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The Marietta Daily Journal is the latest newspaper to report on our two new homes in East Cobb, Georgia:
Dennis Creech, executive director of Atlanta-based environmental nonprofit Southface, praised the home. “The word ‘green’ has gotten a lot of definitions and people tend to focus on some of the catchier aspects, like something is made from a recycled product or bamboo flooring,” Creech said. “But, the foundation of green has got to be the science-based approach to saving energy, saving water, making homes healthier for people. It’s really about the people.”
Jetson Green is one of the best green blogs on the web. See what they had to say about our home in Cobb County, Georgia:
When you think of manufactured homes, you might think of the ranch house with vinyl siding that you gingerly pass on the interstate as it travels on the back of a wide-load truck. You might also think about a LEED Platinum home and imagine a roof spotted with photovoltaic panels, windmill in the front yard, and geothermal dug deep into the ground. The newest offering from New World Home turns both of these ideas on their heads. Read the entire article here.
The Mother Nature Network also approves. Green business guru Melissa Hincha-Ownby has more.
Broker’s Weekly thinks New World Home’s factory built green homes could be a recession hit! Download the article here (PDF).
Green Inc., A New York Times blog about “energy, the environment, and the bottom line,” profiles green modular architecture. An excerpt:
New World Home, a company specializing in making classic home designs “green,” describes itself as “an emerging design-build company dedicated to fulfilling the convergence of historically inspired residential design, environmentally sanctioned products and practices, and ultra-efficient manufacturing methodologies.”
The company, based in New York, is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, and its design service offers a number of sustainable features, from ultra-efficient heating and cooling systems to optional alternative-energy systems like solar or wind power.
Country Living previews our eco-friendly modular homes in their October issue. From factory to fabulous in 60 days!
THE NEW THING in home construction is new-old: a marriage of up-to-the-minute green technologies with classically inspired design. New World Home — cofounded by Mark Jupiter and Tyler Schmetterer with design partner Randy Florke, a Country Living contributing editor — is a leading company of this method, seeing the entire home-building process through from blueprints to interior design. With Florke’s own 1820s home as inspiration, this 1,800-square-foot farmhouse in Livingston Manor, N.Y., is an energy-efficient marvel of modern, ecologically minded ingenuity. A cornerstone of New World Home’s green approach is modular construction.
