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Sustainable Prefab C6 Home by LivingHomes

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 01:10 AM PST

C6 is a sustainable prefab home created by LivingHomes, an architectural firm from Santa Monica, California, in collaboration with Make It Right. This firm concerns on green architecture design, especially for LEED certified home. C6 is claimed as the first low-cost LivingHome and the only Zero Energy, Zero Carbon production home ever to feature a LEED Platinum level environmental program and Cradle-to-Cradle inspired materials.

This sustainable home actually is a prefab home for a couple or a small family. The price is very affordable, USD 179,000 / unit. It was design, less then 2 months and can be installed on-site in a day. It has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, completed with some sustainable features, including a cork floors, customizable energy efficient lighting system, solar PVs, a greywater system, low-flow water fixtures, lots of efficient windows, numerous Cradle-to-Cradle inspired materials.

This sustainable architecture house was built by adopting the LEED Platinum level environmental program. With some sustainable building materials and finishings involved, this house can provide low maintenance and high energy efficient building. Energy uses are controlled online, and good control of heating/cooling system also.

With affordable price, this sustainable prefab house is very suitable for a new family who needs low living cost and maintenance cost.