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Embodied Carbon and the Manufactured Home’s End of Life Usage

Manufactured housing can be a surprisingly complicated issue, starting with the terms ‘manufactured’ versus ‘mobile’ homes. Legally, all factory-built homes before June 15, 1976, are mobile homes. After that, ‘manufactured home’ is the correct term. Yet people continue to use them interchangeably. Buying land with a manufactured home sitting on it? The home is considered real estate

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How to Convert Unused Rooms in Your House Into Something Useful

Despite vaccines being distributed all over the world, the pandemic is still with us this year. Quarantine protocols are still being implemented in various states in the US, albeit less strict than before. During this time, we might as well get the best out of the time we spend inside our homes. One way many Americans are

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Office of the Future: Cool Features in the Biggest Tech Companies in the World

This year, Amazon revealed the design they have chosen for their planned corporate headquarters to be erected in Virginia. Dubbed “PenPlace,” the site will be 2.8 million square feet of office space, with 22 stories across three buildings. But, the biggest and most amazing draw of the site will be The Helix. It is a

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Err on the Side of Safety: Electrical Safety Tips to Weather a Storm

Don’t be fooled by your home; it may look comfortable but if you’re not careful, it can turn ugly pretty fast. And this is nowhere as damaging as in the case of electrical accidents. Electrical fires are responsible for about 51,000 fires on average every year. It may seem like bad luck but there’s more. Every

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