This tiny prefab home is noted for its space-saving design techniques, and also for its extreme energy effeciency. And these are to big concerns for prefab home buyers: using the small house space well, and reducing housing costs.
Many people nowadays are looking at prefab homes, pricing them out, seeing what their options are, because housing costs are outpacing wages, making it harder for people to get into their first house. Some people who already own a house are looking at modular construction as a way to put a guest house in, or build a summer cabin.
This building is called E.D.G.E, an acronym for Experimental Dwelling for a Greener Environment. Behind the prefab home design is Bill Yudchitz and Revelations Architects/Builders.
The modular structure has two parts. Two modules — a kitchen and a bathroom — are where the mechanical systems for the house are located. They also use a lot of glass, so there are views from inside.
It’s a 360 square foot space, so it qualifies as a “tiny house.”
To save on energy costs, the prefab building uses geothermal heating / cooling, air-to-air heat recovery and ventilation, rainwater harvesting, and passive solar orientation.
To maximize interior space, the prefab has furniture that transforms, for example from a bed to a table to a sofa.
The company is selling plans for this building for around $1,250. For Revalations Architects/Builders, find them in our prefab and modular homes directory. You can also get a bunch of ideas for your prefab structure — exterior images, layout plans, and links to companies in various states and provinces — from the Prefab Home Book (sometimes on sale).
