Prefab Homes Nova Scotia

Written By Ibiene Ibiama

Nova Scotia faces growing demand for housing that is both affordable and low carbon. JD Composites is advancing Prefab Homes Nova Scotia to support the scale-up of modular housing built with structural panels made from recycled PET plastic bottles.

Grant Award: $50,000

The project will complete the technical and financial planning needed to move from prototype development to mass-production readiness. Working with The Shaw Group and HCi3, JD Composites will refine manufacturing processes, tooling, and cost models to enable integration into existing modular production lines. Each home is estimated to cut embodied emissions by 37 t CO2e over standard modular construction and diverts approximately 450,000 PET bottles from landfill. The work will establish a replicable approach for delivering low-carbon, affordable housing at scale while supporting circular economy and local economic development.

Ibiene Ibiama
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