An Energy Efficient House For Under $3,000

This paper describes the design and materials development for building small energy efficient housing for the rural areas of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, which is experiencing an extreme shortage of suitable housing. This is a student exchange project between Tuskegee University and the University of Fort Hare, Republic of South Africa. With students and faculty visiting both campuses researching materials developing the design and finally assisting in building the demonstration house in Alice. Even though the housing being developed is of modest size the prototype with very little modification could be used for migrant and other seasonal farm worker housing in the United States, and larger versions could be developed for rural low cost housing.