Taking Modular Homes to a Higher Level

One Home’s Story
In the summer of 2008, Penn Lyon Homes of Selingsgrove, PA, Murus, an SIP maker in Mansville, PA, and local contractors constructed a SIP modular home on a rural lot in Massachusetts. This Colonial style home was over 3,700 square feet with SIP exterior walls with an R-40 insulation rating. According to Steven Winters Associates the company that was hired to commission this LEED-certified home, this home will use 62 percent less energy than a code-built house, which is built to the minimum standards of construction, alteration, or demolition. 

Modular homes are built fast, but design and planning require a significant amount of time, with even more required when SIPs are used. With that understanding, the possibility of purchasing a modular home constructed with SIPs has many benefits. It is more affordable to own in the long-term, is more efficient, costs less to heat and cool, and requires less ongoing maintenance.