The practical application of knowledge.

Designing, building, and operating homes to use materials, energy, and water efficiently.

A dwelling completely assembled at a factory and transported to the site.

Software that enables designers, architects, and drafters to make construction drawings, interior designs, and other drawings using a computer.

Central computerized control units that oversee daily functions in a home, such as heating, cooling, lighting, and security.

The land and surrounding environment on which a home is built.

A building method wo which materials are cut and assembled piece by piece at the home site.

A systems-built home made up of separate boxlike sections, or modules, that are built at a factory and assembled at the site.

Organically-based building material manufactured from recycled matter.

A dwelling whose parts are manufactured in a factory with the building completed at the site.

A security system that reads the physical characteristics of a person before allowing access.

Plastic is light and flexible and can be formed into nearly any desired shape.

Green Building is organically based building materials manufactured from recycled matter.

Spray foam is a way to insulate a home and is safe for the environment.

Softwood lumber is the product of broad-leafed trees.

Hardwood comes from tress of the conifer family.

Composite lumber is made by applying high pressure to paper-thin strips of wood that have been sprayed with glue.

Three types of systems-built homes are precut package, panels, and modular.

A dwelling completely assembled at a factory and transported to the site is called a manufactured home.