<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Alternative Consumer &#187; Prefabs</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/category/prefabs/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com</link>
	<description>The Alternative Consumer provides product reviews, eco news and green info to the next wave of smart consumers.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:36:35 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>New World Homes + Country Living Magazine partner to create green modular homes</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/09/new-world-homes-country-living-magazine-partner-to-create-eco-modular-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/09/new-world-homes-country-living-magazine-partner-to-create-eco-modular-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eco News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prefabs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green prefab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hearst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New World Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=26144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever had a few too many and stumbled up the stairs of your home only to find yourself staring at your neighbor&#8217;s identical front door?  Could happen to anybody, right?  With identical, cookie-cutter McMansions proliferating like mosquitoes in a pup tent it&#8217;s no wonder America is becoming the land of conformity and home of the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/09/new-world-homes-country-living-magazine-partner-to-create-eco-modular-homes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ikea to sell energy efficient, prefab homes</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/04/ikea-to-sell-energy-efficient-prefab-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/04/ikea-to-sell-energy-efficient-prefab-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eco News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prefabs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=25981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
If you&#8217;re selling everything in the home &#8212; why not sell the home itself?  Swedish furniture giant Ikea will be introducing its “BoKlok” line of prefabricated houses in the German state of Hesse, with the promise that unlike most of its home furnishings, there will be no assembly required.

Ikea has partnered with building firm Skanska [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/04/ikea-to-sell-energy-efficient-prefab-homes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>pacific domes &#8211; portable prefab and well&#8230;round</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/04/pacific-domes-portable-prefab-and-well-round/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/04/pacific-domes-portable-prefab-and-well-round/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prefabs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=25955</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Tired of mundane rectangular living?  Think outside the box and live in the round via a portable, prefab shelter dome from Pacific Domes.  They&#8217;ve been making these designer geodesic domes for years; the sturdy structures have proven to be impervious to high winds, heavy snows and even the occasional earthquake. Offered in a variety of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/04/pacific-domes-portable-prefab-and-well-round/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>small prefab living &#8211; Modern Cabana</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/01/small-prefab-living-modern-cabana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/01/small-prefab-living-modern-cabana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prefabs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prefab]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=25700</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Want to expand your home, add an in-yard office or small cabin, but light on cash? Add usable, stylish space to your home with one of these small footprint sustainable structures from San Francisco&#8217;s Modern Cabana.  These tiny buildings feature:  optimized framing, FSC-certified lumber and siding, bamboo flooring, recycled denim insulation and a waste-reducing manufacturing [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/01/small-prefab-living-modern-cabana/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>CleverHomes Mini &#8211; small footprint prefab</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/02/25/clever-homes-mini-small-footprint-prefab/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/02/25/clever-homes-mini-small-footprint-prefab/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prefabs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prefab]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=25515</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
San Francisco&#8217;s CleverHomes has created this little one bedroom prefab for those in search of a low maintenance weekend cabin or a guest house for any estranged relatives who might drop in.  The 480 square foot interior design features one bedroom, one bath as well as living, dining and kitchen areas.


The flat roof is great [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/02/25/clever-homes-mini-small-footprint-prefab/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>e-BODE prefab eco vacation home</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/28/e-bode-prefab-eco-vacation-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/28/e-bode-prefab-eco-vacation-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prefabs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco prefab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prefab]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=24150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
This eco-friendly beach abode is marketed as a &#8216;gleaming piece&#8217; of affordable prefab modernism by Australia&#8217;s MODABODE.  The first version of the e-BODE was built in 2004 by U.K. architects, Sarah Bickford and Paul Lucas.  The single bedroom unit is priced at something around $115,000 US &#8211; for those Australian&#8217;s who want a small footprint [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/28/e-bode-prefab-eco-vacation-home/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Shipping Containers to Help Haiti?</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/19/shipping-containers-to-help-haiti/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/19/shipping-containers-to-help-haiti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Orgs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prefabs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shipping containers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=23665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Designers from Clemson University started the SEED project to reuse excess shipping containers found around the world.  They take these cargo containers, designed to withstand extreme weather at sea and made of steel, and rethink their purpose.  Why not use the 304 square feet of floor space in these things as housing?  What was once [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/19/shipping-containers-to-help-haiti/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rocio Romero&#8217;s LV2 takes prefab living to the next level</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/14/rocio-romeros-lv2-takes-prefab-living-to-the-next-level/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/14/rocio-romeros-lv2-takes-prefab-living-to-the-next-level/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prefabs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=23339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
We&#8217;ve already listed Rocio Romero&#8217;s LV prefab homes among our 5 favorite eco homes and now they&#8217;ve gone and created more options for designing your own cost effective green domicile with the introduction of their LV2 line.

The LV2 is a two story add-on that allows you to stack LV Series, (LVS single story) units.  You [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/14/rocio-romeros-lv2-takes-prefab-living-to-the-next-level/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>ModCell eco prefabs &#8211; green building with straw bale and hemp</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/06/modcell-eco-prefabs-green-building-with-straw-bale-and-hemp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/06/modcell-eco-prefabs-green-building-with-straw-bale-and-hemp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eco News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News/Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prefabs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco prefab]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=23026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Could this innovative material be a big player in the future of green building?  Though a house made of straw may initially sound sketchy, U.K. based ModCell is creating straw bale cladding panels designed to make large-scale, carbon-negative building a commercial reality.

The ModCell system incorporates the excellent thermal insulation qualities of straw bale and hemp [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/06/modcell-eco-prefabs-green-building-with-straw-bale-and-hemp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Blue Sky Homes high desert prefab</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/10/21/blue-sky-homes-high-desert-prefab/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/10/21/blue-sky-homes-high-desert-prefab/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prefabs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Sky Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green prefab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prefab homes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=19583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Location, location, location&#8230;pictured above is the first prototype house utilizing the Blue Sky Homes Building System.  The home sits on a site 4,000 feet above sea level in the rugged Southern California High Desert and was completed earlier this year in a pretty impressive eight weeks.

The structure is integrated into the landscape on a floating [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/10/21/blue-sky-homes-high-desert-prefab/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
