The reason for this is that the embodied energy needed to manufacture a modular building is transportable as the embodied energy is locked within the fabric of the building. Hence the energy contained within pre-owned modular buildings can be transported and relocated to another site. In traditional buildings this is mostly lost when they’re no more needed and demolished, even when the materials are re-cycled. However, with modular and portable buildings the embodied energy can be relocated along with the modules to another site.
Where a modular or portable building is relocated, with minimal alteration, the amount of energy utilised is less than three percent of the energy that would be needed to manufacture an equivalent new building. Even when the modular building is renovated and reconfigured internally, the energy used is no longer than ten percent of the energy that would be needed to create a new modular building.
The Moduar and Portable Buildings Association has produced an energy performance standards document (ADL-2A) which gives supporting information and guidelines for compliance with the Government’s special considerations relating to the design and construction of modular and portable buildings.
So buying a quality pre-owned modular building not only saves you money and is an immediate solution to your accommodation requirements, but it also makes a difference to the environment by recycling the embodied energy contained within the building.
Modular and portable buildings come in all different sizes including multi-story they can be utilised for such a wide variety of functions including mobile classrooms, temporary offices, construction site accommodation and portable storage buildings.