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LEED Platinum Prefab Home Kits
LEED Homes

LEED Platinum Pre-fab Homes

  Pre-fab homes are a very credible option for high performance home construction. When it comes to high efficiency sustainable housing, until recently prefab homes didn't even show up on the radar. A few companies in recent years have taken huge steps to change that, notably with the recent completion of the Beachaus ...

Affordable Modern Prefab Eco Homes Available - The S1600
Off-grid and Net-Zero Housing

The S1600 - affordable modern prefab eco homes for families

...prefab houses - these are designed top to bottom as green eco homes with certified sustainable credentials for materials and performance - which truly sets them apart.  Prefab Canadian-Built eco homes - by design Here we take a closer look at the PARA-SOL Architecture designed S1600 LEED ready modern prefab home, which...

A sustainably built, ultra modern and affordable tiny house
Tiny house

NOMAD Micro Home fuelled by crowd funding, takes green building world by storm.

With write-ups in Gizmag, Inhabitat, Tiny House Design, FastCoExist and well, too many other places to recount, one could say it's clear that the green building world is enamoured with this Tiny House gem, and so are we. What's not to love: NOMAD Micro Homes are sustainably manufactured, easy to assemble, affordable, a...

Home construction
How to Find Qualified Green Building Professionals

Hiring professionals or doing it yourself

...prefab home: LEED Platinum prefabricated home © Roman Szumski Prefab home manufacturers are beginning to pick up on green building trends and are starting to incorporate the principles of eco-design into their products.  Though they were late getting into the game, Prefabs are now credible competitors in the housing ...

The Top Twelve Green Building Trends for 2020
Planning and Design

Find out what's trending in 2020 for Green Home Construction

...Prefabricated kit homes LEED or ZNE ready Prefab houses are by no means new, but we have seen a few promising looking players show up in the Architect designed prefabricated kit house market, and Google search results indicate this is a quickly growing search term.  Prefab kit houses built in the controlled environment...

Moving to the Countryside - How to make it Work
Lifestyle, location and commuting

Moving to the countryside? Here's how that can work...

...Prefab Kit homes, prefab houses can be more affordable and more energy efficient than site-built homes for a number of reasons. The Low Carbon LEED Platinum Certified S1600 Eco Home prefab kit house First, building in the controlled atmosphere of a manufacturing facility speeds up work as you are not battling weather...

LEED Platinum prefabricated home Kit
LEED Homes

LEED® Platinum prefab kit home has superior air quality and performance

...prefab kit home ...  Find more pages about sustainable and resilient green building and eco homes here :  Architect designed prefabricated Passive House & LEED ready kit homes for Quebec, Ontario, New York, Vermont, Maine or New Hampshire Prefab & modular construction growing substantially market report rev...

Affordable green prefab homes - contemporary rancher style - Abri 1850 BV
Architecture and plan design

Prefab Homes for Sale - Beautiful & Sustainable - Available Now

...prefab homes; all affordable  The efficient design and construction of the Abri range of contemporary prefabricated eco homes allows families to afford an exceptional home at an affordable price. The 3 different models are based around the number of beds needed: The Abri 1850-BV prefab eco home has 3 bedrooms and 2 fu...

Shipping Container Homes in a Warm Climate might be a good option
Tiny house

Beautiful shipping container homes - Tiny Houses in warm climates

...prefab tiny houses available for sale designed for cold climates, LEED certification or Zero Net Energy due to their outstanding performance. Now you know more about these beautiful shipping container homes designed for warm climates :-    Find more pages about Tiny Houses and resilient green building techniques he...

Prefab & Modular Construction is Booming for Sustainable Homes
Planning and Design

Prefab & Modular Construction poised for dramatic growth in 2020

...prefab and modular construction. The Prefabrication and Modular Construction 2020 SmartMarket Report (download below) was published with the support of Bradley Corp., the Modular Building Institute, Pinnacle Infotech, MCAA and Skender and takes a close look at the drivers, obstacles and benefits of building with prefab...

Le Refuge - An Architect-Designed Modern Green prefab tiny house kit home
Tiny house

Le Refuge - An Architect-Designed modern Green prefab tiny house kit home

...prefab kit home Along with a trend towards compact living, another quickly growing trend in home construction  is the rise in popularity of modern prefab kit houses. Le Refuge is a compact but perfectly formed prefab home that brings together the best of both of those hot new building trends.  A true concentration of t...