high-performance home comes together like a game of 3D Chess, where location, siting, climate and lifestyle align.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 6d

This KB Home Southern California subdivision is setting a new standard in fire prevention. #wildfire

First U.S. Wildfire-Resilient Housing Project

This KB Home Southern California subdivision is setting a new standard in fire prevention.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 8d

Here’s how to use credit cards to optimize construction spending in the field.

Paying With Plastic

Here’s how to use credit cards to optimize construction spending in the field.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 9d

From low-carbon concrete to carbon-smart decision making, Mattamy Homes is rewriting the rules of residential construction.

Home Builder Rewrites Rules on Embodied Carbon

From low-carbon concrete to carbon-smart decision making, Mattamy Homes is rewriting the rules of residential construction.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 10d

Energy efficient improvements and stronger home features can lower operating expenses for homeowners.

Efficient, Strong Homes: A Question of Cost

Energy efficient improvements and stronger home features can lower operating expenses for homeowners.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 10d

ESG is quietly becoming a central tenant for corporate strategy, driving decision making, enhancing differentiation, and augmenting profitability.

Despite Political Headwinds, ESG Thrives

While ESG has become a four-letter word in some political and business circles, most companies haven’t walked back from their commitments, and consumers still expect companies to put these principles into practice.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 10d

In order to shift from price per square foot to value per square foot, the financing model has to evolve alongside building science.

Frontlines of Climate Action: Turning Utility Bills Into Buying Power

Rewriting mortgage math to create a new playbook for affordable, sustainable homeownership.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 11d

Join Sam Rashkin for his next Green Builder media seminar. The housing market is not getting any easier and those that follow Sam know he's been predicting a tough road ahead.

Managing Uncertainty with Sales: Homebuyers Don’t Know You or Your Product!

The next Housing 2.0 webinar offers 10 strategies for translating value before, during and after the sale.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 11d

How fast will sea levels rise? Scientists project a 0.5–2 meter rise by 2100, but given our CO₂ track record, those estimates may still be too low—and too slow.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-soon-will-the-seas-rise-20251020/?

#GreenBuilderMedia #ClimateChange #SeaLevelRise

How Soon Will the Seas Rise? | Quanta Magazine

The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen — and how fast — is anything but settled.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 12d

A more-efficient, less-expensive way to keep indoor air clean and cool. #HealthyHomes #IndoorAirQuality #EcoLeaders

Welcome to the OASYS

Panasonic’s new-world environmental control unit promises a more-efficient, less-expensive way to keep indoor air clean and cool.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 12d

Sometimes, the best new green remodeling ideas come from the past.

Buildings That Educate: Museums, Homes and Sustainability

Sometimes, the best new green remodeling ideas come from the past.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 13d

When software stops being another screen and starts becoming a force multiplier, the jobsite wins—and so does sustainability.

AI, Talent, and the New Jobsite

When software stops being another screen and starts becoming a force multiplier, the jobsite wins—and so does sustainability.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 18d

Smart water technology is helping drought-stricken communities move boldly toward net-zero water use. #WaterConservation

How Leak Detection and Monitoring Can Drive Net-Zero Water

Smart water technology is helping drought-stricken communities move boldly toward net-zero water use.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 20d

Green Builder's September-October Issue is now available online. The Next New Thing; As energy costs surge, long-term ROI depends more than ever on good building science.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 20d

An environmentally friendly design helps Insight Homes’ Peterman II home take energy efficiency to a new level.

Raising the Bar On Home Performance

An environmentally friendly design helps Insight Homes’ Peterman II home take energy efficiency to a new level.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 23d

Gen X isn’t slowing down. They’re living longer, staying active, and demanding different amenities.

Gen X Moves In: The New Face of 55+ Living

Gen X isn’t slowing down. They’re living longer, staying active, and demanding different amenities.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 24d

The wait is over! See who takes home the grand prize in this year’s Fall in Love with Nature contest!

#nature #photography

Fall in Love with Nature 2025: A Look at the Winning Photo

The wait is over! See who takes home the grand prize in this year’s Fall in Love with Nature contest!

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 25d

A sustainable future can only be possible if we work together, collectively and in unison.

It’s Time for a Common Purpose

A sustainable future can only be possible if we work together, collectively and in unison.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 25d

Dive deeper into some of the latest #multifamily trends, pulling out insights and analysis you may have missed.

Opportunity Knocks in the Multifamily Sector

Interested in multifamily development? Read this first.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 26d

Free Webinar! Building Code Update — Navigating What’s Next

Stay ahead of evolving compliance requirements, performance standards, and electrification goals.

Building Code Update — Navigating What’s Next

Building codes are evolving fast, with new compliance paths, higher performance product requirements, and advanced testing practices.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 26d

If you miss back-to-school excitement about starting new projects and learning new things, volunteering may fill the void.

Student Days Over? Volunteer for Sustainable Causes to Get That Fall Vibe Back

If you miss back-to-school excitement about starting new projects and learning new things, volunteering may fill the void.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · 29d

When you crunch the numbers against buying a 2025 sedan, commuting with an #e-bike offers major financial savings—and helps keep you healthy.

#GreenTransportation #

Commuting with an E-Bike Leaves Your Car in the Dust

When you crunch the numbers against buying a 2025 sedan, commuting with an e-bike offers major financial savings—and helps keep you healthy.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · Oct 4

Discover how recycled glass is giving concrete a second life and helping builders hit sustainability targets without compromising performance.

#alternativebuildingmaterials #greenproducts #concrete

Glass in, Carbon Out: A Smarter Concrete Solution

Discover how recycled glass is giving concrete a second life and helping builders hit sustainability targets without compromising performance.

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Green Builder Media @greenbuildermedia.bsky.social · Oct 3

Millennials are turning climate worry into action, insisting on circular products and take-back programs.

#recycling #sustainableliving

Consumers Are Demanding Circularity in Building Products

Millennials are turning climate worry into action, insisting on circular products and take-back programs.

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