Energy Efficient Modular Home Plans

Energy efficient modular home plans are becoming very popular because they take advantage of very low construction costs and later reduced energy costs. However energy efficient modular home plans do have other advantages. They are constructed in a controlled environment and the foundations and house panels are built at the same time. In effect this means that they not subject to any weather conditions during their construction process.

One of the severe limitations of an energy efficient modular home plan is the fact that they can be extremely expensive to transport between the factory and the site where they are to be built and the main reason for that is road regulations. Often the maximum size that a single truck can transport is eleven feet by sixty feet. However many energy efficient modular home plans have been built to be larger often up to thirty feet by sixty feet. That size of panel may need up to four trucks to transport from the factory to the site where it is to be built. The larger the panel the more likely it is that there will be some form of structural damage in transportation.

Energy efficient modular home plans may be a new addition many companies, houses have been sold by mail over in America for over a hundred years. The advent of the East West railroad made it possible to transport homes by rail. Sear the American store sold over a hundred thousand mail order homes between 1908- 1940. America like the UK had a housing shortage just after the war and this was partly solved by manufacturing homes in factories rather than on site.

Energy efficient modular home plans are easier to ensure than the conventional types of building construction because standard modular practices involve sealing. This means the pipes around electrical outlets, and air penetrations and plumbing pipes are sealed leaving areas less prone to drafts. Energy efficient modular home plans are certainly possible but before purchasing your house plans make sure that they include wall ceiling and floor insulation as standard. A purpose built ventilation system that is sealed and offers a level of quietness. All the built in appliances are energy efficient especially the heating and ventilation equipment. Energy efficient lighting should be standard.

Energy efficient lighting may seem trivial in your quest for an energy efficient modular house plan but it is estimated that one single process using energy efficient light bulbs could save around ten dollars a year (£7) per light bulb and save nearly a hundred dollars in the life of a bulb.