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      2012 Editorial Calendar

ONLINE

BuilderOnline.com serves the information needs of more than 118,000 residential construction professionals each month and features 24/7 instant access to a breadth of resources:

  • Breaking industry news
  • On-demand videos, webinars, design slideshows, and white papers
  • Local housing data
  • Provocative Web-first lists
  • Industry blogs
  • Product reviews
  • House plans
  • Education/training
  • Digital archives of Builder magazine

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Builder Business Update is delivered daily to 85,000 home building professionals. Redesigned for 2012, it distinctly focuses on innovation and reports on news, trends, and analysis across the home building industry. Specialty newsletters each month focus on key core topics including design, new products, local markets, and green construction. Subscribe

Editorial Calendar

ISSUE FEATURES
January
Close date: Dec 1
Materials due: Dec 3
  • The New American Home
  • What’s Next?
  • Economic Forecast
  • The New Normal
  • State of the Industry Survey
  • Product Focus: IBS preview of products
February
Close date: Jan 1
Materials due: Jan 3
  • Builder Concept Home 2012
  • Generation XYB
  • Hearthstone Builder Humanitarian Awards
  • What Buyers (Don’t Know They) Want
  • Best in American Living Awards (BALA)
  • Product Focus: HVAC, bath ventilation
  • Innovation in Design Challenge
March
Close date: Feb 1
Materials due: Feb 3
  • America’s Best Builders
  • The Move to Multifamily
  • Design for Density
  • Product Focus: Surfacing, lighting
April
Close date: Mar 1
Materials due: Mar 3
  • 2012 Buyer’s Guide and Web Directory
  • Editors’ Picks: Most Innovative Products
  • Favorite 50
  • Brand Use Study
May
Close date: Apr 1
Materials due: Apr 3
  • Builder 100
  • Signs of Life – Photo Essay
  • The Hanley Award
  • Product Focus: Toilets, appliances
June
Close date: May 1
Materials due: May 3
  • Local Leaders
  • Watermark Awards
  • Sales and Marketing Awards
  • Product Focus: Drywall, paints
July
Close date: Jun 1
Materials due: Jun 3
  • Builder Special Report
  • Special Section: Green Design and
    Products Guide
  • Innovation in Design Challenge
  • Product Focus: Insulated siding, wind turbines
August
Close date: Jul 1
Materials due: Jul 3
  • Trade Secrets
  • Gold Nugget Awards
  • Product Focus: Tools, landscaping
September
Close date: Aug 1
Materials due: Aug 3
  • 2012 New-Home Shopper Survey
  • Designed to Last
  • Who’s Really Buying?
  • Product Focus: Windows, doors
October
Close date: Sep 1
Materials due: Sep 3
  • Builder’s Choice
  • Hall of Fame for Design Excellence
  • Product Focus: Flooring, solar panels
November
Close date: Oct 1
Materials due: Oct 3
  • What’s New in Energy Efficiency
  • Eco-friendly Landscaping
  • Product Focus: Roofing, housewrap
  • Innovation in Design Challenge
December
Close date: Nov 1
Materials due: Nov 3
  • What’s Next for Home Building?
  • Adaptive Re-use
  • 50 Most Innovative People in Home Building
  • Special Section: IBS Pre-Show Planner
  • Product Focus: Decking, energy recovery ventilators

Builder reserves the right to modify its 2012 editorial calendar without notice.

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