The Dvele Blog

What is a “smart” home, is its voice control with Alexa or Google Assistant, is it fully integrated audiovisual systems with a $20k Control4 implementation, is it a ring doorbell and some hue lights integrated to turn on when people enter the home?

Solar power has yet to reach its full potential. The highest efficiency panels only convert about 23 percent of the sun's energy into electricity, and the more common ones average 15 to 18 percent.

Dvele efficiently produces safe, healthy-promoting, high-end modular homes right here in California. Produced on location in our quality controlled environement, every prefab home from Dvele is designed and built with our California clients' values—and the earth's well-being—in mind.

Last week we announced some exciting news, Dvele and Blu are joining forces, two of the most impactful companies in next-generation housing are teaming up to deliver healthy, efficient beautiful homes.

We know all too well how sunlight—or the lack of it—affects our mood. While we may not fully understand why, but as long as we spend some time outdoors each day, whether it’s a walk in the morning or lunch in the courtyard, we just feel better.

In recent years, more people have been recognizing the benefits of fresh air ventilation systems in modern homes. You or a family member may suffer from allergies or live in or near a particularly congested city, so you’ve probably suspected a system like this could benefit the health of your family.

When it comes to building your next home, you’ve decided that achieving optimal energy-efficiency is a priority. You want a home that reflects all of your desires: energy-efficient, budget-friendly, stunningly designed.

No matter why you're in the market to design a new home, Dvele, America's premier high design modular home company, will exceed your expectations.

Building a home is a big expenditure, so it’s natural to wonder if a modular home represents a good investment. In terms of a home's market value, there's nothing inherently different about a modular home that would cause it to appreciate or depreciate differently than a traditionally built home.

Often, homes are advertised as disaster-resistant, but whether or not a structure can be lived in afterward is debatable. However, there are prefab home builders who design their homes to do more than just survive natural disasters.

Since our inception, Dvele had the goal of providing a living experience for people that was modern, visually pleasing, and physiologically beneficial. Human health and wellness has always been one of the foundational cornerstones of Dvele.

Since human beings spend most of their time indoors—and because many traditional stick-built houses can be toxic due to cheap and aging materials—understanding how our prefab homes are safe and why they can make a healthier option to live in is important, especially if you're thinking about building a new home.

Whether you're building your first home, or the house you hope to retire in, the way a home is built and what it’s built from can make all the difference in the world—to your health and that of our planet's.

If you have been considering the benefits of an energy efficient home, whether it’s to reduce (or eliminate) your utility costs or to have a positive impact on the environment, there are many reasons to make the switch. Yes, summers do seem to be getting hotter and lasting longer.

Traditionally, the definition of “modern” when applied to architectural design centers on the concept that form follows function. Excessive ornamentation gives way to a minimalist approach, resulting in straight, clean lines inside and out.

If you’re like most people who are planning to build their own home, your head is probably swimming with terms that you’ve never heard before.

Building a new private home can be a complicated process before construction even begins. Property has to be purchased, the site surveyed, the designs drawn, and the plans given an engineer’s stamp of approval.

With any purchase, it's important to consider both the advantages and disadvantages before handing over your hard-earned cash.

For Jay Burgess and family, Tabernash, Colorado was the obvious choice. This Boulder-based family loves taking off to the mountains to cross country ski in the winter and to run, bike, and hike together in the warmer seasons.

We’ve all had the experience of walking into a dated home to see a circa 1970’s avocado green refrigerator and have had horrific experience of being overpowered by busy wallpaper which may have made sense in another era, another time.

Dvele is excited to announce that Brandon Weiss is our new Chief Innovation Officer!

This California factory is backed by over 40 years of success in building over 11,000 energy-efficient, sustainable homes and will serve as our west coast building facility.

The 2017 California wildfire season was the worst in history, as over 9,000 fires burned 1.2 million acres of land and destroyed over 10,800 structures, including thousands of homes.

For us, driving global social and environmental change is not just an empty phrase. It’s woven into the fabric of what we do and right into the homes we build.

All of our Liten models are under 500 square feet, but with careful planning and efficient use of space and light, they feel more than double their size.

When your parents bought their first home, it was not with the swipe of a credit card or in some sleek storefront, leaning over a catalog where they could make the decision over a cup of coffee.

Passive house, or PassivHaus, stands for efficiency, comfort, resiliency, quality, and affordability, regardless of the regional climate. Essentially, it is a rigorous, voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building, reducing its ecological footprint.