Sustainable Building Codes
Monday, October 6, 2014

Tiny Houses: 120 Square Foot Requirement Eliminated in the 2015 IRC

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New 2015 IRC WITHOUT the 120sf Minimum Area Requirement! It doesn’t look like much...but it is BIG news for the Tiny House movement. ...
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Friday, December 28, 2012

Land of Illusion

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Our "Historic" house on camp.  Circa 1950ish. I awoke the other day to the exotic call of a bird just outside our bedroom win...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Half a World Away

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Rainwater Harvesting Circa 1000ad - Uqair One of my readers sent me a note with a gentle reminder to get back to work on this blog.   ...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

120 Square Feet: Reconsidering the Minimum to Facilitate Tiny Houses.

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2011 Solar Decathlon - Team New Zealand's Bach House Small Enough to be Impacted by the 120sf Rule. In my quest to address buildi...
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Friday, July 8, 2011

Rural Sensibility

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During the past couple of months, I have been engaged in a program where I have to meet face to face with Colorado town and county governmen...
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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Tiny House Building Code Compliance Part 2

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This post is intended to explore the requirements for tiny houses that are placed on foundations on the ground (not placed on a trailer with...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Tiny House Code Compliance - 120 square feet exemption?

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Recently I have been researching some alternative temporary housing for our land in Hotchkiss . I have somewhat intrigued by the so-called T...
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Tom Meyers
Hotchkiss, Colorado, United States
I am a building code regulator, active in the revision of modern building codes (boring). I am concerned about the effect regulation has on the production of affordable and sustainable residential construction in the US (not quite so boring). I am the building official for the US Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon from 2005 to date. I recently served as the Chairman of the International Code Council's International Residential Code B/E Committee for the 2006-2012 editions. I temporarily reside in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where I assist in providing safety for buildings, as well as promote energy efficiency and use of sustainable materials. Upon completion of this assignment, I plan to return to Colorado and build a net zero home...allowing myself and my family freedom from a utility grid tie and the politics that come with it.
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