U-M designed solar home might become commercially available

A University of Michigan collaboration that has designed and built a solar home has it on display at the Matthei Botanical Gardens. The hope is to refine the modular home and eventually see it manufactured commercially.

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Ultimately, it's important to create a flexible system that gives consumers choices so it will appeal to a variety of sectors, Giles said, similar to how automobiles are marketed.
Modules could even be bought and sold on E-Bay, he said.

Added [professor Harry] Giles: "Our concept is set to revolutionize the housing industry in a financially positive and environmentally sustainable way."

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