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Prefab Green

In Prefab Green, architect Michelle Kaufmann shares her vision of creating thoughtful, sustainable design for everyone. Her work blends sustainable home layouts, eco-friendly materials, and low-energy options to create a “prepackaged” green solution to home design. Kaufmann tells about five eco-principles that are present in every design her firm creates-smart design, eco-materials, energy efficiency, water conservation, and healthy environment-and how each work together to create homes that make a difference.

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8 Responses to “Prefab Green”

  1. mary says:
    September 12, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    Hi Michelle-
    I’m looking to add a 3 season room to my home and wanted to make it as green as possible. Hoping that it could even be heated separately from the main house with water or solar panels. I live in Wisconsin and was wondering if you yourself can help or know of an architect locally that I could consult?
    Thank you.
    Mary

  2. MK says:
    September 13, 2010 at 1:44 am

    Checking with your local USGBC office and asking them for a green architect can be a good first step. Best wishes on your project.

  3. Eric says:
    October 22, 2010 at 1:02 pm

    Hi Michelle,

    Long time no speak. Got a hit on yahoo that led me to your book. Will be reading it – need to know what great things you are up to in nor-cal.

    PS: Sorry for using this blog to drop you a line.

  4. MK says:
    October 23, 2010 at 10:52 am

    Eric,
    Great to hear from you! How are you? Are you still engineering prefabricated structures?
    best, Michelle

  5. Anne says:
    March 19, 2011 at 8:50 pm

    Hi Michelle,

    I drop into your website on occasion to see what you are up to – as an admirer of your pre-fab structures.
    I come from the ‘land downunder’ where our slow-to-take-up-change culture could so well do with adopting this type of construction.
    Our own home grown architect Glen Murcutt so beautifully put it – to ‘touch this Earth gently’and still we mow along putting down slabs first. Oh, yes, make the land flat with Earthmoving equipment, put in massive drainage and retainer walls, so you can get your slab in, is SO smart hey??? NOT.
    We have so many remote communities, where pre-fabs are the best solution.

    Love your work…

    Cheers, Anne

  6. Carol says:
    June 13, 2011 at 2:40 pm

    We are interested in building a prefab home in San Jose and looking for ideas.

  7. Michelle says:
    June 28, 2011 at 7:57 pm

    Hello, we are looking to purchase property in Malibu Ca and are looking to put a prefab green home on it. We are trying to figure out where to start and any ideas would be greatly helpful. Thanks so much!

  8. Denise Martin says:
    March 16, 2012 at 11:51 pm

    Hi Michelle, just dropped in to see how fabulous your work is- just love the idea of a pre-fab sustainable world, after all, that’s what it is.

    By the way, is that full glass on all three walls there double or triple glazed?

    Oh, I also ‘come from the ‘land downunder’ where our slow-to-take-up-change culture’…, although I’m confused by that because we are after all, leaders in sustainability, but with an overwhelming lack of self belief and self confidence!

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