During its corporate social responsibility seminar in June 2025, French company Finadorm Groupe revealed its first-ever eco-designed mobile home, the Happy.
Conceived by Sunshine Habitat and designed by its Louisiane brand, the Happy mobile home is the product of more than three years of research and development, which involved consultations with campsite managers, roundtables with holidaymakers, and two years of real-world testing at Maeva campsites.
Finadorm says that the Happy has a clear objective: to combine holidays with environmental awareness and sustainable tourism, offering a more responsible way to enjoy open-air vacations.
One of the key sustainability attributes of the Happy is that it provides a significant reduction in water and energy consumption compared to the norm. It achieves this thanks to a combination of smart features such as white window frames and roof, low-emissivity double glazing, a floor insulated with repurposed mattresses, a C3 mixer tap to reduce water consumption by up to 40 per cent, a mini dishwasher that uses up to five times less water than a standard one, and an instant electric water heater that reduces cold water waste.
The mobile home is made from Scots pine cladding and features partitions and furniture made from materials with low volatile organic compounds. It also boasts self-regulating CMV for optimal thermal comfort, fans in each room for maximum air circulation, thermal blackout curtains to prevent heat loss, a tri-bin to divide recyclable waste, and even a shower head that changes colour depending on water consumption.
While the Happy costs around 15 per cent more than a standard model, Finadorm highlights that this additional cost is quickly recouped thanks to the energy savings achieved over an average period of seven years of operation.
The Happy is a key part of Finadorm’s corporate social responsibility strategy, for which it has seven key commitments:
- 1. Moderation at all sites, including reducing CO2 emissions in production and offices.
- 2. Moderation in all flows (mobility and logistics).
- 3. The development of eco-design in all manufacturing processes (life cycle analysis, circularity, waste management).
- 4. The search for committed suppliers (with the development of a green materials library).
- 5. Knowledge sharing with the creation of the internal ‘Fin’académie’.
- 6. Well-being at work and the development of an employer brand in line with the group’s values of hard work, boldness and responsibility.
- 7. Developing a culture of health and safety among Finadorm’s 1,000 employees.
