MHProNews.com has learned from brandonsun.com, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has awarded the contract to build seven new modular houses for the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation to Home Hardware in Virden, Manitoba, Canada. Instead of nails and wood, the homes will be structural thermal energy efficient panels (STEEP), materials STEEP Building Systems says is lighter weight, stronger and more durable than other materials. The panels are used for the floor, walls, ceilings and roofs, and cut construction time to frame a house to one day. STEEP qualifies for 51 LEED points (Gold) by the U. S. and Canada Green Building Councils. ##

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