Ventilation for Tiny HomesVentilation for Tiny Homes
Tiny homes need to be big on ventilation, it’s living compressed, open up the space with quality air flow — keep it all in with heat capture.
Tiny house is booming across the globe. All of the functionality of the traditional home scaled down to convenient easily maintained space. Space requirements, clearances and minimum wall thickness can make venting and ventilation tricky but far from impossible in a tiny home. Decentralised is the recommended system, which can allow fan placement 350mm away from any furniture (clearances) and works with the 100mm wall thickness minimum. Decentralised also has the benefit of being price to energy efficient — or just plain cheaper.
Energy efficiency is scaled down in a tiny house, but to get the right balance of lighting, insulation and airtight beyond the fabric construction necessary to make a tiny house feel like a home, the solid foundation is good energy capture (HRV / ERV) and efficient ventilation.
Bathroom, kitchen and bedroom are all in the same space. This is the tiny home way and is made comfortable and health conscious with a hard-working ventilation and air filtration system.
Tight space opens up with good air flow. Fresh air filtered from pollutants (cooking and carbon dioxide) and air flow preventing humidity (after shower or even boiling the kettle) opens up the space. While heat recovery (combined with airtightness), keeps the energy spend in, maintaining indoor comfort, all without the use of a large expensive heater or air conditioner in summer.
