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This Week’s Sustainable Building News: What does housing really cost—and what value does it deliver? We look at the affordability gap, California’s gas-line-to-electric incentive, heat pumps holding market share after federal tax credits ended, and building products made from rice husks. Plus, a ma…

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This Week’s Sustainable Building News: Mass timber moves into affordable housing, New York City tests new ways to electrify older buildings, and California pushes the limits of local housing control. Plus, disappearing energy tax credits, private listings and affordability, new resilience data, and…
In this solo episode of The Valuation Metric, Sara Gutterman examines what the emerging “fire age” means for the way we value homes, communities, and climate risk. As wildfires intensify, insurers retreat, premiums rise, and traditional models built on historical precedent begin to break down. Resi…
This Week’s Sustainable Building News. Wildfire risk is beginning to show up in unexpected places in the housing market. This week, we look at how lenders are responding, a battle over building in a California wildfire zone, GM’s move into home energy, new approaches to decarbonization and indoor a…
This Week’s Sustainable Building News. Could the Midwest become America’s next housing hot spot? This week, we look at the emerging “Resilience Belt”—plus, a major shift in where U.S. investment is flowing, surprising insurance data, wildfire-ready homes, new energy technology, construction exoskel…
Sara Gutterman talks with architect Bill Ramsey about how thoughtful design can create more value even as homes get smaller and affordability pressures intensify. From flexible floor plans and natural light to shared outdoor spaces, resilient construction, placemaking, and missing-middle housing, t…
This Week’s Sustainable Building News: Housing takes center stage this week as Airbnb makes a $250 million bet on getting more homes built, a national coalition pushes communities to “Let America Build,” and local housing battles show just how complicated increasing supply can be. Plus, constructio…
 Sara Gutterman talks with Rob Cecil, CEO and President of Alair Homes, about why the true value of a home begins long before construction starts. From custom homes as one-of-a-kind prototypes to wellness architecture, climate resilience, lifestyle alignment, and the power of intentional planning, …
This Week’s Sustainable Building News: ICE enforcement is disrupting construction labor in some markets, Passive House is dramatically outperforming standard energy codes, and buyers are showing renewed interest in older homes. Plus: affordable housing that still isn’t affordable, smarter ways to c…
This Week’s Sustainable Building News. The Mormon Church emerges as a major housing developer, new data show single-family construction spending falling, windowless bedrooms face a ban, plug-in solar comes to California, and modular housing gets a boost. Plus: mass timber skyscrapers, ADUs, heat pu…
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