DISQUS

Jetson Green: Georgia Manufactured Home Gets LEED Platinum, Skips Costly Green Gizmos

  • Sea Wolf · 5 months ago
    Not my cup of tea as a design or even as a paradigm, but hat's off to New World Home for showing that you can build an otherwise conventionl home in a much more sane fashion. The specs on this house should be the BUILDING CODE MINIMUM for all homes. Nice job.
  • M Realty · 5 months ago
    Amazing home! It has the old fashioned styling to it, but its all brand new. I really like the look both of the interior and the exterior. Its very cool that it uses all of its own rainwater. Though, I think I would still slap a few solar panels on the roof just for the extra green and geek factor.
  • e · 5 months ago
    Beautiful. Though I generally lean toward modern dwellings, this is the style many Americans view as iconic. I see nothing wrong with this paradigm; these designs still exist because they are classic, functional, and attractive to the average homebuyer. Greening this particular style of housing is the key to bringing Joe Sixpack around. Next up, prefab mid-century ranch tract housing?
  • sue · 5 months ago
    50% less energy is all well and good, but solar could have made it 100% zero energy, and look fine on that roof.
  • Preston · 5 months ago
    Certainly, and for every homeowner that wants (and can afford) the solar, the standing seam roof will work just right for a future installation.
  • e · 5 months ago
    The finished cost of this home isn't insubstantial, so I presume the buyers could add thin-film without major additional expense, possibly rolling it into the mortgage. The aesthetics might be questionable, with the PV being a dark purple set against a silver roof and white trimmed exterior. It's doable though, in case they want to go the extra mile.