The San Francisco Chronicle features an article today about a tiny house with a big impact that is sitting in a professor’s backyard. Karen Chapple, an associate professor of city and regional planning at the University of California at Berkeley, worked with students in engineering and design to build a 450-square-foot house that is a “net-zero energy” structure — that is, through solar panels, it produces more energy than it uses. Ms. Chapple thought her two-bedroom Berkeley bungalow “was too small for her constant stream of guests, her daughter, and an aging relative,” according to the Tiny House Blog. (The home had its ribbon-cutting ceremony over the weekend.) To read the full, original article click on this link: A Professor's Tiny House Is a Model for Different Living - Buildings & Grounds - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Author: Scott Carlson
