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

Steel is the homes of millions of choices these days, because they are loaded with benefits. Right lower costs for the quality of the material for technical development and much more is the people’s choice. This is confirmed by the many benefits listed below: Advantages of steel casing: Cost: The continuing increase in wood prices [...]

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- Just like we need to breathe in and out, so do our homes
- Many building materials emit toxic gasses that can affect the air we breathe.  Choose responsibly
- Good indoor air quality is achieved by both properly sealing and ventilating your home.
- Toxic offgassing can seep from the garage to the house.  Separate the [...]

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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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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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