Are USModular Homes in Santa Barbara Environmentally Friendly, Energy Star Certified, and LEED Certified?
Modular homes in Santa Barbara are greener and more energy efficient than site built properties. Make your new home as green as it can be with a new prefab home!
Its obvious that ‘going green’ is an important priority to the dwellers of Santa Barbara. From green architecture, green hotels and green dining and activities, green shopping, and green cars, its apparent Santa Barbara dwellers have the environment on their minds in all outlooks of their lives.
USModular is obligated to saving you as much money, both now and in the future, as possible. We also know that we play a role in doing our part to protect the environment as much as we can.
Constructing homes off-site and in a controlled factory allows us to take full advantage of reusing and recycling approaches, inventory and excess control, and humidity control. Each of our customized modular properties is equipped with many energy efficient elements. We use energy efficient Low E windows, fiberglass batt insulation, low flow valves, pex water piping, and many more environmentally friendly options. Our engineers and drafting teams work directly with homeowners and home builders nationwide to make sure that their own modular projects is LEED Certified at one of the 4 levels of certification.
Four Levels of LEED Certification in Santa Barbara
LEED certification in Santa Barbara is a point based organization pattern where building projects earn LEED points for accomplishing specific “green building’ criteria. Categories are based on indoor air quality, sustainability, water efficiency, energy efficiency, and materials used. The number of points earned decides which tier of LEED Certification the project receives. LEED certification is available in four advancing rankings according to the following scale:
There are 100 base points, and certification rankings 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 Santa Barbara area, visit http://extension. ucsb. edu/public/category/courseCategoryCertificateProfile. do
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The LEED Certification Path That’s Right For You
At USModular, we help you determine the right insurance certification path for your new prefab new home and give you the sources and tools you need to have an immediate and discernible impact on your home or building’s performance, in the environment and your wallet.
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