Home Innovation Research Labs Builder Practices Reports provide a picture of market demand for products and materials purchased by home builders nationwide. Market demand data is obtained through the Annual Builder Practices Survey, a nationally disseminated paper survey of home builders. The resulting data are tabulated using a robust methodology to ensure accurate estimates of product demand, quantities purchased, types, styles, sizes, and other characteristics of materials used in new homes built each calendar year. Builder Practices Reports present data on materials purchased for Single-Family Detached homes and Multifamily dwelling units. Data are shown as “coefficients,” or per-house averages, and “product usage,” the total volume of products or materials.
This is a sample Builder Practices Report showing 2008 data for solar home technologies. For more information on our Annual Builder and Consumer Practices Reports, contact us.