The Advocate

Steel-framed houses are rare. Here's why this Louisiana developer wants to change that.

American homebuilders love lumber. Can they learn to love steel? Last year, 94% of all single-family homes built in the United States were “stick built,” according to industry data. Most of the ...
Opinion

Green steel can slash housing costs by unlocking 'faster construction at scale', as well as reduce Australia’s carbon bill

Green steel helps deliver both. It’s still steel, the beams, frames, and reinforcements builders use every day, but it is made with clean electricity or hydrogen instead of coal. That switch shrinks ...
Business Wire

Trane Technologies Reduces Carbon Impact of HVAC in Homes and Buildings Through Low-Carbon Steel

SWORDS, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, today announced it will further reduce the carbon impact of its industry-leading, sustainable HVAC ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

Palm City firm building steel container homes provides jobs to felons starting over

PALM CITY – When Blake Madgett launched a company last year that constructs homes from steel shipping containers, he needed workers and wanted to hire people seeking a second chance to get a fresh ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Fires happen. Why are we still building homes out of wood?

To the editor: Right now in Los Angeles, we are seeing what happens when we build homes with wood framing instead of tilt-up steel reinforced cement walls that would be more fire-resistant. (“2 dead ...