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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)