This 300 square foot zero waste tiny house was custom-built for a newly retired couple. It has a massive rooftop deck to create some extra outdoor living space, and it has a unique floor plan that includes a raised living room with a view, and two reverse lofts that eliminate the need for ladders.
Buddy and Barb are an inspiring waste-conscious couple with some impressive accomplishments. For nearly 20 years they ran the award-winning Gibson's Recycling Depot where they worked to recycle and divert waste from the landfill, and in 2017 they also did the Bolt Across Canada road trip where they drove across the country in an electric vehicle while creating zero waste on the road. So it's no surprise that their tiny house project incorporates zero waste principles like conserving resources and reducing waste.
The home is well insulated and it has triple glazed windows so it requires less energy to heat and cool, it has fixtures like a waterless urinal and a sink toilet combo to reduce water use, it has a built-in charging station for an electric car, and it has an indoor composting set up to reduce the amount of household waste they send to the landfill. They also used reclaimed materials throughout the house when they could.
The tiny house was built by Hummingbird Micro Homes
https://hummingbirdmicrohomes.com/
The pull-out sofa in their living room is from Expand Furniture:
https://expandfurniture.com/
The indoor composter is from Food Cycler:
https://www.foodcycler.com/
The charging stations they used across Canada are from Sun Country Highway:
https://suncountryhighway.ca/
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CREDITS
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Editing Credits:
Mat and Danielle of Exploring Alternatives
Filming Credits:
Mat and Danielle of Exploring Alternatives
Photo Credits:
Additional photos provided by Buddy and Barb from Zero Waste Tiny Home
https://www.zerowastetinyhome.com/
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Yes, who would not love to have such a beautiful home with a breathtaking view. Would we not want everybody have opportunities and the means to live in such an environment? But imaging if all those who live in cramped apartments even doubling up, were able to get themselves this luxury! So much beautiful countryside would be destroyed, so many resources depleted. People who live in apartment buildings may consume less energy, less space, fewer environmental resources. As a comparison, if everybody on the earth could afford the luxuries of the developed countries, our small planet would be in much, much more distress than it already is.
The stove bar is fantastic, and the roof is just right.
Beautiful home!
I don’t like codes
Un couple super inspirant!
Decent
Glad to hear Kent Rathman of Sun Country Highway getting a plug here. His tireless work to install electric car charging stations across North America deserves massive credit!
what was the cost all in?
Retirement……no steps…..plan ahead….
9:10 – Legendary.
Love your tiny house
wow very nice home
Nice! This house is so cool! Is the Commodore still up and running..? Where can I park a tiny home in BC?
Do you know how much it takes make a battery car, it takes 1000s ton of ground to get one 1000 pound battery, these town that do it will become ghost towns because it will destroy the ground water!!!! Elites They are lying about everything!!! It’s a money racking. It’s not sustainably.
the bathroom gadgets were interesting!
It is not Maaan-traaa. It is man-trh.
Cute but no way would most places approve that reverse loft. You’re not getting out in the middle of the night,half awake if theres a serious fire.