The charm of the instant house has mesmerized the people of America since the early 20 ^th century when they started purchasing farmhouses and kit bungalows from the Sears Roebuck catalog. However, in the recent times, prefab homes became infamous due to their cookie-cutter design, shoddy construction and use of synthetic and cheap environmentally questionable supplies.

Keeping this entire episode aside and letting bygones be bygones, get ready to embrace the quickly growing world of modular green and prefab homes. You get to choose from a zero-energy or LEED platinum from a website and have the house installed in a place of your choice within a few months’ time.

One can check out a list of some of the most popular prefabricated green modular houses, which are not only energy-efficient and environment-friendly but offer high-end interior and exterior designs as well.

Blu Homes

Blue Homes models range from 633 to 3600 feet. These net-zero energy-efficient prefab homes are built with mostly toxin-free materials. They also have electric car chargers, motion-sensing faucets and state-of-the-art air-filtration system to eradicate allergens. The recycled steel frames are designing to withstand any disastrous weather condition that climate change could bring.

To watch a Blue Home being set up is a treat to the eyes.

IdeaBox

IdeaBox is one of the best brands for prefab homes. It says that designing your dream home is as fun and easy as playing with LEGO. IdeaBox has completed a glorious 20 years which makes it older than any prefab house building company. Started as a tiny-house designing company in Salem, Oregon, its customizable full-size Confluence line has three models to offer, which includes the latest c.3. It has three bedrooms and up to three baths. The IdeaBox homes offer an extensive range of design options but the VOC-free paint, sustainable bamboo flooring, and energy-efficient construction are common to everything that this company offers.

Method Homes

Method Homes announced its Paradigm prefab home in Palm Springs, California during the Modernism week. The new home promises net-zero energy and water use through an array of extensive strategies which range from high-efficiency cooling and heating and airtight construction to passive solar. Paradigm has three models to boast of. The studio range offers a 656 square feet area where the three-bedroom roomy home is spread across 1868 square feet. There is a lot of design option available due to its flexibility of the customizable modular structure. This Seattle based company has an office in New York and a manufacturing unit in Pennsylvania as well. Method Homes provides net-zero sustainability in a lot of its other designs as well. Since its establishment in the year 2012; it won various green building accolades that include a Green Washington award in 2013.

Hive Modular

The three lines of prefab homes available from Hive Modular are more modernly designed than Method’s Paradigm. This Minneapolis based company has to offer a grid of sleek rectangles which can be arranged to spread across an expansive suburban plot or neatly sit on a tiny urban spot. Hive homes are made uber-efficient with its radiant heat flooring, spray-in foam insulation, on-demand water heaters and many other energy-saving methods. The plumbing has corrosion-resistant PEX tubing instead of copper pipes. The same can be fixed without a lead solder. Moreover, it does not lose heat as quickly as copper. Hives let buyers choose any level of sustainability they want, which includes obtaining LEED certification. The company installs geothermal, rainwater collection and solar energy systems as well as and when required.

Living Homes

LivingHomes has its own six-point sustainable standard home, known as Z6. The same is based on the six “Zs”: zero emissions, zero energy, zero water, zero carbon, zero ignorance and zero waste. The nicely packaged designation characterizes the C6 line of the company which meets the standard for LEED platinum certification and the Energy Star standard of the EPA. This is just a start since Living Homes has more to offer. There are more than a dozen options to choose from starting from 1,000 to 3,000 square feet. Two of these models are named after the noted architects and founding designer of the company namely Kieran Timberlake and Eay Kappe. If you think that the C6 cannot be your choice, the company has a detailed sustainability scoreboard in terms of the LEED system. Thus, you can design your house to meet the requirements of the LEED platinum, gold or silver standard.

These prefab homes emerge out of the box armed with environmentally friendly features that help you to live and enjoy life in a light and eco-friendly way.