1. Kitchen Cost
Analysis
Prefab vs. Custom Built

2. Goals for the kitchen:
1. Sustainable structure
2. Provide an environment
that promotes learning and
discovery
3. Budget-friendly

3. Let’s explore our options…
1. Basic prefab structure
2. Sustainable prefab
structure
3. Out of the box sustainable
structure

4. VersaTube Garage Kit
Basic prefab structure
∙Size: 20 ft. x 20 ft.=
400 sq. ft.
∙Cost: approx. $5,275
including garage
and side doors

5. VersaTube Garage Kit Pros and Cons
Pros: Cons:
∙Simple to construct ∙Materials not
∙Low-cost sustainable
∙Predictable
design

6. Modern-Shed Studio
Sustainable prefab structure
∙Size: 18 ft. x 12 ft.=
216 sq. ft.
∙Cost: approx. $19,172
which includes a
$10,323 discount
(not including renewable or recycled material options)

7. Modern-Shed Pros and Cons
Pros: Cons:
∙Recycled and renewable ∙High base cost ($89/
material options (i.e. cork or sq. ft.)
biodegradable linoleum ∙Recycled and renewable
floor, recycled denim materials are an additional
insulation, wood certified by cost
the Forest Stewardship Council) ∙The largest studio available
∙Optional green roof is small compared to other
∙All parts come pre-painted options
and structure is pre-insulated

8. Where do shipping
containers go when
they die?

9. Recycled Shipping Container
Out of the box sustainable structure
∙Size: 40 ft. x 8 ft.=
320 sq. ft.
∙Cost: approx.
$6,726

10. Recycled Shipping
Container Continued…
Students participating Students learning
in a lesson in and outside alongside a chef
of the structure

11. Recycled Shipping
Container Cost Breakdown
Item Source Cost/Unit (Tax Not Included) Quantity Total (Tax Not Included)
Round Window #700 Direct e Purchase $240.08 5 $1,200.40
Shipping Container Hayes Trading Co. approximately $1,800 1 $1,800
Spray Insulation Foam it Green $1,369 1 $1,369
12'x5' Counter Shutters U.S. Door and Building Components $574.20 2 $1,148.40
Recycled Glass Tile Sheets (1'x1') Glass Tile Store $13 73.5 $956
8'x4' Bamboo Plywood Sheets for Counter Cali Bamboo $39 4 $156
Eco-Green Multi-purpose Cleaner (case) Daimer Industries $97 1 $97
TOTAL $6,726.30

12. Recycled Shipping Container Pros and Cons
Pros: Cons:
∙The shipping container is a ∙Unknowns: we don’t really
blank canvas- we have the know how much work is
ability to make the kitchen as required to make the
sustainable as possible container usable
∙The shipping container ∙Construction will take
embodies the spirit of the longer than prefab options
project because it is recycled
∙The base cost is low
∙Opportunities for individual
material donations

13. Recap
$25,000
$20,000
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000
$0
Basic Prefab Recycled Shipping Sustainable Prefab
Structure Container Structure

14. The recycled shipping
container meets
our goals the best:
1. Sustainable structure- we can make it as sustainable as
possible
2. Provides an environment that promotes learning and
discovery
3. Budget-friendly
Bottom Line: The recycled shipping
container best projects our message
of environmental awareness.