Midwest Eco-Design - Your home for eco-friendly construction, remodeling & housing choices including prefrabricated homes, cabins and other sustainable material choices.

Insulation is one of the most important aspects of energy-efficiency in a home.  There are many types of insulation , the majority used for thermal purposes.  Insulation reduces unwanted heat loss or gain and can decrease the energy demands of heating and cooling systems.
Over the past years we’ve seen leaps and bounds towards creating cheaper, [...]

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Chuck Leavell, a musician (keyboardist) for such legendary acts as The Rolling Stones, Gov’t Mule, Eric Clapton, and George Harrison, is also a conservationist and tree farmer.  He and his wife own the Charlane Plantation in Dry Branch, Georgia, and have been recognized by several conservation organizations.  Leavell is also the only two-time recipient of [...]

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While a traditional home is built by workmen on a site, a prefabricated house is built in a factory. In other words, sections of a prefab home are built in large pieces in a factory, transported to the owner’s land and then simply assembled and placed onto a pre-existing foundation.
Modern prefab homes are also popularly [...]

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Architect Andres Duany, best known for work designing New Urbanist communities (walkable, small-scaled, mixed-use) has shifted gears a bit to create a light, expandable shelter known as the “core house” for Haiti’s homeless. The house, designed to stand up to earthquakes and hurricanes isn’t Duany’s first foray into disaster relief housing: several years ago he [...]

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