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Second Hand Shipping Containers for Sale – 4 Amazing Homes Utilising Them

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With an even greater global focus falling on the need to reduce our carbon footprint, architects and builders have begun to use second hand shipping containers in their designs. These incredible home designs are reducing the environmental impact of building new houses by reusing shipping containers.

Buying second hand shipping containers for sale is environmentally friendly because it reuses the containers preventing metal going to waste and reduces the need for raw materials such as timber. Reusing the second hand shipping containers for sale is a great step forward as shipping is responsible for around 4 per cent of total global carbon emissions. Finding a new use for the containers goes some way towards reducing the environmental impact that shipping has on the ozone layer and our oceans.

Reuse of Second Hand Shipping Containers for Sale

Second Hand Shipping Containers For Sale

Here are eight inspiring ways that shipping containers for sale have been reused and converted into housing or offices:

  • The Travelodge, Uxbridge: This is the world’s first hotel constructed almost entirely of shipping containers.
  • This is the first two storey home constructed from shipping containers in the US in 2006. It was designed by Southern California architect, Peter DeMaria.
  •  The following home was designed by a Belgian architectural firm. It took four second hand shipping containers for sale and stacked them on top of each other. They are connected by spiral staircases.
  • The following image is of a portable retreat that has been made from second hand shipping containers for sale. It can be delivered by truck or more dramatically delivered by helicopter.

 

There are many exciting ways that you can convert second hand shipping containers for sale into something useful, creative and functional. Use of shipping containers in architecture is one of the most exciting evolutions to occur in recent decades in home and office construction.

Whether your home design visions are humble or grandiose, there is an interesting way in which shipping containers could be incorporated. Second hand shipping containers for sale are very affordable and can reduce the total cost of building your home in a significant way. When you build with shipping containers you have the satisfaction of knowing that you are reducing your carbon footprint as well as saving your pennies.

Contact us now to discuss how we can help you incorporate shipping containers into your next building project.

Posted on November 2, 2011
By Mark FinneganContainer SalesLeave a comment
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