Modular home manufacturers are all getting into smaller and greener homes these days.  We've mentioned the i-House from Clayton Homes and the Osprey from Nationwide Homes, but another modular company, Excel Homes, also has a small green home called the The Prairie View.  The design is inspired by the Prairie House Style with its open interior plan and horizontal exterior lines.  Designed to be completed for under $100,000, this 945 square-foot home has one bedroom, one bathroom, and abundant open space for everything else. 

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Last year, we mentioned a community of 23 solar-powered homes, The Mews in Atwater Village, under construction in Los Angeles, California.  We now have some images of the model home and news that The Mews will have grand opening this weekend from 1-5 pm on Saturday and Sunday.  Each home comes standard with a grid-connected, 1 kW solar photovoltaic system, as well as three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. 

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By looking at it, you wouldn't know that this home was built in 1709.  Or that it was on the "most endangered" list of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.  But this newly restored home is a model and showcase of what can be done when sustainability intersects with preservation (or, to be more precise, restoration).  Located on nearly an acre lot in Connecticut, the Stone/Shelley House was completed recently by Gulick and Spradlin. 

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BRIO54, a design-driven development firm, recently began construction on a prototype of their H4 design in Milford, Connecticut.  The firm took the H4 through extensive planning and fine tuning in order to construct something with style and a light environmental footprint.  The 2,264 square-foot, three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom home should be quite energy efficient.

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Since we last mentioned his efficient home built for under $70,000, Caleb Schafer's been quite busy.  He has a new website for Simple Modern Homes with a number of new home designs.  He's also doing new work with new clients, and one home in particular looks interesting.  Referred to as CL24, the design is for a 2,000 square-foot green home in Canyon Lake, Texas. 

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