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Feb 2025
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Sustainable and Affordable: When Housing...

Boston Consulting Group BCG
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How will advances in sustainable materials and modular construction change how homes are designed and built? And how will these innovations address the urgent need for affordable housing? BCG’s Matthias Tauber suggests ways to solve the housing crisis through changes in design, manufacturing, materials, permitting, and financing. Homes of the future will provide more alternatives, often by reimagining shared spaces and resources in flexible ways that allow for custom designs. The one no-regret move? Tauber says: invest in technology.  

Learn More: 

Matthias Tauber: https://on.bcg.com/4fh2mo2 

Building Materials Industry: https://on.bcg.com/3Ultz19 

GenAI on GenAI: https://link.chtbl.com/bcg-genai-on-genai?sid=IT 

CEO Digest: https://link.chtbl.com/ceo-digest-bcg-show?sid=IT 

CEO Moments of Truth: https://on.bcg.com/ITMoT 



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