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Discover How to Cut Home Building Time by Up to 75%, Plus How Future Homes Will Increase Quality, Comfort, Simplicity, Energy Efficiency, and Safety

NEW YORK, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST HOME DESIGN SHOW -- What will the home of the future look like? Even more importantly, in this age of skyrocketing energy costs and dwindling resources: What will the home of the future be made of? How will it be made? And how can it save money, resources and energy?

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Just in time for the Architectural Digest Home and Design Show, which begins today at Pier 94 in New York City, Blu® Homes, Inc., ("Blu"), the leading builder of precision-engineered, green prefab homes, has released a helpful Homes of the Future infographic designed to provide potential homeowners and American families with an easy resource that addresses all of these questions and more. Easy to read and fun, this fact-packed graphical tool makes topics like energy efficiency, green building, programmable thermostats and climate change a little easier to digest. The infographic can be easily embedded into third-party websites and shared through social media by going to http://www.bluhomes.com/infographics/homesofthefuture/.

Information in the infographic includes:

Blu Homes' steel framing and its ability to withstand wind events, snow loads, and high seismic loads.
Specific incentives for building green, including at least a 50 percent reduction in heating, cooling, water heating, and other electricity use.
Sustainability of Blu Homes' materials, including windows, flooring, and finishes.
Step-by-step building processes for a custom home versus a Blu Home, with the Blu Home timeframe measuring in at up to 75 percent more efficient.

Attendees of the Architectural Digest Home and Design Show can learn more about Blu Homes' homes of the future, by visiting the company's booth:

Architectural Digest Home Design Show
Blu Homes Booth # 315
March 21-24, 2013
Thursday: Open to the trade and preview ticket holders
Friday-Sunday: Open to the public
Pier 94, 55^th Street at Twelfth Avenue, New York City, NY
Thursday-Saturday 11AM to 7PM
Sunday 10AM to 6PM

To see the complete infographic and sources click here: http://www.bluhomes.com/infographics/homesofthefuture/

For more information on Blu Homes email info@bluhomes.com. Or, visit www.bluhomes.com, follow Blu on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/bluhomes) and Twitter (@BluHomes).

About Blu Homes
Blu Homes, Inc. is the leading provider of beautiful and green precision-built prefab homes in North America. Built in its own 250,000-square-foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Vallejo, California, Blu's inspired and nationally recognized homes can be found from New York to the Colorado Mountains and the Pacific Coast. Blu's proprietary steel framing and building technology result in homes that are as strong as they are beautiful; ship efficiently; and are conveniently finished on site by our own teams. Blu homes are more economical, healthier to live in, require lower maintenance, and are much stronger than conventional construction. Visit www.bluhomes.com. Blu is also the proud builder of the Sunset magazine 2012 Idea House in Healdsburg, California. For more information on the Sunset Idea House, click here.

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