This story, all names, characters, and incidents described are fictitious.
No identification with actual persons, companies, places, or products is
intended or should be inferred.
Evolve is a pilot project in Denmark using shipping containers as sus–
tainable homes. And, after it’s start in 2014, the project has become
a rousing success with over 200 homes in use and many more on
order across multiple European countries. Sal Hatgan, director of
Sustainable Solutions Company (SSCo), notes that thousands of
shipping containers are left dormant annually because countries
like the United States import more than they export. It’s simply too
expensive to ship empty containers back to their country of origin.
So, companies such as SSCo have focused on finding a use for
these products. SSCo is poised to show leadership in the home sec-
tor and global sustainable home development movement by quanti-
fying the environmental and social values created by these homes.
Evolve has been a cooperative venture between Sustainable
Solutions Company, several engineering and research firms, and
the Danish government to develop and test a sustainable housing
complex. Consumers in Denmark have been particularly receptive
to new and creative forms of housing, given the high cost of homes
and limited amount of available property.
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS COMPANY
Sustainable Solutions Company, based in Oregon, was originally
created in 2010 as a home improvement company. It moved into
energy-efficient home products, such as solar panels, and sustain-
able home improvement solutions, such as eco-friendly decking and
reclaimed wood products.
With headquarters in eco-friendly Portland, Oregon, today
SSCo is an international company, providing a range of sustain-
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