Unlike days gone by when factory-built homes were more prone to wind damage and not well sealed from the elements, the manufactured homes of 2014 are energy efficient and can have many of the same amenities as site-built homes: Whirlpool baths, ENERGY STAR appliances, solar panels for heat and hot water, wind collectors for energy, water cachement systems for lawn and garden irrigation, and other renewable energy alternatives that save fossil fuels and the homeowner’s money as well. As houston-newsonline.com reports, some of these systems can also be retrofitted to existing manufactured homes. MHProNews.com understands the same technology that makes site-built homes more livable and cost less to operate has been applied to manufactured homes as well. ##

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