Green roofs can diffuse heat that would otherwise be absorbed through your roof in warmer months and act as an added layer of insulation when it’s chilly outside. Often considered to be one of the ...

In Ahmedabad, India, where the temperature soared to 108 degrees on Monday—and where high temperatures will stay well over 100 for at least the next 10 days—it’s even hotter inside small shacks in ...

Ribal Zebian, 18, said he built the modular home as a temporary solution to help London, Ontario's homeless residents.

Factory-built, modular homes seem assured to have a substantial presence in rebuilding efforts after January’s wildfires. Companies tout modular’s speed and simplicity. But skeptics worry about risk ...

The main material is EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Terpolymer), an extremely resistant, high-performance synthetic rubber membrane comprised of two primary ingredients: ethylene and propylene, ...

The cost to build a modular home is between $180,000 to $360,000, with a national average cost of $270,000. Factors that affect the total cost of a modular home include the home size, style, and brand ...

Construction on both home types begins in factories, but they’re built to different codes. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of NerdWallet, but this ...

Peter Dodge and Sally Stetson’s modular home in Morrsiville Credit: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur When Sally Stetson first saw mock-ups of the kind of modular home she now lives in, she thought, “Mm, no.” The ...

Harry Vine Homes, a modern modular home building company, prefabricates houses in a climate-controlled warehouse before transporting them to a specific address — a practice that can be a viable ...