“Virtual” has been our reality in 2020. A nationwide shutdown of businesses and travel bans forced us to conduct our work online with a never-ending whirlwind of zoom meetings. Eight months have passed and there has been amazing progress toward technology adoption in builder and multifamily industries especially in the use of virtual tools to...
It’s no surprise that wellness in the home is getting a lot of attention right now in both the single and multifamily homebuilding market. Indoor air quality technology most notably has taken center stage this year, but there are many new applications to control the ambient environment of a home and can contribute to a...
It’s Halloween and we’ve all seen the movies– a family moves into a new home, excited for a fresh start– but they don’t realize there are scary things lurking behind the walls! No, it’s not ghosts and goblins but unexpected situations that pop up when they least expect it. Help your customers gain peace of...
At the end of 2019, Multifamily was on the rise in growth as more people wanted to live near where they worked and played–in fast-paced cities bustling with activity and nightlife. However, things changed quickly with the introduction of COVID and there was a shift toward outer-suburban single-family home ownership. What impact will this have...
During my visit with custom builder David Compo a few weeks back I was struck by how enamored he was with one out dozens of tech features he built into his entry into the SE Michigan Builders’ Parade of Home—the Juno AI (color-tunable light/speaker/Alexa interface) from Acuity Brands. Compo Builders installed 45 Juno AI’s in...
Austin-based business leaders Tim Costello, BDX, and Roy Spence, GSD&M, will talk tech, housing and expanding housing’s purpose in keynotes that will inspire and inform! GET MORE INFO OR REGISTER HERE Both days of the inaugural TecHome Builder Online Summit will kick-off with a can’t-miss keynote presenter that will feed the intellect, spark the imagination...
by Charles Hadsell - CEO of ePropertyCare Leaks, burst pipes and running toilets are a huge problem for buildings of all sizes, ranging from single-family homes to 1000-unit apartment buildings. Each year non-weather water damage costs Building Owners and Insurers $2B in insurance claims[1]. Water leaks waste about 1 trillion gallons of water annually. Much...
150+ vendor sponsors will dynamically present products, services, solutions and proven processes builders need to win more business with tech at new Online Summit, September 29-30, 2020 TecHome Builder is bringing builders, multifamily companies and their tech trade allies together September 29-30 for its inaugural Online Summit. The event features: the broadest and deepest collection...
by John Galante NOW IS THE TIME to make extraordinary progress on tech I’ve been working on this dream of the optimized TecHome in bits and pieces or full force for almost 35 years now. I didn’t start on the ground floor. I started in the basement. Or maybe the better metaphor is digging the...
For about six months now, COVID has been the sometimes-ignored, sometimes-omnipresent elephant in the room. We adjust our business models and activities. We try to pursue business as usual with new tools and techniques. We go into denial. We try to cope. And we just freak out every now and then about all of the...