Modular building has graduated into green building

This video was published a while back but it's worth watching again - particularly since modular housing and commercial modular construction have both become popular in the sustainable design and green building arenas. Architects are embracing the sustainable aspects of building in a controlled environment and specifying sustainable materials and owners are taking full advantage of the flexibility and time savings that are inherent to modular building.

 Consider modular...it has come a long way in the last decade.

Affordable Green Housing from Habitat

Habitat for Humanity has been involved in so many good causes globally. This is another example and timely as the U.S. housing market needs some good news and affordable, energy efficient green homes for buyers at all economic levels. I enjoyed the video lined below.


Here's the link to the article:

Habitat for Humanity: Making Sustainability Accessible The global non-governmental, non-profit organization that's headquartered in Americus, Georgia, has built and rehabilitated over 400,000 homes since it was founded in 1976. Habitat reaches out to those who can't afford a house on the standard market and the beneficiaries of the Habitat program collaborate with volunteers to build or rehabilitate a home. Click Here to view the detail.

Friday's Green Building Video

Here is your green building video for June 13, 2008 from iGreenBuild.com. Eco-Realty has arrived on the east end of Long Island, New York! In this video you'll learn about a builder who is refurbishing a 9,000-square foot home with just about every "green" upgrade possible and the property's realtor hopes to sell the home for upwards of $15 million. Regardless of what your green home budget is, this clip will give you and your architect some great design and product ideas.

Timing is everything and this issue is no exception. Don't miss our Sr. Editor Jerry Yudelson's latest book "Choosing Green, The Homebuyer's Guide to Good Green Homes." This is a first of it's kind.

Video Clip Tour of Green Building

Want to walk through a green building with architect Scott Kelly and learn about his sustainable building design? This video clip is a great educational tool if you are a novice or even an experienced green builder or designer. The video runs on iGreenBuild.com and you don't need a special player to watch it. Go to the video page here and press play on the video player.


"We have been featuring user created video content on iGreenBuild.com and promoting it through a new publication we call Friday's Green Video," said iGreenBuild.com Publisher Matt Banes. "Our readers seem to really like watching a few minutes about green building subject matter before and even over the weekend."

Watch this video clip and others on www.iGreenBuild.com and get back to us with your feedback.