Earthquake‑ and Hurricane‑Proof Micro Home with AI & Solar
#WhatsNext? This micro home is earthquake and hurricane proof. Comes with an #AI assistant and solar panel if you wish. (GigGadgets) #Innovation https://t.co/1a2sJDwbku
Construction Industry Accelerates: Insights From Steve Yates
Steve Yates @buildxact talk about how the #construction industry is evolving quickly. Tune in live at 12 pm CT at: https://t.co/ykUbRecoZO. #TPSS #5G #cloud #edge #digitaltransformation #PeggySmedley #podcast #Buildxactambassador https://t.co/A7yZAwxHPc
Real-Time AR Digital Twin Revitalizes Construction Data
vGIS Brings Construction #Data to Life with Real-Time #AR Digital Twin Visualization via @WevolverApp #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/y4DKpduD26
BC's Tallest Mass‑Timber Tower Meets Passive House Standards
"...the project is set to become one of British Columbia’s tallest mass timber residential buildings designed to Passive House standards—combining low-carbon construction with high-performance energy efficiency." #passivhaus #passivehouse #masstimber https://t.co/iWZGoZCqLS https://t.co/EFfMf6lkgc
First U.S. Passive House Hotel Paves Net‑Zero Path
"... first Passive House-certified hotel in the U.S., which is tracking to become the nation’s first net-zero hotel. Going beyond adaptive reuse, Hotel Marcel offers a new blueprint for the way hotels are designed, powered, & run" #passivhaus #passivehouse https://t.co/4EO6tbBgZW https://t.co/lklg5OuU0X
Modular AI Set to Disrupt $13T Mortgage Monopoly
Mortgages are the $13T prize, yet they run on Cobol mainframes that break at 99 draws. Cagney and Berman reveal how modular AI finally kills the bank monopoly. (0:00) Why Are Mortgages the $13T Prize? (0:49) Can Modular Tech Finally Remake...
Foldable Homes Turn Housing Into Deployable, Scalable Solutions
Foldable houses used to sound like a futuristic concept. Now they’re becoming real. What makes them interesting isn’t just the design. It’s the shift in logic behind housing itself. A foldable house changes the equation: faster deployment, lower transport complexity, and more flexibility in where...
Qcells Introduces Turnkey Solar-Storage for New Homes
Qcells launches turnkey solar and storage program for new home construction #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/gyNI4D9iuh
Spider‑Inspired Robot 3D‑Prints Buildings From Local Materials
Spider-Inspired #Robot #3D Prints Buildings Using On-Site Materials via @ZappyZappy7 #3Dprinted #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/6F1NxzmQpx
Future Campuses Will Feature Signal‑free Faraday Cage Labs
My prediction for the latest trend in academic buildings: Faraday cage testing halls (including bathrooms) with no signal for assessment.
Construction Shifts Toward Scalable, Repeatable Production Model
Construction is starting to behave more like a production system. ICON’s new printer reduces setup time by moving between sites, while covering larger build areas with a single system. What matters isn’t just speed. It’s repeatability, lower labor dependency, and the ability to...
People Want Good Homes, Not How They're Built
This is basically the same reasoning for why @americanhousing is a vertically integrated real estate company We are *using* industrial manufacturing to build nice rowhomes for people. They just find the house on Zillow, take a tour, like it ... and...
Emergent Builds MLS Replacement From a Single Prompt
A realtor just showed me an MLS replacement built with Emergent from a single prompt. F—k
AI Data Centers Turn to Mass Timber for Greener Footprint
AI Data Centers. Wood you look at that. Data centers are typically constructed primarily of steel and concrete—but as the AI data center wave accelerates, Meta and Microsoft are pivoting to build them with mass timber to help reach their...
Zaha Hadid 3D‑prints 7.7 M Concrete Arch
#3D Printing Redefines Architecture: Zaha Hadid Prints a 7.7m Concrete Arch by @tweetciiiim #3Dprinted #EmergingTech #TechForGood #FutureTech https://t.co/pExJRJNxGs
AI-Driven Lettings Roll‑up Scales with $93M Fundraise
. @DanLifshits, co-founder of Dwelly, explains how he and his partners are building an AI-enabled roll-up in the UK lettings market by acquiring independent agencies and modernizing them with software. After completing 9 acquisitions in just 24 months, Dwelly recently announced...
Housing Shortage: Affordable, Desired Homes Missing in Prime Locations
I too have studied "housing square footage per capita" very deeply. Except rather than looking at it from the macro level, I approach it from the bottom of ... aka floorplans. And I looked at it from the multifamily lens,...
Team Simplifies Apartment Hunting with Easy Rental Platform
Great team helping people find apartments and housing. Or rent same. Try it at https://t.co/ZFzmI9p5WD Thanks @samrathpatpatia @arjun13s @williamcagas @kavir777 https://t.co/m74YHoFgYV
Thermochromic Bifacial PV Glazing Cuts Building Cooling Loads
Thermochromic bifacial PV glazing system for reducing building cooling loads #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/lobwSFjhyK https://t.co/0gB6vjwsep
Hotel Check‑in Belongs Fully Automated, Not Human‑driven
And why does it take ten minutes for every person in front of me in line to check in to a hotel? Hotel check in should be 100% automated and take 30 seconds
Peruvian Entrepreneur Profits From Drone Facade Cleaning
Peruvian Entrepreneur Earns Big with #Drone-Powered Building Facade Cleaning by @Arcfunmi #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/uBnjYbLnhS
Modular Wall System Accelerates Affordable Passive House Retrofits
"A new modular wall system from CO Adaptive seeks to make Passive House retrofits faster, cheaper, and more accessible" #passivhaus #passivehouse #retrofit #EnerPHit https://t.co/6Wu3IfvdSe https://t.co/gili88b7HZ
Factory‑Built Homes Could Reverse Rising Homebuyer Age
In 2010, the median U.S. homebuyer was 39. Today, it’s 59. Home prices have doubled in a decade, and construction productivity has fallen. Sweden builds 45% of single-family homes in factories, year-round, cutting costs and build time. If we built...
AI‑Designed DIY Dehumidifier Saves $7,500
I was quoted $10,000 to install two dehumidifiers in my crawlspace. I saved $7,500 by designing a DIY custom crawl space dehumidification system with Claude 🤑 I am not an HVAC professional. Here’s how I did it. Our story begins with the discovery that...
Top Homebuilders Trust ResiClub for Data-Driven Decisions
Teams inside major homebuilders, lenders, and operators are using ResiClub research and analysis to inform real decisions—including firms like Meritage Homes, a giant homebuilder ranked No. 554 on the Fortune 1000. That’s exactly what we’re aiming for: clear, data-driven housing market...
Zillow Launches Preview, Showing Pre‑market Listings with Major Brokers
Zillow fires back at Compass/Rocket/Redfin Today, Zillow announced "Zillow Preview", a "product" that makes "pre-market" home listings visible on their site Launch partners include Keller Williams, REMAX, HomeServices of America, Side and United Real Estate
CRE Finally Adopts Docusign, Brokers Stay Low‑tech.
CRE just finally adopted Docusign years after Realtors... Don't expect many brokers to run out and purchase a Mac mini and set up OpenClaw 🚫🦞
Emerging Tech Redefines Construction and Built Environment
Paul Brussow @RLBAmericas joins me to talk about the forces reshaping #construction and the built environment. Tune in live at 12 pm CT at: https://t.co/ykUbRecWPm #TPSS #IoT #sustainability #AI #5G #cloud #edge #digitaltransformation #PeggySmedley #podcast https://t.co/hNOtt3fnsX
U.S. Bans Efficient Direct‑drive Elevators, Unlike the World
Fact the U.S. doesn’t allow direct drive elevators (where they’re powered by two motors connected to the cab, as opposed to a cable or hydraulic system) is completely stupid. They’re faster, as safe, take less space, and a lot cheaper....
Factory-Built Homes Rise, yet Government Roadblocks Persist
"Bucking stigma, more places turn to factory-built for affordable housing" https://t.co/yeNauGByp5 As usual, governments stand in the way: https://t.co/MyFyCgTTjz
Opendoor Simplifies Home Buying with Lower Costs, Speed
For a lot of Americans, it's never been harder to buy a home and never been harder to finance one. Opendoor is here to change that with lower costs, a faster process, and less friction at every step.
AI Optimizes Chiller Plants by Tuning Four Key Variables
By controlling these four variables — and continuously measuring total kW/ton — AI can optimize a chiller plant to the limit permitted by mechanical condition.That limit is real And it matters. https://t.co/cvTMlVmoc1
Add JSON-LD Schema to Make CRE Listings LLM‑Discoverable
Are you optimizing your commercial real estate listings to be found by @claudeai @ChatGPTapp @ManusAI @grok and others ?
AI Generates 15 Potential Sites for 6k‑8k Sqft Build
I just got the following from a commercial real estate broker representing a tenant looking for land to build 6,000-8,000 Sqft Building: I ran a CGPT prompt for land site of 1-2 acres and came up with 15 options however...
AI Project Management Lets Contractors Focus on Building
Scout Out (@scoutoutai) is building AI-powered project management for residential contractors — handling estimates, docs, and job admin so they can keep their hands on the hammer, not the keyboard. Congrats on the launch @NolanRossi100! https://t.co/hyA8c1GPeI https://t.co/hU6KeYIKDc
Bilt Users Outraged over Rent Payment Delays and Dead‑end Support
Bilt users are PISSED. Delayed or bounced rent payments. Customer service from unhelpful AI bots with human agents seemingly missing in action. Any info on what’s happening? My DMs are open.
Fast‑track Housing Startup Leaves Dozens Unfinished Near Austin
Boom to bust. Onx Homes came to Austin MSA in 2022—backed by $167 million in investor capital—w/ a plan to deploy a rapid construction process (builds completed in under 60 days) Now several dozen of its half-built homes are sitting neglected about...
New Construction Opportunities for Mom‑Pop Investors – Join Webinar
Should mom-and-pop single-family investors consider new construction? On Thursday at 3 pm ET (noon PT), I'm hosting a webinar with the team behind the Lennar Investor Marketplace. To join the March 5th webinar, use this link to register: https://t.co/HOSCTKZc96
Rocket and Compass Join Forces to Challenge Zillow
Rocket and Compass team up in challenge to Zillow’s grip on housing Rocket Companies—which now also owns Redfin + Mr. Cooper—announced today a new partnership w/ Compass "Compass International Holdings' 'Coming Soon' listings will appear immediately on Redfin, with 'Private Exclusive' properties...
Turn SketchUp Gardens Into Walkable 3D with AI
🪴 To prove this works, I pulled a random SketchUp garden design from web, put it in 🏡 Interior AI and now you can walk around in it Gardens work and it supports decks, patios, pools, car parks etc already And more...
Europe's Data Center Backlash Mirrors US Fury
Over the past two months, we have updated and re-formatted the US Data Center Rejection database. Now, we are launching the European Data Center Rejection Database. Our results show that the backlash in Europe is just as fierce as the...
Bed Bath & Beyond Expands Into Home Financing Services
Bed Bath & Beyond plans to offer mortgages, HELOCs, renovation loans, and title services. They are also partnering with Figure Technologies to deliver digital home equity products to consumers. The move apparently advances its objective of becoming the "Everything Home Company."
Upload a Style Image to Redesign Interiors Automatically
✨ Okay last feature of the day in my 🌪️ tornado of shipping with Claude Code and --dangerously-skip-permissions Requested by someone on my feature board for https://t.co/067b4q25qy: "Ability to use an inputted image as inspiration for the generation of the interior design...
IBuyer Hype Faded: Reality Beats the Takeover Myth
Throwback to when the iBuyer model was going to take over the real estate market.
AI Won’t Rescue Downtown Offices, Just Like Automation Missed Factories
"Expecting AI to revive central office districts was like expecting automation to revive factory towns."
Innovation Hubs Face Record Office Vacancies Amid Boom
The two global centers of software and hardware innovation, San Francisco and Shenzhen, also have the highest share of empty offices. During a boom.
Bitcoin Set to Power Next Wave of Mortgages
Enjoyed having Andrew Hohns as a first-time guest of the show. We talked about how Bitcoin is transforming the real estate industry and why we should see many more Bitcoin-backed mortgage and lending products very soon. TIMESTAMPS; 00:00 Andrew’s Bitcoin journey...
Create Custom Tax‑Saving Real‑Estate Portals Without Coding
🖥️ How To Build Any Website You Want 🏘️ My mentees needed a new portal to estimate their tax savings and find the best properties for cash flow and growth. Developers were extremely expensive, so instead I found Emergent where...