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 ...

Modular homes are prefabricated housing units consisting of sections or modules built in a factory and then transported to the construction site for assembly. At the construction site, they are ...

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

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 ...