Kit / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...kit houses. Yes, this probably comes as a surprise to many as you ask yourself, are kit houses considered a green home? That depends on how well they are made and the materials used.  You can build junk houses in a manufacturing plant just as easily as all the junk houses being built in urban subdivisions, and you can ...

...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 talent, t...

...kitchen, a bedroom with floor-to-ceiling windows, a spacious luxurious ensuite attached, and that awesome open deck joining both rooms for outdoor relaxing and BBQ dinners. This shipping container house in a warm climate has wide opening windows for ventilation The Ensuite in master for this shipping container home ...

...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 talent, ...

...kit home, the s1600, by partnering with a specialist company that manufactures frost-protected shallow foundation forms (slab-on-grade) that are heated with air rather than liquid.  This has caused much controversy and discussion ever since, with us often hearing how "air doesn't transfer heat the same as water" and ho...

...kitchen area and the high north-facing wall, these generous storage areas allow the whole families' posessions to be neatly stored away.    This high performance prefab green home has a triple-glazed window along 36' of wall © Studio MMA  As an option, this prefabricated home can be customized to the preferences of t...