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“Just by virtue of its size, a PowerPod is
green,” Rossi says. “It requires fewer materials
to build and less energy to maintain.” And because it’s constructed at a factory, there’s much
less disturbance to the land, less waste, and less
gas used to fuel big trucks driving to and from
a home site with materials and contractors.
Team PowerHouse could have stopped there
and still marketed the pods as sustainable design, but it did much more.
“Some of the most important green elements are the materials used,” Rossi says. To
wit, Forest Stewardship Council-certified
wood framing, low-VOC paints and finishes,
and a host of recycled and locally sourced materials.
The pods also feature triple-paned, su-perinsulating windows, low-flow showerheads
and water-saving toilets, energy-saving lighting, efficient radiant floor heating, and solar
roofs. PowerHouse’s signature solar butterfly
roof design — an option for all pods — combines active and passive solar design. “It offers
a solution to the problem of bringing together
good solar access for daylight and also space
for solar equipment that can heat water and
make electricity,” Vale explains, adding that
the PowerPod exceeds the criteria for Energy
Star certification. All told, he says, living in a
