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BeachHaus I is a sustainable prefab house, a project  by InHaus Development. It is located in the White Rock area of British Columbia. It features a modern and lux design completed with sustainable design. It is now in a process of achieving LEED certification from the CAGBC.

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Paar Residence is a sustainable project created by Chandler Design-Build, an architecture firm in North Carolina. It was named  as Project of the Year in the Small Volume Single Family category of the 2012 National Green Building Awards. It has high sustainability both in energy and design.

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The Magnolia is one of the Mandala Homes‘ sustainable prefab house products.  It was claimed as the first Energy Star qualified home in British Columbia. It has several sustainable features and was built with some green architecture concepts applied.

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This sustainable House of Maple was designed by Edward Suzuki Architecture, built in a mountain resort of Karuizawa, Japan, about an hour of rapid train from Tokyo. A lot of sustainable features and green architecture ideas were applied in this house.

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A sustainable prefab house was designed by Studio H:T. It was completely built in 2010, in Nederland, Colorado. It was designed to be supported by several sustainable features to achieve high sustainability and high energy efficiency.

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Rainbow Duplex is a sustainable home built by Durfeld Constructors in collaboration with BC Passive House (BCPH). It was designed by Marken Projects Inc. This eco construction actually adopts passive design and prefab prefabricated panelized system.

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HGTV Green Home is a sustainable home  located in Serenbe, Georgia, designed by  Kemp Hall Studio and built by FrontPorch Builders. It is projected to achieve EarthCraft and LEED Certifications. The home takes place in the same area of 1,000-acre sustainable development near Atlanta with green homes, shops, and restaurants.

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This is REOSE SunShower SSIP House, a sustainable prefab house designed by Judith Kinnard and Tiffany Lin, from Tulane University.  This home won a a competition involving steel SIPs from OceanSafe.  This home was designed to deal with extreme weather conditions and good energy efficiency.

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This is a showhouse built by Effect Home Builders, located in Belgravia neighborhood of Edmonton.  This house actually is a sustainable house, with net-zero energy. With its sustainable features, this house may provide high energy efficiency, and reducing the need of fossil fuel.

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This green architecture design of Kiwi House was made by Comma-Q. This 823 sq ft house, a tiny house, is located in Bozeman, Montana, owned by Stephen and Julie Shea. It was constructed on an infill lot, with several materials taken from local area, completed with some sustainable features.

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