Shipped and Delivered.
February 3, 2010 2:31 AM
Ever consider buying a "Shipping Container Home?"
Well, they do exist! Check this out:
Shipping container homes have been constructed in London, Scotland, Amsterdam (home to the largest container city in the world) Canada and New Zealand, and the eco-friendly trend has recently caught on in the U.S. The steel cargo containers are nearly indestructible, and provide a frame that is mold, fire, and termite-proof and structurally superior to wood framing.How cool is that?
What's more, the containers can be found in every port in the world. Eighteen million ISO containers -- named such because they are manufactured to specifications from the International Organization for Standardization -- are used worldwide to transport products on ships. Once the containers are unloaded at docks they are typically left there, since it's prohibitively expensive to ship them back to their point of launch. In 2006 alone, the U.S. acquired 7.5 million shipping containers from China and returned just 3.5 million. The leftover 9,000-ton steel containers typically get melted down, which takes 1,000 kilowatt hours of energy per pound.
Read on for an interview with Peter DeMaria of Logical Homes LLC, an architectural design company in California.
And purchase your next home at the commercial shipping port nearest you!
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