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The $100,000 green home
Clayton Homes, the US's largest producer of manufactured housing, has announced plans for a $100,000 green home. The i-House will be 992 square feet in size, and its roof is specifically designed for the rainwater harvesting system that's included with the house. The i-House can also support an optional $8,000 solar PV system, and will include bamboo flooring, recycled decking
materials, climate control in each room and energy efficienct windows.
More information is available here .
While this certainly appears to be a step in right direction towards affordable, sustainable homes, Lloyd Alter raises a couple of pertinent questions on TreeHugger , including this:
More information is available here .
While this certainly appears to be a step in right direction towards affordable, sustainable homes, Lloyd Alter raises a couple of pertinent questions on TreeHugger , including this:
If they really buy into it and go for green quality as well as green looks, and insulate the walls and double glaze the windows, this will mean a dramatic improvement in the efficiency and quality of mobile homes. If they are just superficially going for the image and pasting some rainwater collection and solar panels on the roof, it will do nobody any good. We need a build quality and a material selection that matches the design; that will mean thicker walls, less vinyl, no formaldehyde and a slower production line - you can't mix this in with your normal production and get the quality you need to be green.
Last modified on Thursday, 15 January 2009 17:55