US Lighting Group, whose Cortes Camper division just shipped its first Cortes travel trailer to a dealership, announced it has created Futuro Houses – a wholly owned subsidiary to meet the fast-growing demands for affordable housing.
According to US Lighting, Futuro Houses offer a self-sufficient, cost-effective, energy-efficient housing solution for an off-grid lifestyle. The houses are designed and built wood-free, with fiberglass and carbon fiber composite construction. Their unique design is meant to fit into a smaller footprint that a traditional house but still with the amenities of a traditional home.
“US Lighting Group’s management team is driving its 2022 strategic plan through market diversification,” said Anthony Corpora, CEO and president of the US Lighting Group. “Extending our business into new markets with new products is key to our growth and expansion. We are continually looking for ways to improve our bottom line and market diversification is helping to make this happen.
“Also, engineering a futuristic house with our core competencies in molded fiberglass and marine products shows how diverse we are in the use of fiberglass composites. We designed the first Futuro house to be extremely environmentally friendly, comfortable with a spacious living space and highly energy efficient.”
Futuro Houses employ the same lightweight fiberglass composite materials, marine gelcoats, windows and Furrion appliances currently used in the manufacture of 100 percent molded fiberglass RV travel trailers by its sister company, Cortes Campers. Utilizing the same materials with which Cortes Campers is already manufacturing, gives the company multiple advantages in volume purchasing power, production efficiencies, and gains in economies of scale with more cost-effective production.
Futuro Houses first design is reminiscent of the UFO house designed by Finnish architect, Matti Suuronen, and installed in the mountains outside Denver in the 1960s. Unfortunately, the original company went out of business due to multiple factors including windows that did not open, plus the original design was too cumbersome to ship cost effectively. Futuro Houses incorporate Cortes Campers RV double-pane acrylic windows that open, the company said.
