Panels

  • Cool Products Come Out to Play at AIA Convention

    Fewer attend annual gathering in Miami, but products displayed offered inspiration and solutions for residential and commercial projects alike.

     
  • Economist: Lumber Prices Should Sink Soon

    Forest Economic Advisors’ Paul Jannke says the factors that drove recent price hikes are fading fast.

     
  • The Disaster-Proof House

    Flat-pack manufacturer sees its new age product as an answer to natural disasters, climate change, and the affordable housing crisis.

     
  • Solar coming to store near you -- Lowe's planning to stock panels nationwide this year

    NEW YORK - Solar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart and bring it home to install.

     
  • Product Pros and Cons: Oriented Strand Board vs. Plywood

    Which panel is right for your homes?

     
  • A Collection of the Most Energy-Efficient Windows and Doors

    New glazing technology has created a generation of super-efficient windows and doors.

     
  • Lift and Slide Doors Are the Hot Trend in Patio Doors

    Sliding patio doors get a much-needed overhaul.

     
  • Temple-Inland GreenGlass Panels

    New shaft liner panel offers protection from mold and noise.

     
  • Building Green Brings Gold For Washington State Builder

    Scott Homes wins 'Builder of the Year' in NAHB Research Center's EnergyValue Housing Awards.

     
  • West Coast Green Showcases Eco-Friendly Products

    Eleven new products for sustainable homes.

     
  • Concealed Speakers, Cool Windows, New Products

    The latest and greatest building products.

     
  • IBS Product Picks: Day 2

    Hanley Wood product editors are combing the Builders' Show exhibit floor in search of innovative and interesting introductions for you and your clients. Here are hot finds from Day 2.

     
  • The New American Home 2008

    With authentic detailing and conveniences to suit the modern boomer, this stately Gulf Coast plantation home brings a fresh look to Orlando’s luxury market.

     
  • Timber Products Co. Offers Urea Formaldehyde-Free Resins in its Hardwood Plywood Panels.

    The GreenT line of hardwood plywood panels from Springfield, Ore.-based Timber Products Co. (www.greentproducts.com) is now available with resins containing no added urea formaldehyde, thus reducing emissions that can degrade indoor air quality. The proprietary process also helps the panel line...

     
  • Harness the Sun

    News Flash: The sun is hot. there's renewed and widespread attention being paid to it as a legitimate home energy source—and this time that interest might stick. A perfect storm of factors has come together to keep solar solutions on the front burner, including record crude oil prices, federal tax...

     
  • Top It Off

    THERE IS A HOUSE IN OMAHA, NEB., that is unlike any other house in the state—perhaps the ountry. Built under HUD's Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH), this “concept” house is loaded with 60 of the best technologies and products home building has to offer and is seen as a model...

     
  • Maryland Students Sweep Storm-Resistant Housing Awards

    Three students from the University of Maryland architecture program claimed the top three spots in the first-ever TCA/PCA Storm Housing 2007, a Tilt-Up Concrete Association- and Portland Cement Association- sponsored international competition that seeks conceptual designs for a storm-resistant...

     
  • Top Shelf: June 2007

    This month's top shelf products include the 1950s retro-style range from Elmira Stove Works, indoor-outdoor connection doors from Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork, Co., and the QuietRock 510 wallboard from Quiet Solution.

     
  • Seen at the Show, Round One

    Hanley Wood's product editors pick standout new products from the 2007 IBS Show.

     
  • Project Credits

    The New American Home would not be possible without the support of the members of the National Council of the Housing Industry (NCHI)/Supplier 100, as well as a legion of local and regional suppliers and installers. More than 40 NCHI members contributed products to this year's house and provided...