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Rise's Tiny Home Design Challenge - Winner Announced!
The results are in! Jamie Mastro, of Oakland, California, is the winner of the 2017 Rise Tiny Home Design Challenge, with the entry called “Stouthouse”. Let’s take a look at the features of this winning design.
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Details:
- Footprint: 400 square feet
- Upper loft: 180 square feet
- Sleeps 4 people
- Open area for kitchen and living room
- Insulated to Canadian Energy Code levels
- Solar electricity production – estimated 5,331 kWh / year
- Total energy consumption – estimated 5,324 kWh / year
- Estimated construction cost: $43,000 CAD
The Stouthouse stood out in the competition because of its integrated approach to sustainability, practicality, function, and beauty.
“This is a great tiny house design. It’s practical, it will be beautiful to live in, it suits the location, and it will have really tiny energy and water bills.” from a Rise Tiny House Design Competition Judge
Wayne Groszko
Wayne Groszko is a consultant, researcher, and teacher in Energy Sustainability with 13 years of experience. He has taught at Dalhousie University and the Nova Scotia Community College, in the Faculties of Engineering, Environmental Science, and Energy Sustainability Engineering Technology. Wayne is also President of the Community Energy Cooperative of New Brunswick, and has worked as Renewable Energy Coordinator with the Ecology Action Centre in Nova Scotia. He holds a B.Sc. (Hon.) from the University of Calgary, and a Ph.D. from Dalhousie University.
