Happy World Water Day!
As you may know this Friday 22nd March is World Water Day. We’re keen to promote the day and the very good cause behind it (over a billion people lack access to clean water). So please help save the water and don’t forget to enjoy your next glass of water.
read this post ->Greenfab’s 2100 Series Installation in Seattle
Watch Greenfab’s new 2100 Series home being installed in the Greenlake/Phinney Ridge neighborhood in Seattle in just 7 hours on February the 20th, 2013. Consisting of five modules, this 2,100 square foot, all-electric, energy-efficient home, targeting LEED for Homes Platinum, combines sleek and elegant lines with pure and warm finishes. With an open floor plan, [...]
read this post ->Greenfab’s Home Installation at IBS Las Vegas 2013
Greenfab recently installed two, green, modular homes at the International Builders Show’s Show Village in Las Vegas. Greenfab’s 2100 and 2300 Series homes were installed in just five hours and completely finished in six days just in time the show open. Both homes came in five modules each and were set at a rate of [...]
read this post ->Baby it’s Cold Outside (A Progress Update on our Model Homes)
As framing finishes on the modules for our targeted LEED Platinum model homes, the factory is quickly moving towards checking to see that everything fits correctly. The modules are built individually. Their sizes are constrained by what can fit on a trailer, and be transported on a highway. So, once the framing on a module is done, the module is placed on top of, or next to its adjoining module before it is sent off to its destination.
read this post ->Do You Know the Difference Between a Mobile, Manufactured, and Modular Home?
So, a couple of weeks ago we posted the new rendering of our 2100 Series Home that will be shown at the International Builders Show. We are pretty excited about this targeted LEED Platinum Prefab Home, and while the response was overwhelmingly positive, we noticed that one of our fans shared the rendering on Facebook, and received this comment:
read this post ->How Tight Should we Seal our Homes?
There has been a bit of controversy as of late as to “how tight is too tight” regarding a building envelope. “A home needs to breathe,” some have said. While the building science community agrees with this thought, they disagree with the notion that we should let the mistakes of our contractors or the failure of our products be the cause of our homes’ breathability.
read this post ->I’ll Take Two Homes with Extra Quality and Strength…but Hold the Mud.
Imagine with me for a minute… It’s raining outside. You were hoping for sunshine, but then you remember you live in Seattle and it’s raining. Everything on the jobsite is sopping wet. Mud is everywhere. You wish the subcontractors had cleaned up after themselves, but they were in a rush to get to their next job, so they left a mess. Now, it is a sopping wet mess.
read this post ->Greenfab’s Going to Vegas Baby!
Greenfab is thrilled to announce that we will be showcasing TWO of our homes in Las Vegas for the upcoming NAHB International Builder’s Show from January 22-24, 2013. Every year, for the past 13 years, Professional Builder Magazine has hosted the Show Village, where they collaborate with modular home manufacturers to present three prefab/modular homes that are pushing the envelope in the home building industry. This year, Greenfab will be providing TWO of the three homes!!
read this post ->Installation of the 1St LEED Platinum Modular Home in Seattle, WA
Watch the Installation of the 1St LEED Platinum Modular Home in Seattle, WA March, 5, 2012 – (Seattle, WA) Today, Greenfab was awarded LEED Platinum certification by USGBC for achievement in green homebuilding and design. LEED for Homes is a green home certification program that rewards homes that are designed and built to be energy- [...]
read this post ->Greenfab Modular Home Factory Process
This video shows the process that you go through while building a modular prefabricated home in a factory. A modular home refers to a construction method where housing components, such as entire rooms or individual modules, are constructed in a controlled factory environment. Individual modules are up to 90% complete and shipped from the factory to the home site.
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