William Atkins
Friday, 07 November 2008 22:48
Science -
Energy
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Today, these homes are not being built only by specialty "green" builders any more, but are in the mainstream of homebuilders as the cost benefits of such buildings are being realized.
DeMaria states,
"It's not just a bunch of mad scientists tinkering in a garage making these buildings. It's people who understand the economics and understand the environmental benefits." [ABC News: “
Home Sweet Shipping Container?”]
And, there are plenty of these empty containers lying around, just ready to be built into a home or office. According to the ABC News article, millions of these cargo containers reach the United States each year from all over the world.
However, it is now less expensive for these foreign countries to make new ones than to ship these used ones back to their home base.
Experts estimate that around 100,000 of these containers are available to be converted into homes at any given time.
And, they predict their numbers could go up to 700,000 in the near future.
Please read the ABC News article for additional information on various businesses now dealing with the construction of cargo container homes and offices in the United States.
Page three tells you a listing of worldwide container home builders and designers, plus other information.
