i-house first green manufactured home
Zora...@gmail.com
Clayton, the largest manufacturer of manufactured homes in the U.S.,
has introduced the first green manufactured home by a major
manufacturer in the U.S. They haven't priced it, but hopefully it will
be more affordable than green prefabs and designs by others in the
past.
The "i-house" is a modernist design which features bamboo floors,
point-of-use hot water, solar panel option, a roof designed for water
catchment, and a unique separate, detached second bedroom/bath unit.
The "i-house" was introduced at their show in Knoxville, TN, at the
end of Oct. 2008.
I am going to be blogging this house (link above), following articles
and developments in Clayton's entrance into "green" building. I'm not
connected to the company in any way.
I ask the question, will it be Clayton's Prius, or Edsel?
If you are interested in this sort of thing, please visit my blog page
and comment on what you think of their rad design.
Thank you.
i-house i-home ihouse ihome (this is just for search purposes)
Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds
8d98ab...@u18g2000pro.googlegroups.com:
If by first you mean something else, I guess you are correct. Here are
some others that predate your "first"
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