What is a Green Home?

When we built a prototype of a Unity home in North Gulfport, Mississippi, the homeowner decided to paint it a light shade of green. While that is one way of greening a house, a “green” home implies an even deeper shade that reaches far into the home’s interior, back to the factory floor and beyond.

"Green" building involves the use of building practices and materials that use resources efficiently, while constructing healthier, more energy-efficient, and environmentally-friendly buildings.

Unity Homes Sample Floor PlanUnity Homes, Inc. takes particular pride in a comprehensive approach that extends from home and local community to the global environment. For example, Unity Homes’ specifications and design take into account, to the greatest extent feasible, the impacts of extracting, producing, using and disposing each component.

Our company recognizes that the building industry and its products have a great impact on the natural environment, human health, and the economy. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), buildings in the United States account for:

• 39% of the nation's total energy use;
• 12% of its total water consumption;
• 68% of total electricity consumption; and,
• 38% of the carbon dioxide emissions.

In addition, research has established the connection between poor indoor air quality caused by airborne contaminants and the health of building occupants. As residents of FEMA trailers know far too well, air pollutants like formaldehyde come from the materials of the building in which they live.