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Speak­ing about Eco Build­ings and Green Homes

 

 

 

“These homes are bril­liant!” (Con­fer­ence attendee)

Man­dala Homes had the honor of being present at the Global Buy­ers Mis­sion in Whistler, B.C. Sept 8–10, 2011.

The room buzzed with hun­dreds of peo­ple from all parts of the world; China, Japan Korea, India, Tai­wan, Viet­nam, USA and Canada. The words from many lan­guages drifted in the air and the col­ors green and  brown were dom­i­nant in the room. BC wood prod­ucts were dis­played in every con­ceiv­able form.

Man­dala Homes received a great deal of atten­tion due to our unique strength as an expe­ri­enced pre­fab­ri­ca­tion builder spe­cial­iz­ing in homes that are:

  • Hur­ri­cane Resistant
  • Wind Resis­tant
  • Earth­quake Resistant
  • Energy Effi­cient
  • Pre­fab­ri­cated Round Home Kits

Lars Chose, Pres­i­dent, had the priv­i­lege to present a les­son to groups of archi­tects dur­ing the con­fer­ence. The pre­sen­ta­tion had two parts:

  1. The Intel­li­gence of Round
  2. Energy Effi­cient Wall Systems

The con­fer­ence was a delight­ful oppor­tu­nity to con­nect with a global com­mu­nity of entre­pre­neurs, col­leagues and peo­ple inter­ested in safe , sus­tain­able and beau­ti­ful buildings.

 

 

Why Build a Round Home?

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The beauty of the round design runs deep. Trust­ing in the wis­dom of the nat­ural world and ancient and abo­rig­i­nal cul­tures, we have cho­sen to build round for its many ben­e­fits includ­ing energy and resource effi­ciency, struc­tural strength and its dis­tinc­tive aes­thetic and acoustic qualities.

The round shape is a nat­u­rally green design. Round homes use less wall, floor and roof mate­ri­als to enclose the same square footage as a rec­tan­gu­lar struc­ture. In fact 15 to 20% less mate­r­ial is used to cre­ate the same square foot build­ing com­pared to a rec­tan­gu­lar design! That means less sur­face area in con­tact with adverse weather con­di­tions such as high heat, extreme cold, wind and dri­ving rains improv­ing the over­all dura­bil­ity and energy effi­ciency of the home. Com­par­ing the energy effi­ciency of a rec­tan­gu­lar build­ing to a round build­ing of the same size is also reveal­ing. Heat cir­cu­lates bet­ter in a round space and there is less exte­rior sur­face area for heat to escape from. To max­i­mize energy effi­ciency, we always encour­age the use of high R-value insu­la­tion.

Another ben­e­fit of the round design is its supe­rior struc­tural strength. A tes­ta­ment to round build­ings around the globe, they are extremely good at with­stand­ing severe weather includ­ing earth quakes, extreme winds and heavy snow­fall. All our homes are engi­neered spe­cially to with­stand the seis­mic, wind and snow loads of your area.

The acoustics in a Man­dala are excep­tional. The round shape soft­ens the sounds inside the build­ing mak­ing it the per­fect place for rest and reflec­tion or for social­iz­ing and lis­ten­ing to and play­ing music. The shape also pre­vents noise from pen­e­trat­ing in from the out­side. Sound waves dis­si­pate as they wrap around the build­ing, shield­ing you from out­side noise.

 

If the round design doesn’t meet your needs Man­dala Homes has a new line of Tra­di­tional pre­fab homes. Our new Pre­fab Coach and Laneway Homes are designed for urban laneways using the Van­cou­ver Eco Den­sity guide­lines. The Cop­per Moun­tain Homes are designed and built to suit the needs of peo­ple in urban or rural prop­er­ties who appre­ci­ate the archi­tec­tural details of a crafts­man or moun­tain style home. Our iNDwell Homes are our pre­fab­ri­cated mod­ern houses for those who appre­ci­ate the sim­plic­ity of the mod­ern design. Con­tact us (info@mandalahomes.com or 866–352-5503) for more infor­ma­tion.