It takes about 7 loggingtrucks to provide lumber for

an average house

In the US,buildings accountfor 72% of totalelectricity used

Buildings create38% of the

nation’s totalcarbon dioxide

The average homesize has increasedby 61% in the last

40 years

Laid end-to-end,lumber to build a

3k SF house wouldstretch 4 miles

WHY TINY HOUSES CAN SAVE THE

Or at least make it a little bit better!

Construction ofhouses accountsfor 3/4 of lumberused yearly in US

18% ofgreenhouse gases

come fromresidential houses

EARTH

Consumption of fossil fuels has contributed significantly to the degradation of ourenvironment. Global warming, climate change, extinction of wildlife species, depletionof the ozone layer, and increased levels of pollution are some of the problems we face.The release of CO2 into our atmosphere is the largest contributor to global warming.

Since the IndustrialRevolution, CO2 inthe atmosphere ishigher than at any

time in the past100 million years

More than 1Mspecies have

become extinctdue to the effectsof global warming

914 kWh/yr1,144 pounds CO2

12,773 kWh/yr16,000 pounds CO2

ELECTRICITY

HEATING

8,000 pounds CO2per year

558 pounds CO2per year

COOLING

286 pounds CO2per year

4,000 pounds CO2per year

TOTAL:28,000poundsCO2/yr

TOTAL:2,000 poundsCO2/yr

It takes about 1/2 of 1logging truck to providelumber for a tiny house

186 SF 2,598 SF

The average house has 45LIGHT BULBS generating

639kWh of electricity(assuming they are all CFCs)

The average tiny house has6 LIGHT BULBS generating

just 85.2 kWh per year(assuming they are all CFCs)

CO2 AND OUR ENVIRONMENT

Since1870, globalsea levels have

risen by roughly 8"

TINYHOUSENEEDS

AVERAGEHOUSE SIZE

AVERAGE TINYHOUSE SIZE

We are depletingour resources

faster than we canreplenish them

AVERAGEHOUSENEEDS

vs

18 https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-global-warminghttps://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-global-warminghttps://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-global-warming Extrapolated data

14 http://forces.si.edu/atmosphere/02_04_07.html 15 http://www.cartalk.com/content/global-warming-and-your-car-0 16 http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/various-global-warming-facts.php#sthash.rmeUpX5g.dpuf 17 http://www.epa.gov/greenhomes/WholeHouse.htm

1 http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-06-02/business/chi-average-home-size-sets-new-record-20140603_1_home-size-home-builders-new-record 2 http://thetinylife.com/tiny-house-infographic/ 3 http://www.idahoforests.org/woodhous.htm4 http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/world_footprint/ 5,6 http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/pubs/gbstats.pdf7 http://www.aei-ideas.org/2014/02/todays-new-homes-are-1000-square-feet-larger-than-in-1973-and-the-living-space-per-person-has-doubled-over-last-40-years/ 8 http://www.alternet.org/story/61523/big_houses_are_not_green%3A_america's_mcmansion_problem 9,10 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/green-light-bulb-buying-guide/ 11 http://www.livescience.com/4092-real-green-house-heating-bill-25-years. 12 http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/co2-101-why-is-carbon-dioxide-bad#ixzz3GbxlqZSt 13 http://www.energyville.com/sourcesanddemands/residentialhomes/

SOURCES:

Tiny houses cansave 26,000

pounds of CO2 peryear from going

into theatmosphere

By living in a tinyhouse, you can

significantlydecrease the

burden you placeon resources

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