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A Vermont college student lives in this 96-square-foot solar-powered house
A Vermont college student lives in this 96-square-foot solar-powered house
Associated PressAug 19, 2015, 15:49 IST
In this Aug. 14, 2015 photo, Rob Dunn sits on on a couch in his two-story, 96-square-foot home in Poultney, Vt. Dunn, a Green Mountain College senior from Henniker, N.H., has lived off the grid for about a year in his tiny home powered by two 100-watt solar panels. He uses a rocket mass heater for cooking and heating. (Anthony Edwards/Rutland Herald via AP)http://eapcontent.ap.org/jpg/2015/20150817/18/a9bf3349de6562247f0f6a70670036dc.jpg?contentid=a9bf3349de6562247f0f6a70670036dc/fmt=jpg/role=Preview/reldt=2015-08-17T18:07:06/media=Photo/recordid=d2f205fd2f7949e3bf2ccf972f1ad7dd/itemid=d2f205fd2f7949e3bf2ccf972f1ad7dd/objfilename=preview.jpg/authToken=eNotx0sKwyAURuEVKb9evdaB0K0kPsBBY9BIM3DxbaGTc%2fhWvgOTdZY9GyIADw2sWMPm90JkvEiZrWCtjXAFRfDmwA4gTnHNEWI7rl73ebU%2bnvsc9cjjm1FT7jK21zrf4U9lseoZ2EgFlup3ZT%2fX1igh&token=1440099633_157AF56C842AD25285FF056CC34AF383
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Anthony Edwards/Rutland Herald via AP
POULTNEY, Vt. (AP) - A college student in Vermont is living in a 96-square-foot house he built to reduce his carbon footprint - and save money.
The Rutland Herald reports that Green Mountain College senior Rob Dunn has been living in the two-story Poultney home since August 2014.
The home is powered by two 100-watt solar panels. A rocket mass heater built from a cast-iron stove insulated with a mixture of clay, sand and straw allows for cooking and heating.
The home cost Dunn about $3,000 to build, and the landowner is letting him live rent-free. He says that will help with the high cost of college.
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The Henniker, New Hampshire, native says living in the home is the "most raw experience that I've ever had."
