Eco-friendly homes – how prefab homes are saving the environment

The past few years have witnessed exponential increase in environmental awareness and technological evolution.As a result, a lot of people are now inclined to homes that are environmentally friendly and sustainable while still allowing them to live comfortably without making any compromises. This brings us to modern prefab homes – eco-friendly, cost-effective, and highly energy-efficient homes that have taken the construction industry by storm.

Before we delve into how these modern prefab homes are saving the environment and gearing us up for a sustainable future, we will first look at what exactly prefab homes are and what makes them so unique.

What is a prefab home?

A prefabricated home, or simply prefab homes are residential dwellings manufactured off the building site, usually in factories. They are then transported to the building site in the form of frames, components, and subassemblies which are then assembled at the building site.
Modern prefab home designs incorporate green technology and they are usually customized to your liking. As a result, they offer all the comfort, luxury, and functionality you would need in any living space while minimizing environmental impact.

What makes modern prefab homes eco-friendly?

The greatest misconception many people have when it comes to eco-friendly homes is that they are made from ecological materials. Eco-friendly homes are housing structures that take as little non-renewable energy from the environment as they possibly can while producing the least amount of pollution possible.

Eco-friendly Construction

Home kit builders use eco-friendly and sustainable building methods during the construction of prefab homes to reduce environmental impact.

Precision Manufacturing

When it comes to modern prefab homes, home kit builders use computer-controlled precision machinery during fabrication to optimize raw material usage during the manufacturing process. The less raw material is used in the manufacture of the prefab home as a result, reducing the total amount of raw materials needed for manufacture and the rate of deforestation.

Waste management and recycling

As modern prefab homes are precision manufactured, all materials are used to their fullest extent. As a result, less waste is produced during the prefabrication and construction phases of building your prefab home. Moreover, lumber cut-offs are recycled or used for other projects in kit housing factories to reduce the volume of waste dumped at landfills.

Smart building technology

Prefab homes incorporate smart building technology and design strategies to make them more economical and energy-efficient. They are designed to be airtight and fully insulated to maintain their thermal envelope, thus reducing overall heat loss from the kit housing structures.

Maintaining a stable thermal envelope improves the efficiency of your modern prefab home’s lighting, heating, and cooling systems. As a result, your prefab home will take less power from the grid, reducing the overall environmental impact of your home.

Energy-efficient appliances

Most modern prefab home kit builders equip your house with appliances, systems, and utilities that are Energy Star Rated to reduce power consumption. As a result, your utility bills are not only significantly reduced, but the power consumption reduction automatically translates to a reduction in the amount of unclean energy obtained from the grid.

Net-zero energy

Modern prefab homes are now being manufactured in such a way that they produce as much energy as they use. This is achieved by equipping your modern prefab home with non-conventional energy sources to make it self-sufficient, giving you a high return on investment in the long run.

Types of Prefab Homes

There are several types of modern prefab homes in the market. They include:

Modular homes

Modular homes are housing structures made from factory-produced modules that are transported to the building site after prefabrication for construction. They usually come with fully-fitted interiors, where electrical systems, plumbing systems, doors, closets, and stairs are integrated into the modular design. As a result, modular homes do not require a lot of finishing work on-site and generally take the least time to manufacture.

Panelized homes

Panelized homes are kit housing structures that are manufactured in factories and transported to the building site to be assembled.
The key difference between the two, however, is that panelized home kits typically contain wall panels, roofs, and flooring systems while modular homes come in building sections already equipped with home system essentials. As a result, panelized homes require a little more work than modular homes, and although they take a little longer to construct, they give homeowners a broad range of design possibilities and customization options during construction.

Pre-cut homes

Pre-cut homes are prefabricated homes that come in the form of kits containing home design specifications that are factory-cut for on-site delivery. They come with a manual on how to assemble them and the homeowner may choose whether to erect their house by themselves or hire contractors to do it for them.

While they all come with unique benefits, the most versatile and affordable type of prefab homes, objectively speaking, are panelized homes.

Why panelized homes are the best modern prefab home option

Although they may require a little more effort in terms of installing fixtures and essential home systems, they can be customized during construction with fewer limitations in design, making them flexible and more versatile. As a result, it is easier to incorporate more energy-efficient and sustainable systems into the panelized home design during construction to make your prefab homes greener. They also look less boxy and more aesthetically pleasing compared to modular homes and take less than four months to build from concept to completion.

An example of a panelized home kit builder is Green Origin Homes, a prefab luxury home design-build architectural firm based in the United States serving New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

What makes Green Origin Homes stand out

When it comes to eco-friendly, sustainable prefab homes that offer all the luxury, comfort, and functionality you would need in a modern living space without leaving a huge dent in your wallet, Green Origin Homes is the way to go.

Green Origin Homes, or simply, GO Homes, is a United States-based full-service design-build architectural firm. We specialize in the design, prefabrication, and construction of prefab luxury homes.

Our panelized homes are built using unique building technology and design strategies. As a result, our prefab luxury homes are not only energy-efficient, they are but also economical, sustainable, and kind to the environment.

How GO Homes are saving the environment

At Green Origin Homes, all efforts when designing and building panelized homes are directed towards bringing the structures closer to net-zero energy consumption, and here is how.

Responsible material sourcing

Although wood is a renewable resource, it takes a very long time to regenerate when cut. Cutting down trees causes an ecological imbalance, and affects forests, wildlife, and the surrounding communities.

Green Origin Homes uses engineered wood that is responsibly sourced from the environment to manufacture panelized home kits. As a result, the rate of deforestation and logging impact in the wood harvesting areas is significantly lowered.

Smart German Building Technology

Green Origin homes incorporate smart German building technology into panelized home designs to optimize power consumption without compromising comfort. From efficient water heating systems to improved ventilation systems we employ innovative design strategies to optimize your home’s thermal envelope and maximize performance.

Moreover, we integrate renewable energy technology into your panelized homes. It usually comes in the form of photovoltaic energy obtained from a series of solar panels to support your entire household. As a result, there will be a significant decrease in the use of power from conventional energy sources supplied by the grid, making your panelized self-sufficient and environmentally friendly.

Advanced European Modular Construction Technology

Green Origin Homes uses advanced European modular construction technology during the manufacture of their panelized homes. Our panelized home manufacturers and home kit builders follow strict guidelines to ensure that your kit housing structure creates less waste, dust, and noise pollution.

All panelized home kits are manufactured in a controlled environment to prevent damage to building material due to moisture, termites, and other factors to keep lumber from warping, breaking, or rotting. As a result, there is a reduction in waste and overall cost of the entire project.

Industry-leading brand partners

To make your prefab luxury homes more environmentally friendly and sustainable, we partner with some of America’s leading brands to provide you with the best combinations of energy-saving appliances, building materials, utilities, and fixtures. All our appliances are Energy-Star rated, making your panelized homes more energy-efficient and sustainable.

Comprehensive prefab luxury home services under one roof

At Green Origin Homes, we provide end-to-end modern prefab luxury home design-build services to cater to all your kit housing construction needs. We tailor our services to your budget and requirements and help our environmentally conscious homeowners strike the perfect balance between luxury, functionality, comfort, and energy efficiency in their panelized home designs.

Stretch your budget to accommodate more eco-friendly smart features

Green Origin Homes helps homeowners get new home construction loans in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to finance their panelized home construction projects so they will not have to settle for the bare minimum.

We partner with independent investors and lending companies to help you get the best loan possible at the most competitive interest rates in the market and affordable payback installments. We also help you get loans from banks by helping you sort out all the paperwork you need to increase the chances of getting your loan approved.

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