Energy-efficient prototype homes to be tested in villages
Designs target heating costs
Anchorage Daily News
By KYLE HOPKINS: khopkins@adn.com
Published: April 23rd, 2010 08:10 AM
Two prototype homes, one designed for the state's wind-beaten coast and one for the Arctic, will be built in remote villages this summer as researchers look for low-cost answers to the housing crunch in rural Alaska.
In rainy Quinhagak, where a recent report found that dozens of 1970s-era houses may be rotting and potentially unsafe to live in, the village plans to build an easy-to-heat, eight-sided home meant to resemble traditional Yup'ik dwellings.
