The pre-fabricated unit from Mesocore, a Florida-based manufactured home specialist, is an 18-foot by 24-foot one-bedroom home that the company says can operate completely off grid.
The home, which is delivered to the building site as a brand new 20-foot container, is powered by 14 rooftop-mounted Panasonic Evervolt 400 W solar modules with an inverter from MPP Solar. Energy is stored in two 10 kW lithium-ion batteries from Dawnice.
Built on eight concrete piers or on a slab, the one-bedroom tiny home uses LED lighting, has five insulated windows and a heat pump HVAC system.
Mesocore said it can be built in three weeks and that the home “meets and exceeds” Florida building and wind codes and is also International Business Code compliant. A Mesocore spokesperson told pv magazine USA that it also “looks like it meets California’s Title 24 codes”.
Mesocore calls this tiny home the “Advanced Dwelling Unit,” because it integrates solar-plus-storage, rainwater harvesting and offers optional smart home features. Price for the modular home starts at $120,000.
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Wonderful concept. We really need more options like this for people that want to downsize but still own their home.
One thing that I didn’t like in the concept was, the bathroom requires “visitors” to walk through the bedroom.
I consider my bedroom private and would not like visitors going through my bedroom to use that bathroom. Another access point perhaps?
I wasn’t real keen on wat appeared to be sliding glass doors separating the “living room” from the bedroom. Designers were likely going for the open space look which makes the living spaces larger. There are privacey boundaries not considered her. IMHO
I agree with David on the privacy issues. I would also like to see another way into the bathroom for guests besides going through the bedroom. I also didn’t care for the glass doors for the bedroom. However, if there were no other way around that, I think I could find some really nice adhesive wallpaper to attach to the plain glass or use curtains. I am really interested in the concept though. Fairly nice layout other than the issues that David mentioned above. If i had the money, I’d buy one right now!
Good idea, but in financial terms Africa will not benefit by it. As an example, we live in Namibia and the ROE is 1:20. only the top 5% of the people will be able to afford it. In our currency it is N$2 400 000.00.