Fire sprinklers added to Excel's options list in January continue to spur interest
Excel Homes joined forces with contractor F.E. Moran to provide builders with a turnkey installation program
Steve Saffell, Excel's director of architectural design and innovation, talks with Builder about the alliance formed with F.E. Moran, as well as the challenges and processes of installing sprinklers into their custom modular homes.
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Excel Homes and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition gave a new home to 7 deserving young women
The girls of Girls Hope Boys Hope Baltimore were surprised with their new home late Sunday evening
Excel Homes, along with the Maryland Community Builders' Foundation and builder partner, Artisan Fine Homes, played a huge part in building the 11,120 square foot home (largest to date on the show) and the team was there to welcome the girls.
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Excel Homes joins Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Baltimore
Excel Homes and Maryland Community Builders' Foundation are working together with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to provide one lucky recipient with a new home
It was announced today that Excel Homes and the Maryland Community Builders' Foundation are bringing Extreme Makeover: Home Edition back to Baltimore.
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H.I.G. Capital acquires Excel Homes
New owner plans aggressive growth for the modular home manufacturer
Steve Scheinkman has joined the Excel team as CEO and is looking to deepen the penetration in both the commercial and residential sectors of the industry.
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Excel Homes is ready for the future of home building
Modular Home Builder, a well-known blog, positions Excel as one of the best Green home options in the industry
After the launch of three new programs, Excel is continuing to move its company forward and will be a huge player in the modular industry in 2010.
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Excel's Green Building Scoring Tool helps builders and their buyers build green-rated homes
Excel's new tool featured on ecohomemagazine.com
Home buyers can work with Excel Homes' builders to develop a plan using the simplified, online Green Building Scoring Tool to reach the green rating that works best with their needs, green goals and budget.
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Excel is leading the charge on home sprinkler systems in PA
Excel Homes makes it easier and convenient for builders to adapt to the pending sprinkler system mandate
Effective immediately, Excel Homes will begin offering sprinkler systems as a service option in all new homes it builds and ships throughout the north east and mid-Atlantic United States.
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Excel's website wins NAHB award
Newly redesigned website has received an "Excellence in Marketing" award
The NAHB award underscores the importance of the Internet in the modular industry and shows how dedicated Excel Homes is to continuous improvement
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Business goes green with modular homes
Excel's builder partner sets the standard in building green
Heritage Modular is hoping its customers leave neighbors "green" with envy with more energy-efficient new homes.
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Excel Homes introduces interactive floor plan design site
HGTV provides a review of Excel's new blog
With Excel's architectural team creating so many designs, the company has introduced Excel Drawing Board, a new blog that will not only showcase these modular and prefab designs and renderings, but also ask builders and consumers to provide their feedback.
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Heritage Modular named green business of the year
Excel Homes' builder partner receives impressive award
Heritage Modular of Needham, Mass., has been awarded the Green Business of the Year Award from Newton Needham Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce for their outstanding efforts to incorporate environmentally sustainable business practices into their daily operations.
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The modular industry is stepping up
The market calls for bigger and greener
To survive the housing recession, the factory-built housing industry explores new business lines and expands energy-efficient offerings.
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Nantucket's first high-end pre-fab house goes up
Young Nantucket couple needed a practical, yet stylish alternative to stick-built
Excel along with design company RightFrame are hoping to demonstrate that modular built homes address the growing demand for environmentally responsible housing that is also stylish and affordable, not to mention 20 percent less than traditional stick-built.
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ENERGY STAR Certification Made Easy
Excel Homes offers a turnkey ENERGY STAR certification option
The Home Energy Rater package helps builder partners successfully complete projects that meet efficiency and design standards at a cost that supports their bottom line and competitive edge.
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Excel Homes Diverts Production Waste Away from Landfills
Finding recyclers is the modular builder's biggest challenge
Excel decreases the amount of waste materials produced at plants and funnels it through recyclers instead of disposing materials into landfills.
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Excel Homes Confirms Drywall Products are Made in the USA
Concerns are raised over the quality of Chinese-manufactured drywall materials used by other home builders
No Chinese-manufactured drywall materials are used in any of the Excel's manufacturing facilities
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Modular Excellence
Manufactured homes are the real deal
HGTVPro.com offers a true opinion of Excel Homes and the modular manufacturing process.
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Building For Boomers & Beyond
Tap Into The Growing 50+ Housing Market
Heritage Builders in Needham, MA constructed the $20 million Sherburne Commons on Nantucket Island featuring 20 cottages and a 50,000 sq. ft. facility with 22 assisted living apartments using Excel Homes.
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Three Modulars Homes Being Built In Town
Marion, MA
Following a trend seen more readily in the southern and mid-western parts of the country, homeowners in town seem to be buying into modular houseing as an option to traditional construction.
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Rebuilding A Reputation
Excel out to boost modular homes' image
In Liverpool, a sleepy town in Perry County, there is a place where houses are born.
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Building Blocks
A 2,240 square foot modular home, built on the premises of the Mohegan Sun resort and casino by East Coast Homes using Excel Homes modules, attracted 500 people per day for five weeks before it was given away in a sweepstakes to celebrate the Mohegan Sun's 10th Anniversary.
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Going Modular
Excel Homes helps Boston-area builders and buyers alike remain confident in the cost, schedules, and quality of all their modular homes.
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Creative Couple Brings Modularity to City of Somerville
Somerville Massachusetts couple saves an entire year and $100,000 from their construction time and budget by building a high-design modular home in one of America’s densest cities.
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Deedy & God & Second Chances
Learn how a Baltimore-area family built their modular dream home.
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Modular Mansions
Factories are now producing fully customized homes, many of them mansion-size, with sumptuous detailing, cabinets, trim and fixtures, all while coming in below the cost of site-built construction.
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New Senior Living Community Gives Island Dwellers a Choice
Nantucket senior living community features twenty modular-constructed cottages.
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ENERGY STAR® Label Awarded
The Hickory Consortium (www.hickoryconsortium.org) awards the Excel Homes model home with the ENERGY STAR® Label (www.energystar.gov). The model, located on the campus of it's Liverpool, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility, rated "excellent" in performance testing.
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Even Some Contractors Are Choosing Modular Homes
Learn why more and more contractors are choosing to build modular homes for their families in this New York Times Business article.
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Modular pads going upscale
From assembly line to dream home takes only days
Baltimore Sun article which describes the modular home building process and highlights current trends.
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