Project Etopia displays E-home in Namibia

A Cheshire-based, environmentally-friendly, modular housing developer named Project Etopia has constructed a new high performance modular home in Windhoek, Namibia, to showcase how modular homes can be used to tackle the issue of shanty towns in Africa.

Project Etopia constructed the two-bedroom modular home, named the ‘E-home’, in less than three hours, with the exhibition quoting costs of these type of homes being in the region of just £25,000 whereas the average home in Windhoek costs a figure of £102,000.

Adding to this is the issue of energy costs, which are non-existed with the E-home as it utilises eco-friendly technology such as smart lighting, a solar thermal hot water system, and a Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) unit to produce 20kwh of its own energy per day while only using up 3kwh.

The British Housing Minister, Esther McVey, recent announced plans to make the North of England a world leader in Modern Methods of Construction, through a scheme named the Construction Corridor, and Project Etopia, which is based in Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, is now proving this to be the case.

The Chief Executive Officer of Project Etopia, Joseph Daniels stated: “Our mission to provide affordable, high-quality homes that are constructed in weeks, not months, will revolutionise housing around the world, and provide the highest standards of living to everyone, not just the relatively wealthy.

“Globally, millions of people live in makeshift homes without access to clean water and sanitation but modular housing has the ability to transform standards of living worldwide.

“Project Etopia will be at the forefront of this shift and these homes are also passive and sustainable, allowing people to save on their bills too.

“Our development model does not just provide the buildings. Our vision is to provide training and employment to locals, so that they can continue to build homes in their own communities and we began that important work with this pilot.”

If you would like to read more articles like this then please click here.