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Jennifer Castenson

Jennifer Castenson

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Contributor, Forbes

Cincinnati

Biography

Jennifer Castenson currently serves as the vice president of ambassador and industry partner programs at Buildxact. In this role, she provides leadership and collaboration across the various verticals involved in custom homebuilding and remodeling and the industry stakeholders involved in order to guide relevant product solutions. Previously, Castenson served as the vice president of programming at national media and data group Zonda. Castenson also serves as contributing writer to Forbes, reporting on innovative solutions in the built environment. Currently, she serves on the environmental issues committee for NAHB and on the events committee for the National Lumber and Building Materials Dealer Association. She also is a board member for the Home Improvement Research Institute, and the construction robotics startup ARRTSM. She is also part of the ESG Working Group to define and implement industry ESG improvements.

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Design , Real Estate , Architecture , Housing , Building Products

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Anything to technical

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Total articles 166

  • Wildfire Resiliency: Building Homes Among The Flames

    By Jennifer Castenson| Forbes Verified While the month of May means spring flowers for much of the country, its arrival in California brings the ominous start of wildfire season, and this year’s forecast calls for record-breaking fires and a greater need for wildfire resiliency. Looking at the forecast can help the state align proper resources and perhaps put other measures in place, but the built environment is what it is. However, future construction offers more possibility for wildfire resiliency.

    By Jennifer Castenson · Forbes

    Apr. 10, 2025

  • The Transformation of Making, Storing, and Keeping Energy Reliable

    By Jennifer Castenson| Green Builder Magazine Verified The U.S. built the very first power grid in the world. Now, it’s old, and showing its age. With that comes challenges for builders. The electrical grid of the future faces challenges that present both opportunities and roadblocks. First, since most US infrastructure is currently tied to a massive, expensive, interconnected grid, any redirection of the flow will be slow, and not easily rationalized for efficiency's sake.

    By Jennifer Castenson · Green Builder Magazine

    Apr. 03, 2025

  • Wildfire Resiliency: Building Homes Among The Flames

    By Jennifer Castenson| Forbes Verified While the month of May means spring flowers for much of the country, its arrival in California brings the ominous start of wildfire season, and this year’s forecast calls for record-breaking fires and a greater need for wildfire resiliency. Looking at the forecast can help the state align proper resources and perhaps put other measures in place, but the built environment is what it is. However, future construction offers more possibility for wildfire resiliency.

    By Jennifer Castenson · Forbes

    Apr. 10, 2025

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