As you drive around doing your shopping or going on vacation, I’m sure you’ve seen a Clayton Homes sign along the way. Here is the ultimate Street Dealer trying to put a Green face on their homes!
They have introduced the "I-Home, green from the inside out". Included in this home is a solar panel array on the roof providing low energy costs. Company officials say they are powered by the sun! Go figure…I always thought they were moon powered myself!
According to Kevin Clayton, CEO of Clayton Homes, a Warren Buffet company, the I-Home was 9 months from concept to creation. "Wheter it is the metal or the concrete, everything in this is practically recyclable."
Mariotti Building Products
Viking Carrier
PFS CorporationBringing in Architects and designing this house from bottom up gave Clayton Homes a very unique product. This home is not your grandma’s double wide.
The I-House is built with an exterior of cement board and metal siding and has a roof over the main living area that’s shaped like a flattened V. That rectangular living space has a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, and a deck connects it to a separate square-shaped living area that has a roof-top patio. Inside, the prototype is stocked with Ikea furniture, dual-flush toilets and bamboo flooring and the decking is made of recycled materials.
The company is targeting the 25 – 40 year old market for sales of this home. Well guess what, I’d give it a look!
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Above is my new blog devoted to the Clayton i-house. Your view seems right on the mark.
I don’t know about modular, but as far as manufactured homes go, I think they will have to do something special to recapture their declining market. Green could be it. One reason, the i-house isn’t your grandma’s doublewide is that the main structure appears to be single-wide. Max 16 ft. wide?
One difference from the average single-wide though, is it appears (haven’t seen specs) that the walls are at 2 x 6, (hurray!) instead of the usual 2 x 4s in single-wide. Between that and Andersen windows, just looking at the dimensions of the window surround, it looks much more substantial. I’m looking forward to seeing more photos of it, like more of the detached bedroom/bath.
A few years ago, hardly anyone was talking about green. Now all builders — conventional too — are scrambling to incorporate at least something green in their homes. I’ve read articles locally (Santa Fe) about builders considering going better than the standard R-19 in stick construction, which requires altering their plans for thicker walls, if they want to stuff something like R-30 in there.