In this Aug. 14, 2015 photo, Rob Dunn sits on on a couch in his two-story, 96-square-foot home in Poultney, Vt. Dunn, a Green Mountain College senior from Henniker, N.H., has lived off the grid for about a year in his tiny home powered by two 100-watt solar panels. He uses a rocket mass heater for cooking and heating. (Anthony Edwards/Rutland Herald via AP) POULTNEY, Vt. (AP) — A college student in Vermont (US) is living in a 96-square-foot house he built to reduce his carbon footprint — and save money. The Rutland Herald reports http://bit.ly/1MwOCWq that Green Mountain College senior Rob Dunn has been living in the two-story Poultney home since August 2014. The home is powered by two 100-watt solar panels. A rocket mass heater built from a cast-iron stove insulated with a mixture of clay, sand and straw allows for cooking and heating. The home cost Dunn about $3,000 to build, and the landowner is letting him live rent-free. He says that will h...
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