Modern Connect:Homes are the Latest in Affordable, Green Prefab Design

<a href="http://www.connect-homes.com/" target="_blank">Connect:Homes</a> is one of the latest prefab home builders at work to design affordable, green, modern homes. The company was started by Jared Levy and Gordon Stott, who used to work for <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/marmol-radziner/">Marmol Radziner</a>. After working in the prefab industry the co-founders set out on their own to do it "right" and have come up with a line of energy efficient homes ranging from 1 to 4 bedrooms and starting at $175/sf delivered and installed.

Levy and Stott spent 6 years working in <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/prefab/">prefab</a>design and building with Marmol Radziner, and realized that there were a lot of problems in the industry.

So they set out to fix those problems by starting their own company with a strategy that more efficiently builds homes in the factory setting and bringing down the cost of shipping with smaller modules.

Connect:Homes 5.3 - 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1 story.

Connect:Homes 7.4, 4 bedrooms, 3 bath, 2 stories

Connect:Homes is an LA-based prefab company based on a patent pending modular system that cuts delivery costs by close to 90%.

The goal was to develop a home that could be shipped anywhere with normal truck transport without breaking the bank, and based on the renderings, we think they might be on to something.

<a href="http://www.connect-homes.com/" target="_blank">Connect:Homes</a> offers up a range of 1-4 bedroom homes with a decidedly modern style.

Customize the exterior and interior with a metal, steel, wood and different finishes.

Every home is designed to meet LEED Platinum status as well as CalGreen Tier 2 standards and owners can opt to make the home net zero as well.

Energy efficient appliances and systems, a tight high performing envelope, water efficient fixtures, recycled and renewable materials all round out the sustainability strategy.

Although the firm hasn't completed a house yet, you can see a prototype house this summer.

Connect:Homes will display a 640 sq ft, 1 bedroom Connect:2 pop-up house at <a href="http://www.connect-homes.com/news/events">Dwell on Design in Los Angeles from June 22-24, 2012</a>.

Customization can make the homes seem more traditional if desired.