Can mobile homes be green?

This Mississippi State professor hopes to toss traditional thinking about the structures into the recycling bin, salvaging the traditional "mobile home" perception one national award at a time.

By Consulting Specifying Engineer Staff January 18, 2008

Mobile homes haven’t earned recognition for long-term quality, environmental friendliness or return on value.But “green” is exactly what Michael Berk, F.L. Crane Endowed Professor of Architecture at Mississippi State , wants mobile homes to be. He hopes to toss traditional thinking about the structures into the recycling bin, salvaging the traditional “mobile home” perception one national award at a time.