Tiny Houses, Big HVAC?

Through TV s hows, websites, and other popular media, a relatively new class of affordable residences, “tiny houses,” is attracting home buyers’ interest but so far has not undergone much scrutiny from the engineering community. The author became interested in this topic because when he was young his family “summered” in very small cabins and sometimes vacationed in towed-campers—both share similarities with modern tiny houses that are generally defi ned as being 400 ft2 (37.2 m2) in fl oor area or smaller