Pre-fab green home in Switzerland
Photos © David Chernushenko
My friend Jules’ factory-built green home is bright, healthy and cheap to heat. All that remains to finish it is the landscaping.
No spartan living in this Swiss green home. Despite a price tag 30% lower than a typical house, this green home is as comfortable and practical as you could wish for.
Building the Swiss green home: Prefab green home building, day one: The crane, truck and crew arrive.
Everything but the foundations arrive on a truck, constructed in a factory to exacting standards.
The first walls go up, with windows and doors already in place. Triple-pane too!
It all just fits into place, with a small but highly trained crew.
Day Two and nearly up.
A “green roof” on the carport keeps things cooler, absorbs water, and changes colour in the autumn.
The Swiss take their recycling seriously. More than 20 categories of items to sort at this village recycling centre.
Recycling as a couple is way more fun!
April 19th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
What is the name of the company in Switzerland that manufactures these pre-fab houses. We build a house here about two years ago and if we ever do it again, would do it differently.