Manufactured & Modular Housing
Manufactured Home Comparison
North Carolina A&T University (NCATU) is a BAIHP partner that has procured two high visibility manufactured homes on its campus in Greensboro, NC. Built by Palm Harbor Homes, Siler City, they have 1,528 sq. feet of living area, with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths.
During testing, each model house was unoccupied; however, the use of lights and appliances were simulated with timers. One of the homes was conventional and the other was expected to be 50% more energy efficient. Measured data shows that an overall savings of 55% was achieved for the combined heating, cooling and water heating loads, surpassing the design goal!
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Modular Housing
Modular home building is one of the fastest-growing segments of the home construction industry. It provides a higher quality home at less cost and in less time than building the same home on site.
A modular home is built in sections in a factory environment. About 90 percent of the home's construction is completed including walls, windows, ceilings, roofing, floors, stairs, plumbing and electrical, cabinetry, counter tops and decorative flooring. Heating and air conditioning may be added in the factory or it may be added on site. The sections are individually covered and then shipped to the home site where they are assembled onto a pre-constructed basement or foundation.
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WSU: Manufactured Housing- Super Good Cents/Natural Choice Project
Roughly eighty percent of new HUD code manufactured homes built and sited in the Pacific Northwest are constructed to the Super Good Cents or Natural Choice energy efficiency standards. These homes use 30-50 percent less energy for space heating than homes built to the minimum national standard for this housing type. The Super Good Cents and Natural Choice Manufactured Housing Project provides marketing and technical assistance to participating home manufacturers and dealers.
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Zero Energy Manufactured Home
The BPA, WSU, and Nez Perce Zero Energy Manufactured Home Project demonstrates and promotes innovative energy saving technologies to the HUD code manufactured housing industry and new homebuyers.
This project has evolved into a major energy efficient home demonstration project with huge support and involvement from the manufactured housing industry and innovative building technology suppliers. The homes manufactured for the project serve as tribal housing for operations staff at the Nez Perce Hatchery at Cherry Lane, Idaho (near Lewiston).
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Healthy Building Network: Manufactured Housing
The efficiencies offered by factory construction carry high potential for manufactured homes to be green buildings. Green Tech Housing, based in Worcester, Massachusetts, is committed to sustainable design, offering modular homes that boast: 60 percent less energy use, 50 percent fewer air pollutants, 40 percent improved indoor air quality, and 10 percent less water use. Regional innovators have developed sustainable models for both temporary and permanent manufactured structures in the Gulf States, such as the GoHomes and GroHomes design by Pliny Fisk of the Austin-based Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, and the GreenMobile, by architect Michael Berk of Mississippi State University.
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