All these elements combine to make
Mi-pad 360® the eco-home of the future
mi-pad is:
- The World’s first factory-built sustainable house
- Made from recyclable materials
- Cheaper to buy, lower deposits, lower mortgage repayments
- Customisable – you can design your own mi-pad
- Available in 30,000 different colours
- Built for any location, and both hot and cold climates
- Constructed to the highest thermo-efficiency standards
- Produced using a Computer Numerical Control system
mi-pad has:
- Higher standards than those set by national building regulations
- A very low carbon footprint
- No bricks and mortar
- No concrete footings or foundation
- Structurally stronger and retains more heat
- It has a unique steel core
- Uses 20% less materials than a traditional bricks-and-mortar build
- Used 35,000 litres less water in its construction
- Extremely good insulation, exceeding regular house standards
- Infra-red heating
- Energy-efficient LED lighting
- Under-floor cooling
- A charging point for electric car or bike
- Battery storage that stores the energy your home has generated
- 20% less external surfaces than a traditional house for the same square footage
- Fully tested, plug-in-and-play electrics
- Access for services are designed to be in one location for easy installation
mi-pad can:
- Be delivered on just four lorries
- Be assembled in a day
- Be assembled using semi-skilled labour
- Be ordered online, even fully furnished – coming soon
- Be optimised as a house, shop, office, hotel, ski chalet and much more
- Be used as a permanent or temporary building
- Be exchanged and upgraded
- Float – so it’s ideal for flood prone areas
- Withstand an earthquake
- Be assembled safely on contaminated land
- Last for more than 100 years
- Produce significantly more solar energy
- Generate its own electricity
- Store electricity and redistribute on demand in 12, 48 or 240 volts
- Collect, store and filters its own water
- Insulate itself better than a traditional house, retaining 20% more heat (needing 10 times less heating)
- Consume 50% less mains water, as it uses its collected rainwater
- Control humidity levels
- Control its temperature
- Sense carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and smoke
- Be round, square or rectangle