Are USModular Homes in Ontario Energy Star Certified, LEED Certified, and Environmentally Friendly?

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Modular homes in Ontario are more energy efficient and friendlier on the environment than site built residential buildings. Make your customized home as green as it can be with a new prefab home!

Its clear that ‘going green’ is an important priority to the residents of Ontario. From green architecture, green hotels and green dining and activities, green shopping, and green cars, its evident Ontario residents have the environment on the brain in all parts of life.

USModular is compelled to saving you as much money, both now and in the short term, as possible. We also know that its our responsibility as home builders to preserve the environment as much as possible.

Assembling homes off-site and in a controlled factory allows us to take full advantage of reutilizing and recycling approaches, inventory and garbage control, and humidity control. Each of our customized modular residential buildings comes standard with many environmentally friendly aspects. USModular uses green Low E windows, low flow valves, pex water piping, fiberglass batt insulation, and many more environmentally friendly options. Our design teams and architects work closely with homeowners and home builders from throughout the country to make sure that their own modular projects is LEED Certified in at least one of the four certification levels.

 

Four Tiers of LEED Certification in Ontario

LEED certification in Ontario is a point based approach with which building projects earn LEED points for accomplishing specific “green building’ standards. Categories are based on indoor air quality, sustainability, water efficiency, energy efficiency, and materials used. The number of points earned establishes which level of LEED Certification the project receives. LEED certification is attainable in four gradual tiers according to the following scale:

There are 100 base points, and certification tiers 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 Ontario area, visit http://www. gbig. org/places/1558.

The LEED Certification Level That’s Right For You

At USModular, we help you determine the right insurance certification path for your new prefab customized home and give you the sources and tools you need to have a direct and discernible effect on your home or building’s performance, both in your wallet and in your carbon foot print.

For more info on LEED Efficiency, visit our website!

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