Another article I found on CNET News focuses on prefabricated residential construction and its associated ‘green’ focus. Entitled ‘Green homes going mainstream’, the author explores how simple design and construction alterations, such as placement of doors & windows, can greatly reduce energy consumption.
Focussing on ‘Michelle Kaufmann Designs’, a small husband & wife firm that design modular houses that are manufactured off-site, whom concentrate on achieving a balance between aesthetics, function, and environmental sustainability.
An interesting insight into the lack of architecturally administered design in residential constructions, that invariably leads to uninspired design and inefficient buildings. MKD’s solution to this problem is to provide the wider market with pre-packaged green solutions, that don’t cost more and doesn’t take longer than conventional construction methods.
Efficiency of building offsite in a controlled factory environment, as opposed to rudimentary onsite construction, is also touched on.
With the world’s population slowly but surely becoming increasingly aware of our volatile environment, it seems as if the industry will begin to see more and more of this precise, green, modular construction.
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