The New Building Products Development Guide guides building products manufacturers
and inventors through the activities to create, develop, & launch new building products.
Explores development, evaluation, launch, & more.
*See our newly added material in Tool 1.*
The Collaboration Forum serves as a "matchmaking" system for the home building industry
to establish mutually beneficial relationships required to develop, test, finance,
and ultimately commercialize innovations.
The Lead-User Panel consists of an expert panel of leading home builders who can
evaluate your new product idea, provide advice on improvements, and point out applications
and potential markets where it will most likely find success.
The Financing Guide consists of information linked to sources of Public Funding
(PF), Angel Investors (AIs), and Venture Capitalists (VCs). Topics are listed in
order of the levels of capital offered. Options emphasize funding for new building
products that are energy related ("green" and/or "clean").
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