Building fast is a huge benefit in today’s housing environment. All builders are looking for that competitive edge; and this builder is not only building fast, but also is delivering net positive homes.

After more than thirty years as a general contractor in the construction industry, John Rowland decided it was time for positive change. He became president and co-founder of S2A Modular, a California-based modular building company, with the goal of making a big impact on the archaic world of construction by making it faster, less expensive and more environmentally friendly.

In 2015 and 2016, he built two prototype homes, which was exactly what he needed to understand he wasn’t going to accomplish what he needed to without doing it in a factory.

After committing to factory construction, Rowland has spent just three years creating very ambitious expansion plans.

Rowland is building 35 net positive, green, carbon neutral manufacturing facilities across the country, including facilities in Wisconsin, Texas, California and Florida, and stretching outside the US into Canada, Haiti and Puerto Rico, with the first factory going live outside San Jose, CA, late this summer. He isn’t just building any manufacturing facilities either, the plants are net zero energy, just like the homes that will come out of them. Every factory will have the same footprint and sustainability goals. 

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