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System-Built Homes Provide Green Alternatives
OKEMOS, MI--(Marketwire - June 11, 2008) - Looking for green options in home ownership?
System-built homes have an eco-friendly advantage over site-built homes
from the moment construction begins. Being factory built, it's easier to
control the amounts of waste created and recycled throughout the
homebuilding process. Building materials are precut with system-built
homes, significantly reducing waste by up to 70 percent.
System-built homes with the Energy Star certification allow for even more
efficiency, as well as savings. American homes use approximately 25 percent
of the energy in the United States. Homes built featuring products with the
Energy Star label use approximately 35 percent less energy than a typical
new home, and prevent 4,500 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions each year.
These homes have effective insulation, high performance windows, upgraded
heating and air conditioning systems, tight duct systems and upgraded water
heating equipment. Appliances in a new system-built home are most likely
Energy Star certified as well.
Seventy percent of all system-built housing factories have been qualified
to build homes earning the Energy Star certification. Many Michigan
Manufactured Housing Association members, including Champion Homes, Clayton
Homes, Commodore Homes, Fleetwood Homes and Palm Harbor Homes, as well as
others, have made strides to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions in the construction of their homes. As a result, these
manufacturers have each been awarded the title "2007 Energy Star Partner of
the Year" by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Manufacturers such
as these MMHA members have added several features to their homes, which
allows for up to 30 percent in savings on energy bills.
A growing portion of the population places a higher value on homes that are
energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. Building homes under these
guidelines is not only a smart investment, but you will also see savings in
your utility bills, and a likely increase in your home's value.
For more information about system-built housing, call 800.551.1315, search
the web at www.michhome.org, or contact the Michigan Manufactured Housing
Association, 2222 Association Drive, Okemos, MI 48864-5978; 517.349.3300.