Greening Your Home and Community

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Modular Lifestyles – Helping The Community Get Fired Up!

In the last several years, the manufactured housing industry has taken big strides to copy traditional “stick built” homes. Today, a manufactured home is designed and constructed in such a way that one cannot tell the difference between it and stick built home, other than its location. Even then, someone would be hard pressed to identify a manufactured home if it suddenly appears in a tear down or remodel scenario on your neighbor’s lot.

Modular Lifestyles, Inc. is doing this kind of work.

When the City of Newport Beach Fire and Marine Department approached Modular Lifestyles for an EMT housing need for the their fire station in Corona De Mar, Ca., they jumped at the chance. The project, originally to be scheduled for review and bidding by stick built contractors, was a cost prohibitive challenge but one that was gladly undertaken on behalf of the brave men and women of the Firehouse. Modular saved the Department many thousands of dollars by utilizing a modern manufactured home product.

The results were terrific!

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Corona Del Mar EMT housing

Energy Efficient Title 24 “Backyard Homes” under 640 sq ft are now available

MODULAR LIFESTYLES
Is Leading The
Manufactured Home Industry
By Building An Environmentally “Green” and Affordable Home TODAY

This unique, environmentally friendly home – something brand new to the manufactured home industry – can be built on land or in a mobile home park. We have been working diligently to provide the factory with choice “Green” building materials to introduce into their home construction. Our mutual commitment to efficient and environmentally friendly electric and natural gas usage will produce a home that creates very little landfill waste, lower consumer utility bills, and will enable the homebuyer to produce their own electricity.

Some of the “Green” (G) Items being used:

  • Solar Thermal Water Heater (Electric)
  • No Furnace No A/C, High Seer Heat Pump
  • Radiant Barrier Roof Sheathing
  • Upgraded Formaldehyde free insulation
  • Dual Pane Thermo exterior windows
  • Tempered Exterior window glass (FC)
  • “Energy Star” Cool Roof Asphalt (FC)
  • Hardi Board exterior (FC)
  • Fire retardant exterior doors of minimum 25 minutes (FC)
  • “Energy Star” kitchen appliances
  • LOW (VOC) vinyl flooring
  • Low Energy Cooling “Ceiling Fans”
  • CFL Light bulb installation
  • LOW (VOC) Hardwood Cabinets
  • “Energy Star” Lighting system
  • Low Flow or HET Toilets”
  • LOW (VOC) Green Carpet
  • CEC Approved Solar Roof Panels for home’s electrical generation (G)”AARP”, ADA Inspired Master Bath
(FC) denotes New CA. HCD Fire Codes for CALIF. Wild Land Fire Zones if applicable.
Our Solar or Wind powered electrical system (2.5 kilowatts hours) can be designed to exceed 50%+ of the home’s electrical load calculations. This system is subject to the size of home, location and orientation of the Sun/Wind and obstructions within close proximity to the home. This array of solar panels and wind turbine (mounted on the house) will provide our home with constant source electricity most days. The utility will provide a net metering system for the homeowner to produce credits to the electric bill. The combination of installing “Energy Star” electrical appliances will lessen the entire electrical load of the home. Energy Star appliances include a Washer, Dryer, Dishwasher, Disposal, Microwave, Lighting fixtures and Refrigerator. The addition of a low SEER Air Conditioner or a Heat pump installation will further enhance the electrical load, and will be chosen based upon the home’s location, size, installation and power needs.

Please note: A home buyer usage is ever changing and is not a constant

AS SEEN AT THE SACRAMENTO GREEN EXPO!

Modular Lifestyles was the featured attraction!

With “Energy Star” Solar, Wind Power, Solar Thermal water heating and Grey Water Drain system, this exciting new Baby Boomer-ready Title 24-25 factory built home has the entire housing industry talking!

Let the sun and wind produce your electricity during the day, and reduce your monthly expenses! This home features AARP recommended features to universally allow easy movement throughout the home. This 2 bed 2 bath 960 sq ft affordable home has “Green” building materials to help reduce your utility bills and maintain a quiet, secure living experience while helping the environment. This home can be placed in a Mobile Home Park or on your own land. For unimproved land (without utilities), we offer a “No Sewer/No Septic” toilet and greywater drainage – leaving only drinking water as your only utility need for your land.

Click here to check out the floor plan.