Name: This home was built in a factory and runs on its own energy
Uploaded: 2025-06-17T12:54:34.638Z
Duration: 3 min 24 s
Description: In the face of a housing and construction labor crisis, some people are choosing to build energy efficient homes that are prefabricated in a factory. CNN's Bill Weir speaks to Colin Goodson, who lives in one of these homes completely off the grid in Maine.

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This home was built in a factory and runs on its own energy

In the face of a housing and construction labor crisis, some people are choosing to build energy efficient homes that are prefabricated in a factory. CNN's Bill Weir speaks to Colin Goodson, who lives in one of these homes completely off the grid in Maine.

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