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  2. Tiny-house movement - Wikipedia

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    On the other side, there is some dispute when a house becomes to big be tiny home, with an upper limit of 400 square feet (37 m 2). [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Though some disagree, and choosing 500 ft 2 , [ 10 ] and event 600 ft 2 to define a tiny home.

  3. Zero-energy building - Wikipedia

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    A Zero-Energy Building (ZEB), also known as a Net Zero-Energy (NZE) building, is a building with net zero energy consumption, meaning the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is equal to the amount of renewable energy created on the site [1] [2] or in other definitions by renewable energy sources offsite, using technology such as heat pumps, high efficiency windows ...

  4. Passive house - Wikipedia

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    Use up to 60 kWh/m 2 (19,020 BTU/sq ft; 20.07 MJ/sq ft) of floor area per year primary energy (for heating, hot water and electricity). Leak air up to 0.6 times the house volume per hour ( n 50 ≤ 0.6 / hour) at 50 Pa (0.0073 psi) as tested by a blower door ; or up to 0.05 cubic feet per minute (1.4 L/min) per square foot of the surface area ...

  5. California dream your summer away in this 400-square-foot ...

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    Located in the ideal Venice, California area, this whimsical guest home is a five-minute bike ride away from the infamous Abbot Kinney Boulevard. California dream your summer away in this 400 ...

  6. Clayton Homes - Wikipedia

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    Clayton Homes sold its land-lease communities business to Denver-based Yes Companies LLC in 2008. The deal involved 65 properties in 11 states. [25] [26] The i-house brand was introduced in May 2008 as a green, energy efficient home. [1] [27] By 2009, Clayton Homes had sold over 1.5 million homes.

  7. Champion Homes - Wikipedia

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    Champion Homes was founded in 1953 as a single manufacturing facility in the small town of Dryden in rural Michigan by Walter W. Clark and Henry E. George. [4]In 2005, Champion was the first manufacturer to build privatized modular housing for the military.

  8. Passive solar building design - Wikipedia

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    Energy-efficient landscaping materials for careful passive solar choices include hardscape building material and "softscape" plants. The use of landscape design principles for selection of trees, hedges, and trellis-pergola features with vines; all can be used to create summer shading.

  9. American System-Built Homes - Wikipedia

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    Elements found in the Burnham block but not in commercial homes can be seen as experimental. Elements found only in commercial homes can be seen as refinements of the system. [2] 2714 W Burnham St Model B1 bungalow, taken August 2017. Three of the six American System-Built Homes in the Burnham Street Historic District, Milwaukee, Wisconsin