Modular Homes, The Customary in 2025?

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"By the year 2025, modular homes are expected to be the chief form of home building not only because of their superior quality and lesser costs but most significantly because of their eco-friendly superiorities." - Michael Zenga, ZN Custom Building
In addressing the ongoing concerns of our environment into the future, part of the puzzle involves home construction in general. Not only does home construction create considerable waste and use significant power in building, but continuing power use once built continues to be critical looking to the future. These simple facts are influencing many to turn away from site built homes and begin looking into "going modular."

Did you know that modular homes produce 90 percent less waste than site built home? Because modular homes are principally built in a factory location, each step of the building course is streamlined. This allows maximal usage of supplies and therefore less waste. Plus when the small amount of waste is accumulated, it is placed in one setting rather than several places. This allows outstanding opportunities for well-organized recycling and waste management.
The factory location also allows a more durable product that is greater in energy efficiency. By individually building and assembling modules of a modular home, better insulation techniques and a stronger more long-lasting structure is possible. The capability to guard materials from the weather conditions while being built in a factory further adds to the home's class of construction. Over time, these factors lessen energy usage and markedly reduce future home repairs. Quality and better value offer endurance in a modular home's ability to be "green."

Something frequently disregarded is the number of subcontractors and time required to build a site built home in comparison to a modular home. Imagine that an average site built home takes 14 months to build and requires everyday deliveries of building equipment and trips by local subcontractors to and from the site. Now substitute that practice with 4 months of modular home building in a factory where all the materials are delivered infrequently. The bottom line is that modular homes take half the time to create and put into place and markedly reduce transportation and delivery trips. The ending outcome is savings in energy usage and reduced toxic byproducts that could damage our environment.

What many fail to comprehend is that modular homes are held to the same local building codes as site built homes; and often their building value is greater. Similarly, a modular home can be modified into any drawing a homeowner needs using the finest in "green" building supplies. Examples may include WarmBoard Radiant subfloors, HardiPlank siding, Icynene insulation, and low VOC (volatile organic compounds) paints. Each of these can be easily implemented in the factory location along with energy efficient designs that optimize a home's ability to be environmentally friendly.

As we progressively focus on better ways to protect our environment, modular homes afford a great opportunity to reduce energy consumption, reduce waste, limit toxicities, and offer more long-lasting homes. For today, modular homes are the best "green" home building technology.

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Michael Zenga, the Modular Building Specialist, founded ZN Custom Building www.zncustombuilding.com, in 2002 which specializes in building modular homes in the Boston, MA area. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Boston University and Master's Degrees from Boston University, Harvard University, and Bentley College.

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