A company focused on energy efficiency, Ibacos, allied with developer Elliot Fabri Jr.’s EcoCraft Homes, a modular home buildern to erect an infill home on Pittsburgh’s north side. Thirty built-in monitors measure the levels of heat, humidity and CO2 levels, according to triblive. The home uses small, high efficiency heating and cooling systems with small diameter ducts that are built into the walls. Readings can be taken at any time to determine the effectiveness, MHProNews has learned.
The 2,200 square feet home has three bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths and a third-floor deck that runs alongside the master bedroom. Recycled materials were used to manufacture the modules, and the exterior is covered with Hardie board fiber-cement siding. The first floor is a largely open space for the kitchen, dining and living rooms with large windows and sliding glass doors to allow light.
While EcoCraft’s ecologically centered homes pepper suburban neighborhoods, this is Fabri’s first venture into an urban area, which he hopes to do more of. This home has a fairly modern look, which is what the owners wanted, but Fabri says he can produce a more traditional-look home with the same efficiency measures. ##
(Photo credit: Trib Total Media/Jasmine Goldband–modular home in Pittsburgh)
Article submitted by Matthew J. Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.