Are USModular Homes in Thousand Oaks LEED Certified, Environmentally Friendly, and Energy Star Certified?
Modular homes in Thousand Oaks are friendlier on the environment and greener than site built houses. Make your house as green as it can be with a prefabricated home!
Its not news that ‘going green’ is an important priority to the residents of Thousand Oaks. From green architecture, green hotels and green dining and activities, green shopping, and green cars, its obvious Thousand Oaks residents have the environment in the forefront in all phases of living.
USModular is dedicated to saving you as much money and time as possible. We also know that it is up to us to save the environment as much as we are able to.
Developing homes off-site and in a controlled factory allows us to take full advantage of reprocessing and recycling tactics, inventory and surplus control, and humidity control. Each of our customized modular houses comes equipped with many energy efficient features. USModular always uses energy efficient Low E windows, pex water piping, fiberglass batt insulation, low flow valves, and many more environmentally friendly options. Our specialized teams work personally with homeowners and home builders from throughout the country to make sure that their own modular projects is LEED Certified in one out of the four certification tiers.
4 Tiers of LEED Certification in Thousand Oaks
LEED certification in Thousand Oaks is a point based classification process in which building projects earn LEED points for accomplishing specific “green building’ benchmarks. Categories are based on indoor air quality, sustainability, water efficiency, energy efficiency, and materials used. The number of points earned governs which rank of LEED Certification the project receives. LEED certification is attainable in four increasing levels according to the following scale:
There are 100 base points, and certification levels are as follows:
- Certified 40-49 points
- Silver 50-59 points
- Gold 60-79 points
- Platinum 80 points and above
To learn more about the LEED certification and green initiatives for the Thousand Oaks area, visit http://www. envirotools. org/california/green-jobs-training-thousand-oaks.
The LEED Certification Track That’s Right For You
At USModular, we help you determine the right insurance certification path for your prefabricated house and give you the sources and tools you need to have an instantaneous and quantifiable impression on your home or building’s performance, both in your wallet and in the environment.
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