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As Amazon announced their investment in a prefabricated housing start-up, factory-built homes may just become the next voice-controlled, super-efficient must-have in the future<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Cheaper and quicker to build than traditional housing, modular homes are viewed as a solution to housing shortage.<\/p>\n

To top it off, Amazon seems keen to ensure the homes of the future are fully-compatible with the latest Alexa capabilities, allowing it to launch more than a dozen new smart devices powered by Alexa.<\/p>\n

Plant Prefab, a prefabricated housing start-up, has captured \u00a35.14million in its first-round funding from investors including Obvious Ventures and the Amazon Alexa Fund \u2014 a venture capital fund which supports companies using voice technology in their products.<\/p>\n

\u201cVoice has emerged as a delightful technology in the home, and there are now more than 20,000 Alexa-compatible smart home devices from 3,500 different brands,\u201d said Alexa Fund director Paul Bernard.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to support [Plant Prefab] as they make sustainable, connected homes more accessible to customers and developers,\u201d said Bernard.<\/p>\n

Based in California, and just two years old, Plant Prefab introduced itself as a \"home factory\" using a secret building system which \"reduces construction time by 50 per cent and cost by 10-25 per cent in major cities.\"<\/p>\n

Built off-site and assembled in pieces with the support of a full-time workforce, Plant Prefab said their projects tend to be completed faster and at a lower cost than site-based projects which can be impacted by variables such as local labour shortages or sub-contractor premiums.<\/p>\n

The company estimated factory costs to be around \u00a3100 (US$130) per square foot for a larger multi-home project from \u00a3153 (US$200) per square foot for their higher-end, steel-framed homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the housing-crunched major cities [...] it takes too much time to build a home from groundbreaking to occupancy, and labour shortages, construction delays and increased construction costs are exacerbating this trend even further - and making homes increasingly less affordable,\" said Plant Prefab Founder and CEO Steve Glenn.<\/p>\n

More consumers are demanding homes that use less energy, water, and resources \u2014 and that minimise indoor air pollution, says Plant Prefab, while demand for building quickly, cost and time efficiently, and sustainably is growing.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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