September 30, 2024
Purdue Looks at Advanced Factory Building Practices
The Center for High Performance Buildings at Purdue University is about two years into a project that strives for more efficient ways to incorporate vital systems within a factory built home.
June 30, 2024
A vision for the future: NextHouse makes steps to alleviate Indiana’s housing crisis
Four Purdue professors are proposing an expansive project called NextHouse to alleviate the housing crisis in Indiana and southern Michigan.
June 21, 2024
Next-Generation Factory-Built Housing Proposal Named NSF Regional Innovation Engines Program Semifinalist
In a transformative partnership, the University of Michigan will collaborate with Purdue University, Michigan State University, Notre Dame, and others to spearhead an innovative proposal for Next-Generation Factory-Built Housing (NextHouse).
June 7, 2024
NEXTHOUSE Initiative Aspires to Advance Factory-Built Modular Housing
Purdue University’s vision for factory-built modular housing takes a step forward with construction of a prototyping and testing facility.
June 4, 2024
NextHouse: creating the next generation of factory-built housing
The U.S. housing market is in crisis, due to a lack of affordable housing and a shortage of labor and materials to build them. Purdue University has a solution: NextHouse, an initiative to develop the next generation of factory-built housing.
January, 2024
The National Science Foundation announced 44 Regional Innovation Engines development awards, including $1 million to the NextHouse Consortium to help grow a next-generation factory-built housing industry in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.