Tiny Tack House - energy-efficient housing model

With a passion for creativity and support from friends, family members, couples Christopher and Malissa Tack recently designed and built the 'tiny nest' encapsulated in 13sqm but equipped. fully equipped with environmentally friendly and sustainable living support systems.

Mr. Christopher said the idea of ​​building an ecological home called Tiny Tack House came from the design of Malissa - a 3D painting artist, and after she expressed her intention to materialize her drawings. .

Tiny Tack House is a wooden house built on a floor area of ​​2.5m long and 6m long and arranged on wheels, allowing owners to freely move the house to a place they like. Inside the house is full of basic living spaces, including a multi-purpose living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom. For interior decoration, natural wool material is used to increase insulation.

To save lighting costs, the house is designed with 11 windows to take advantage of natural daylight. Meanwhile, the light-emitting diode (LED) system is used by Malissa to maximize the energy used at night. In addition, 4 solar panels on the outside also help the house store energy during hot summer days.

"On average, we spend about $ 1 in electricity every day from October to April. Last year, we paid only $ 35 in electricity during the summer," Tack said. Particularly in the winter, the house space can be warmed thanks to many convenient heating oil heaters. Not only that, the use of water-efficient showerheads also helps both significantly reduce water costs. "In four days, we used about 144 liters of water, which is quite small compared to the average daily usage of an American of about 300-380 liters of water ," Tack said.