Ok, prefab home fans, you may have heard about some of the ways you can cut down on your energy bills by looking at prefab building designs that incorporate new ideas about conserving (and producing energy), but here’s a building that takes it a step further. It’s a “carbon-positive prefab home” designed by ArchiBlox.
What does it do? the structure is airtight — it locks up to keep cool air in / heat out (this one is in Australia where they want to do that, but you can imagine the same process for keeping heat in / cool air out). Then the top of the prefab house has solar panels, and overall this modular building produces more energy than it consumes.
While some people attempt to counter their energy bills by setting up turbines at nearby waterfalls or even installing solar panels where they can, mostly solar panels are not enough to do it where many of us live (this Building Homes and Living blog is based on the Northwest Coast).
Some other interesting things about the ArchiBlox prefab house: it’s 800 square feet, and it employs simple, modernist design.
It also uses a lot of plants in its interior design — they sit on the walls almost like texture. And they use a lot of wood paneling on the interior for cabinetry and furniture. The company builds and delivers their prefab home orders in around 12-28 weeks (in Australia). To visit AchiBlox, find them in our prefab and modular homes directory.
