2011

• Newport Receives 2011 Community Service Award
  Newport Partners has been selected as a winner of a 2011 Community Service Award, presented annually by the Home Builders Care Foundation (HBCF). The HBCF Community Service Award is given to an individual, group or company for outstanding contributions to the community through unselfish efforts and dedication in support of shelter-related projects. Newport Partners is recognized for their leadership and expertise on the energy efficiency retrofit project for Sasha Bruce’s REACH program.
  
  
• HomeAid Turns Focus to Boosting Shelters’ Energy Efficiency - December 22, 2011
  As part of the Environmental Sustainability Program, HomeAid partnered with Newport to make energy-efficient upgrades to a REACH Youth Home in D.C. These upgrades will not only increase the energy efficiency but will thereby reduce costs and increase savings.Newport supports the HomeAid effort by donating more than $10,000 worth of in-kind services towards energy efficient housing upgrade.
  
  
• New research by Newport Partners measures the value of Propane Tankless Water Heaters vs. Electric Heat Pump Water Heaters. A comparison of both high-performance systems were reviewed under an extensive set of operational capablities and economic standards relating to energy source, economics, installation requirements, hot water delivery rates, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This research can make a significant difference in residential energy savings, given that residential water heating is usually the second largest user of energy in the the home accounting for a quarter of total household energy consumption. Click here to read more and find out which system is the better energy efficient option.

2010

Newport Study on U.S. Energy Efficiency Product Use Featured in New York Times March 12, 2010 -- A recent study conducted by Newport Partners on behalf of the Home Performance Resource Center, was noted in a March 12 New York Times article on energy efficiency and the domestic economy.  The article points out that the vast majority of products commonly used in home energy retrofits are produced in the United States. Over 90 percent of certain energy retrofit products, caulk, spray foam, and insulation are domestically produced. Compared to the domestic share of all manufactured products used in the United States (76.5 percent), this analysis shows a strong case for the link between domestic economic stimulus and the home energy retrofit market.  Newport’s study used a unique combination of government economic databases to identify categories of products commonly used in home energy retrofits and to determine the share of these products produced domestically. The study can be found at the Home Performance Resource Center.

2009

• In October, Newport's Liza Bowles spoke on the outlook for the U.S. construction industry at the World Steel Association meeting in Beijing, China.
  
  
• Newport has teamed up with Wise Choice Construction on the BG&E ENERGY STAR for New Homes Program. Email us if you are interested in learning more.

• Glimmers of Hope Appear in Housing Market (PDF, 931KB) Michael Carliner, a consultant for Newport Partners, recently published an article in Real Estate Law & Industry Report, sharing his view that the housing market is showing some “glimmers of hope.” This article is reproduced with permission.
  
  
• "Green Innovations: Promising Plumbing", Builder Magazine (pg.47), January 2009
  
  
• The Chronicles of Challenging America, International Builders Show (IBS), January 2009
  
  

2007

• "HUD Unveils America's First Efficient, Sustainable Concept Home Path", News Blaze, June 7, 2007 (PDF, 15KB)
  
  
• "PATH Uses Top Technologies in 2007 Concept Home", HGTVPro.com (PDF, 47KB)
  
  
• "HUD Unveils America's First Efficient, Sustainable, Affordable Concept Home PATH", RAC Online, June 7, 2007 (PDF 15KB)

2006

• "Two Omaha Houses to be first of their kind in U.S.", Omaha World-Herald, October 18, 2006 (PDF, 12KB)
  
  
• "Breaking New Ground, Concept Homes Launched", WOWT, Channel 6 NBC News, October 18, 2006 (PDF, 77KB)
  
  
• "North Omaha Shows Signs of Economic Development: Concept House, Senior Living, Businesses Under Construction", www.KETV.com, October 18, 2006 (PDF, 14KB)
  
  
• "Forget the Cleavers: Beaver Now Builds on Innovation", Innovative Home, Fall 2006 (PDF, 167KB)
  
  
• "Conference to Review Affordable Housing", The Saratogian, July 10, 2006 (PDF, 69KB)
  
  
• "Houses That Change When We Do", Washington Post, March 23, 2006 (PDF, 95KB)
  Article was also published March 25 in the Cincinnati Post, March 26 in the Orlando Sentinel, March 29 in the Denver Post, March 30 in the Macon (Georgia) Telegraph, April 1 in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and April 2 in the Forth Wayne (Indiana) Journal Gazette and the Bradenton (Florida) Herald, April 9 in the Miami Herald, and October 28 in the The Charlotte Observer.
  
  
• "Bigger Houses Bring Energy Woes", Market Watch, March 14, 2006 (PDF, 93KB)
  
  
• "The Most Destructive Termite in the World", sunherald.com, February 9, 2006 (PDF, 62KB)
  
  
• "Lincoln Builder Chosen to Build Pioneer Affordable Housing", Lincoln Journal Star, January 14, 2006 (PDF, 73KB)
  
  
• "HUD Plans Concept House for Omaha" , Omaha World-Herald, January 12, 2006 (PDF, 60KB)

2005

• "Company to Build HUD Dream Home", The Capital, November 15, 2005 (PDF, 200KB)
  
  
• "HUD Taps Newport", The Daily Record, November 3, 2005 (PDF, 49KB)
  
  
• "Davidsonville Firm Working on Inner-city Home of the Future", The Capital, January 30, 2005 (PDF, 259 KB)

2003

• "Analyze This", Builder Magazine, January 2003 (PDF, 537 KB)