Posts From April, 2020

2024 Building Excellence Award Winners

The 2024 Building Excellence Awards were presented at the High Performance Home Builder Summit in Salt Lake City, an awards banquet that truly showcased the unwavering dedication, innovation, and sheer talent driving the construction industry forward. This awards banquet is a testament to the remarkable projects, brilliant minds, and tireless efforts that have shaped our built environment over the past year. We are thrilled to congratulate this year's winners, whose work not only sets new standards in building science, sustainability, and energy efficiency but also exemplifies excellence in high-performance home construction. Their achievements are helping to shape a more sustainable and resilient future for all of us. Volunteer Award: Theresa Gilbride Congratulations to Theresa Gilbride, a building energy efficiency researcher at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The EEBA Volunteer Award recognizes Theresa who selflessly gave her time, energy, and skills to make a ... read more
 

Technology for a Healthier Home

Technology for a Healthier Home
We’ve all been spending a lot of time in our homes. A lot more than usual. And since our indoor air is five times more polluted than outdoor air, any technology that can help confirm we’re breathing in good air, is a good thing. Molekule, a “science company” headquartered in San Francisco, has created an air purifier that uses nanotechnology and a dual-filtration system to destroy pollutants such as allergens, VOCs, viruses and bacteria. Studies show the air purifier can actually “capture, oxidize and destroy black mold.” The company’s proprietary technology is called PECO, or Photo Electrochemical Oxidation. It works at a molecular level to destroy pollutants and utilizes the same free radicals used to kill cancer cells. Their flagship residential product, Molekule Air, can be used in rooms up to 600 sq. ft. while the Molekule Air Mini+ is best for rooms up to 250 sq. ft. Molekule offers a quiet, energy-efficient option to conventional air purifiers. Research completed by... read more
 

Staying Connected During Covid-19

Staying Connected During Covid-19
If you’re looking for ways to connect professionally with others during the remainder of the quarantine, take a gander at some of these upcoming online events. Whether it’s a conference, webinar, or pre-recorded resource, we can help you find something that allows you to stay informed, continue to learn, and network with others in your industry. Yesterday, Suzanne Shelton presented on “Marketing to a Changed Market” where she shared some brand new insights on what Americans are seeing as needs and wants in a home. She also laid out a framework for how you can position your company to align with and be successful in the post-Covid-19 market. If you missed this one, you can watch it here. And stay tuned as EEBA will continue offering informative webinars in their Covid-19 Strategy Series (see below for an upcoming webinar on April 21). Connect with them on LinkedIn and Facebook to stay up-to-date. Today, Wednesday April 15 at 11 am PT / 2pm ET, Sam Rashkin, Chief Architect at the... read more
 

The Z.E.N. Of Walls

The Z.E.N. Of Walls

As we wrote about in a previous blog post, EEBA has partnered with Professional Builder Magazine and Thrive Home Builders on the Ultimate Z.E.N. Home. This cutting-edge model home will be open for tours during the EEBA summit in Denver in late September. As a preview, the magazine will be publishing four one-page articles about the systems used in the home. The first article is posted below and can also be found at the magazine's website.

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