News Archive
NH-Based Manufacturer Out to Re-Invent Modular Homes
Manchester Union Leader 8/27/06
Into the Wood Business Week 1/2006
5 Reasons to Build Your Next House Modular
Your Life! Magazine 5/2005
ModModulars: Modern Prefabs Win NH and National Fans
Manchester Union Leader 4/10/2005
FOX 25 Anchor Jodi Applegate Builds Epoch Boston Globe 6/22/2003
Recent News
Buyers Embrace Modular Mansions
Some industry estimates say home construction is down 70 percent since 2006. And as people wanting new homes search for cheaper alternatives, many are ignoring long-held social stigmas about modular homes. “There used to be some stigma with modular homes,” said John Ela, owner of Epoch Homes in Pembroke. “People would mistake them for mobile homes.” Ela says the modular home industry has suffered less than traditional home construction companies due to cost-effectiveness and expediency. ...Unlike years ago, modular homes are not all cookiecutter. These days, many home buyers work with builders, sometimes architects, to design the perfect modular home. "(Modular) used to mean you’d have a trade-off," Ela said. "You just had to pick one plan out of a small list. Now, the sky’s the limit." (read more)
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Westport Modular Custom-Built Homes, a Green Alternative
Sustainability and savings are two attractive perks when purchasing "green" modular homes.
"What we try to do is build energy efficient, maintenance free homes," said Jim Hines, owner of Westport Modular Homes and JMK Consulting Group. "Once it's up, it's done." (read more)
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Modular Success: Home Building
Fox News features Epoch Homes during their coverage of the emergence of modular homes as a preferred building technology.
Read the story and see the clip here
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Building Systems Magazine Online - Spring Issue
A variety of Modular Solutions to Building Green
Epoch Homes (Pembroke, NH) is one modular home manufacturer that has gotten into the green home building business in the Northeast in a big way...
“There are a lot of different views right now on what green means. We try to respond to what the customer wants and give as much guidance as we can,” says John Ela, CEO of Epoch Homes. He argues that this approach is more effective at introducing green building to the mainstream market than the practice of offering specific green home models or features.
According to Ela, many firms making green modular housing offer only a few models with several customizable options. “Homeowners want more options than that,” he says. (read more)
Also in the same issue:
Abode Builders Earns Platinum LEED Recognition for their home supplied by Epoch
If you were going to build a ski house in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, energy efficiency would certainly be high on anyone’s list of “must haves.” The Mountain Home model that Abode Builders (Plymouth, NH) constructed, using Epoch Homes as their modular supplier, is more than just energy efficient. (read more)
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The Newest Thing in Sustainability is the 'PowerPod' Modular
Pembroke-based Epoch Homes is taking the meaning of "going green" to a whole new level.
President and CEO John Ela said while other construction companies are talking about initiatives to make their projects more environmentally friendly and sustainable, Epoch is actually doing it.
"Epoch is on the cutting edge," said Ela, who bought the company over two years ago and since then has made it a goal to stay on the forefront of green construction. "There's 1,000 different definitions for what that means and what I mean by green is whatever the builders want it to mean. We can build whatever shade of green you want."(read more)
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Of all the things happening in sustainability in the U.S. right now, what excites you most?
Rick Fedrizzi : Modular and off-site fabrication of homes. ... [It] allows builders to greatly reduce the amount of construction waste produced during a building project and increases the opportunity to consistently deliver a higher-quality home. (read more)
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From the outside, it looks like a typical New England home in a typical New England neighborhood.
And in many ways, it is.
It's 2 1/2 stories tall. It has a fireplace and wood siding. And it looks like most other houses on the street.
But looks can be deceiving. And in this case, they most certainly are. (read more)
See Article in the Boston Globe
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Combining Modular Technology and Sustainable Design Earns Award
Modular technology recently played a central role in cre ating a cutting-edge example of how social and envi ronmental goals can be integrated into a successful res idential development. (read more)
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Beverly, Mass. - Over Monday Dec. 1 and Tuesday Dec. 2, cranes will hoist 24 modular sections of the new Montserrat College of Art dorms into place at the intersection of Winter and Essex streets.
When complete, the $8 million project will house 78 students next fall.
The dorm will check in at different levels, two, three and four stories and will house freshman through seniors in groups of four six or eight students who will share living space and a kitchen. (view story and see clip here)
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Building Systems Council of the National Association of Home Builders
Epoch Takes First Place in 2008 "Excellence in Home Design Awards"
The Building Systems Council of the National Association of Home Builders has announced the winners of the 2008 "Excellence in Home Design" awards. Epoch Homes, of Pembroke, NH has won first place in the Modular Home over 4,001 sq. ft. (read more)
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Epoch Homes, a leading Green Custom Modular Manufacturer is the first in the nation
to be approved under the Modular Green service now offered by the NAHB Research
Center, which administers the National Green Building Certification program for
residential construction that now supports in-plant verification of Green Building
Elements. (read more)
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Epoch Homes Featured on the Cover of "The Complete Guide to Building with Modulars"
All three homes on the cover of "The Complete Guide To Building With Modulars", the definitive Industry publication on the modular building system, were built by Epoch Homes of Pembroke, NH. When asked how it came about that Epoch monopolized the entire cover, CEO John Ela stated "Epoch has always been the leader in custom building using the modular system. We are very proud that the beautiful homes we built have been chosen to represent the industry."
In addition to the cover, Epoch homes were also featured on pages 4 and 10. "The Complete Guide To Building With Modulars" is published annually by Building Systems Magazine. (see magazine)
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Better Appraisers: The Official Blog of Appraisal Coach - Apppraisal Mentor
Atlantic Homes is Leading the Way in Modular Green Building
Atlantic Homes, builder dealer of EPOCH Modular Homes, is leading the way in bringing quality modular, systems built, environmentally friendly sustainable eco-healthy housing to it's customers in New England; including Greater Boston & Martha's Vineyard. (read more)
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Modular Mansions: The Future of Homebuilding?
“Modular Mansions” explores America’s fastest-growing method of home construction and profiles 21 modular homes of varying styles from around the country. (read more)