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- Prefab Canadian-Built Eco Homes - by Design
- The Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep
- Built with Eco-Friendly & Non-Toxic Building Materials
- Energy-Efficient Performance
- So Is This A Zero Net Energy Prefab Home?
- Exceptionally Healthy Indoor Air Quality
- Solar Air Heated Slab on Grade Radiant Floor
- Reducing The Carbon Footprint of Homes
- LEED & Passive House Ready Prefabs as Eco Homes - Available Now
Here we take a closer look at the PARA-SOL Architecture designed S1600 LEED ready modern prefab home, which offers a well-executed 1,600 square feet of living space in a single family home with 3 bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms. This was the model Ecohome co-founder Emmanuel Cosgrove and the Team chose to build TWICE- Firstly at the Olympic Stadium Mont...
This prefab home not only exudes a cool modern style, but it also has true eco home substance. Factory-engineered with precision to have such a high level of energy efficiency that it is Passive House and LEED ready, meaning that when other prerequisite conditions are met, the energy performance of the building envelope meets the stringent requirem...
The LEED for homes program is a point-driven green home rating system with many performance categories, so not only is the S1600 stylish, well designed and energy-efficient as standard, it also offers an extremely healthy indoor environment filled with non-toxic, sustainable and natural building materials. The wall structure is composed of FSC cert...
Energy modelling for Quebec based on average weather conditions indicates that the S1600 will consume approximately 9,316 kWh per yearin total energy for an average sized family, which includes space heating, water heating, lighting and all interior electrical loads. At Quebec hydro rates of only 7.13 cents /kWh, the entire heating and electrical l...
Theoretically, it's possible, but we don't generally recommend installing solar PV in Quebec where our model home is built for a couple of reasons- although if buying and installing one of these affordable prefab eco homes in New York, Maine, Vermont or New Hampshire it starts to look more interesting. To explain: 1. At current rates in March 2020,...
Of the 8 scoring categories of the LEED rating system, among the more important standards is to ensure safe indoor air quality for occupants, which goes hand in hand with sustainable and eco-friendly building materials. This house has a polished concrete main floor and eco-friendly Marmoleum floor coveringon the second floor. The Dekton kitchen and...
So, this is innovative… the floor is heated by circulating warm air through tubes in the concrete. The majority of the required heat load is supplied by solar air heaters, meaning a wall mounted vertical black panel (that doesn't get covered in snow in winter, so it still works on sunny days) where forced air is circulated when the temperature in t...
To combat climate change and rising global temperatures, it is essential that carbon emissions from homes and buildings be reduced. This comes through design features such as choosing a slab-on-grade instead of a basementas they use significantly less concrete, which is very high in GHGs (green house gas emissions), unless you are lucky enough to b...
The S1600 is one of manyaffordable green prefab home kits presented on Ecohome here, and you can specifically go direct to this model of modern prefab eco homes here to see interior images as well as floorplans and pricing including delivery if you're in Quebec, Ontario and North Eastern US States such as New York, Vermont, Maine or New Hampshire. ...
A collection of essays in which twelve experts in green architecture and urbanism share their thoughts on the clash between perceptions of sustainable housing and the desire for traditional homes and offices, and possible solutions to the problem
Top tips for planning and building a green home on a budget. When building a new home, especially a sustainable high-performance home, planning everything out in detail will save time, money & stress, while ensuring the best possible choice of building materials for the budget.
May 18, 2010 · Beginning with a survey of evolving strategies to step more lightly on the earth, like "graywater" recovery, green roofs, contextual design, and human-scale architecture, the book features essays by such noted experts as Andres Duany, Victor Deupi, Bruce King, Stephen A. Mouzon, and Norman Crowe.
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