Supporters Help Fund Alabama’s Greenest Tiny Home

(Reposted from AL.com website, image from AL.com, written by Lucy Berry)

Nexus Energy Center’s online crowdfunding effort to raise $5,000 to build Alabama’s greenest “tiny” home was successful this month with the help of Huntsville-based ProjectXYZ.

ProjectXYZ, named one of Inc.’s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies of 2014 this week, donated $3,710 toward Nexus’ 45-day “TRES (Tiny, Renewable and Environmentally Sustainable) Project: The Greenest Tiny Home in Alabama” campaign.

With support from ProjectXYZ, volunteers and other contributors, Nexus plans to start construction soon on a 250-square-foot living space furnished with everything you would expect in a traditional home. For ProjectXYZ President Larry Lewis, the idea to build a tiny home with little carbon footprint was a no-brainer.

“We have a focus on energy from a business standpoint,” Lewis said. “We have a 30-kilowatt solar farm down in the town of Triana, so when we saw Nexus Energy doing this project, we thought it would be a perfect way to promote ourselves and promote clean energy for the city itself.”

ProjectXYZ is assisting Nexus with finding a location to build the tiny home and with labor and design work. Nexus is also working with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) of Alabama, Calhoun Community College, Huntsville Open Tech Coffee and Home Depot to gather materials and secure volunteers to build the TRES Project concept.

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