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Luxurious net-zero Stanford home features an earthquake-resistant steel frame

July 21, 2016, Inhabitat

When Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson wanted an energy-efficient home that he could customize to his liking, he set his sights on the Quebec-based company BONE Structure.

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How fab can prefab be?

June 24, 2016, Palo Alto Online

Weekend tours to expose bare-bones construction of net-zero home

Most house tours offer an opportunity to check out picture-perfect interior designs and architecture.

At this weekend’s tours of California’s first BONE Structure prefab home on the Stanford University campus, visitors will be exposed to anything but the latest interior finishes and are advised to wear closed shoes: They will be touring the construction zone of a steel-beamed prefab house shipped down from Canada — its bones still exposed as design company BONE Structure finishes its assembly.

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Stanford Professor’s Unusual Prefab Home Is Made of Steel

June 17, 2016, Curbed San Francisco

This green prefab abode, which took only weeks to build, is make of steel and uses soy-based foam for insulation.

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