Plastics Make It Possible unveils energy efficient plastic house

Plastics Make It Possible and Zack Giffin, co-host of FYI Network’s “Tiny House Nation,” teamed up to build an energy efficient tiny house using innovative plastic building products that improve a home’s overall energy efficiency. The 170-square-foot tiny house exhibit–”A Tiny House That’s Big on Energy Efficiency”–opened to the public at the California Science Center in Los Angeles the week of November 23.

The Department of Energy estimates that houses and buildings in the U.S. consume a whopping 41 percent of our nation’s energy, due in part to older, less efficient building materials. The Plastics Make it Possible tiny house showcases innovative plastic building products that can improve energy efficiency in any size house–tiny or not so tiny.

“This tiny house is a great way to show how modern building materials can improve any home’s energy efficiency,” said Steve Russell, vice president of plastics at the American Chemistry Council, which sponsors the Plastics Make it Possible initiative. “In one small space, visitors can see more than a dozen ways that innovative plastic building products work together to help save energy and money on utility bills.”