When a Box

Becomes a Home

Huff & Puff, You Can't Blow This House Down

By: Francie Finn

Imagine this, Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans and FEMA is ready and forward thinking, having housing available, ready to construct and move-in immediately. Pipe dream? No. Reality? Yes!

LEEP Inc. holds the domestic and international patents to this home in a box technology that utilizes LeepCore^TM Steel SIP technology which is a steel skin, polyurethane foam core, load-bearing structured insulated panel used to construct walls, roofs and floors for an Integrated Building System which is virtually indestructible.

Currently LEEP holds a contract with the State Department and has constructed 71 mail screening facilities installed and U.S. Embassies and Consulates across the world. The implications for this type of building are immense.

This 480 square foot building (pictured above) gets shipped in a box actually made with the LeepCore panel and contains additional panels, walls, roof, lighting, kitchen and bathroom appliances to construct a complete building in less than a day on any reasonably flat terrain, anywhere in the world. Price tag? Under $50,000!

And it's scalable. Like any great Lego project, you can build up or build sideways to create any size building from office building, to schools, to military facilities. An insurance agent's dream as the building is water/rot/mold, termite, wind, fire and seismic force resistant. In addition the building is safe, affordable and energy efficient.

This building in Houston Texas was built 10 years ago and has survived 5 hurricanes including Ike which flew right over the building and there was zero damage. Not even a broken window.

“Insurance claims revolve around natural causes of damage and destruction...this technology is virtually impervious to damage. Most buildings suffer catastrophic failure under extreme conditions. Our buildings are portable or permanent and perfect for the military, disaster relief, or on-site workers housing for construction and mining” says John Nordstrom, CEO of the company.

As we begin to confront the dramatic challenges of global warming, Green Building has become a necessity, not a luxury. No other construction material provides a combination of energy conservation, environmental preservation, enhanced protection from unpredictable and worsening weather, and cost effectiveness.

LEEP, Inc. has established new standards of efficiency, effectiveness and value within the construction industry with its patented LeepCore™ structural building material. LeepCore™ constructed buildings are stronger, lighter, faster to erect, environmentally clean and more cost effective than building structures built with traditional wood, concrete and steel building materials. The Company operates a 40,000 square foot fabrication, and assembly facility in Somerset, KY.

The "LEEP" name and logo, LeepCore™ trademark, and other trademarks, and service marks are the property of LEEP, Inc.

For more information, contact Francie Finn, Business Development for Leep, Inc. at franciefinn1@gmail.com or 415-516-6278