Factory-made components are helping builders achieve passive levels of performance. These days, it’s not uncommon for builders to construct homes from panels. They provide an attractive combination of customization, factory quality control, and reduced construction time—at a point when the industry is facing a nationwide shortage of skilled labor. All these benefits make panelization ideal…
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The Accelerator’s second Prefab Summit showcased another series of prefab all-stars with materials and methods intended for buildings small and large. Each speaker brought a depth of experience to the event and a sense of the excitement and growth currently being experienced by so many in the prefab industry. There are too many great moments…
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Here is a short video tour of our Indwell Blossom Park affordable housing site under construction in Woodstock, Ontario. Another #passivehouse project, this is our first time using the prefab Build SMART LLC system. This first group of panels were installed in just a few hours. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Finvizij%2Fvideos%2F349064019172796%2F&show_text=0&width=560&wmode=opaque A sunny day for our Trigon Construction crew at our #BlossomPark in Woodstock. Foundation walls continue, with first framing…
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Original Story Published On Forbes by Sheri Koones It is estimated that 40 percent of the United States energy consumption is used for heating and cooling buildings as well as 75 percent of the electricity. One of our main concerns in building a house should be in building a structure that requires minimal energy, rather…
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At this decadal-shifting, stock-taking moment, where is Passive House headed? On the one hand, Passive House building—like other parts of the clean energy transition—is growing at an exponential rate. In the United States, for example, it is doubling every year (based on PHUIS+ project data). That is heartening! On the other hand, the market share…
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The folks here like to say that BuildSMART’s prefabricated building envelope system is “The Easy Button” and this story proves it. Rik Kakareko is building his new home himself in Shacklefords, VA using BuildSMART J-Form insulated foundation system and Net ZeroREADY exterior wall panel system. He is finishing it now. Rik’s goal was not full…
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Every industry must modernize if they expect to meet the demands of our evolving world. The construction industry is no different As a report from McKinsey & Company points out, the construction industry is in need of serious innovation. The Terner Center released a new paper exploring the benefits, barriers and breakthroughs needed to significantly…
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The shortage of affordable housing is becoming critical across the United States. We are very grateful to all the developers that have been turning to BuildSMART for high performance, high quality affordable housing solutions. We agree wholeheartedly with the premise that every American should have safe, decent and affordable housing. This article documents the 2018…
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Prefabricated or modular construction is cheaper, faster and creates standardization that can provide a better patient experience. Prefabricated and modular construction is rapidly rising in popularity for healthcare developers and providers. Modular construction is not only more cost effective and has a faster construction timeline—two benefits that have attracted multifamily and hotel developers—the standardized facilities…
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BuildSMART is well aware of America’s well-documented affordable housing crisis which is often framed in terms of the big urban areas, where housing and living costs are sky high and rapid gentrification pushes rents and prices up and lower-income residents out. But the affordability crisis is also playing out across rural America. At BuildSMART we…
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