Container Laboratory: Germfree
admin on January 30th, 2012
Germfree Laboratories Manufacture International Container Labs

Mobile medical laboratories from shipping containers

                                                                                            High tech medical and biological facilities

Germfree Labs have been famous internationally for their medical and biological equipment, but many don’t realize they also manufacture and sell complete Mobile Laboratories.

Germfree has been a Corporate Member of the ISBU Association since 2011 and they design and manufacture one of the most high tech medical and biological mobile laboratory units globally.

One of the fastest growing uses of ISBU (recycled shipping containers) is for use as Technology Shells. Meaning, the recycled ISBU module is a “housing” for technology equipment.

This fast growing concept is a popular trend due to the high strength of an ISO shipping container as well as their ability to be shipped by air, ship, rail, and most importantly by truck.

Based in Florida, Germfree ships their mobile medical and biological labs globally and are commonly included at Olympic events and G-8 international meetings. These are equiped with state-of-the-art medical and biological equipment including digital surveillance cameras and communication.

Germfree Laboratories has a 50 year history in medical lab equipment and remains innovative and inspiring in their concepts, and we thank them for their technology and support.

12Shipping Container Homes – New York Cities First?


We all know that living in New York City can be a very expensive and fast paced environment. It seems as if only the wealthy can afford even a small fraction of a spot in Manhattan.

The rent now-days is in the thousands per month and that is just to Rent! Imagine actually buying some property in NYC? The taxes, the property tax, the monthly “everything” you will probably have to pay. It is almost scary to think how crazy that would be to be involved in such a transaction. I bet the real estate agents have a permanent smile when you sign your “Johnny Hancock” on that paper for both rent or purchase.Lets talk about shipping container homes in New York City.

Yes, it is possible and yes, it is happening now!



New York City is in all likelihood the last place on earth that anybody would anticipate to bump into a one-story, prefab, shipping container home, but , non-the-less, one of these little Cargo Container Homes presently sits at the corner of Charles and Washington Street in the West Village.
Designed by architects Jason Halter and Christos Marcopoulous, the 320 sq ft MEKA Home (pronounced ‘make-ah’) is an unbelievable architectural motion capable of capturing the voluptuous, modernistic experience within an undemanding and unforeseen building method. Sure enough magnetic, indestructible and sustainably constructed – with more than seventy% of its materials recycled – among the most striking characteristics is that one of these modules runs at just a bare $hundred per sq ft!

This is unheard of in New York City!

Shipping Containers are of course a popular constructing material now days, where people are more on the “Greener” side of life and are projecting themselves on being more sustainable for earth’s concern. Although a bulk of what we see as far as houses are concerned are all over the world– New York City is a comparatively surprising placement for such a shipping container home structure.

The 1st shipping container home in New York City is now inhabited by its proprietors after a numberless amounts of events and building limitations– five years after buying the plot of ground. The container home is furnished with radiant heated flooring, and Super Thermal insulation for the more frigid winter weather months.

Although there has been much unfavorable judgment to the overall architecture, interior decoration and elemental consequence of the space, the owners have overpowered a eminent effort in coping with their construction limitations and other issuing’s along the way. There is always room for improvement, and this shipping container home will surely pave the way for other New York City based shipping container homes.