In the "Better Homes, Better Future" podcast, Aaron Smith, CEO of EEBA, hosts conversations with key players in the industry to break down the principles, issues, technologies and history of the sustainable building movement.
Powering Houston: Differentiating New Homes with Distributed Energy
Join EEBA and Sunrun to learn about Houston's distributed energy landscape and how builders can differentiate their communities with battery storage. We’ll cover macro factors driving consumer demand in the region, Sunrun & NRG Energy's partnership to deploy a Distributed Power Plant in Texas and the value proposition for builders and their homebuyers.
Learning Objectives:
1) Gain insight into the Houston energy market.
2) Understand the function of a Distributed Power Plant (DPP).
3) Discover the rising homebuyer demand for distributed energy.
4) Overview of the Sunrun and NRG partnership.
5) The value proposition of including distributed energy in communities for Houston homebuilders and their homebuyers.
5 Aug 2026
The AI-Ready Jobsite: Turning Field Data Into Predictable Builds (and Better Quality)
Most jobsite software wasn't built to capture what AI actually needs. The fields, timestamps, and check-ins that platforms record today were designed for tracking tasks, not for training models or powering diagnostics. That gap is the real bottleneck standing between most builders and the AI tools they're hearing so much about. This session lays out a practical path forward. We'll define the minimum viable dataset a jobsite needs to capture, show how that data supports descriptive and diagnostic analytics that surface the real drivers of delay and rework, and then explore what becomes possible once AI is layered on top — interrogating reports, suggesting recovery paths, simulating what-if scenarios, and automating parts of schedule and field management. The goal is a set of repeatable practices any builder can apply, regardless of current tech stack, to support more starts per superintendent while improving predictability, quality, and cost performance.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the minimum viable jobsite dataset needed to move from basic tracking to AI-ready field operations
Understand how to apply analytics to pinpointing the actual root causes of delay and rework on a jobsite, rather than just reporting that they happened.
Evaluate practical AI use cases layered on field data, including report interrogation, recovery-path suggestions, and what-if scenario simulation.
Apply a repeatable framework for improving predictability and cost performance regardless of current technology stack
17 Dec 2025
Health & Safe Home and Environmental & Energy Performance Attitudes Among Pros and Homeowners
Harvard's JCHS partnered with The Farnsworth Group to interview Homeowners and Contractors about their experiences building a healthy and/or green home. This research looks at activities and projects conducted by both groups to better understand what is being done to promote occupant health & safety and environmental & energy performance. This webinar will present the findings along with insights.Learning Objectives:1. Learn about homeowners' concerns, reasons, activities and obstacles around a healthy and safe home and the products and solutions within.2. Learn about what contractors see is their customers' interest level, trends, benefits, and constraints surrounding healthy and safe homes and the products and solutions within.3. Understand homeowners' concerns, reasons, activities and obstacles around an environmentally friendly and energy efficient home, and the products and solutions within.4. Learn about what contractors see is their customers' interest level, trends, benefits, and constraints surrounding environmentally friendly and energy efficient homes and the products and solutions within.Speaker: Grant Farnsworth
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