Developing Global Building Standards for Tiny Homes: Tiny House Alliance USA on the ASTM Opportunity

Sep 24, 2021

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Janet and I have been talking for a while and we've decided that it's finally time to pull back the curtain on the efforts that she has been working on for the last several months and do an interview on the Tiny House Lifestyle Podcast. Janet is the Founder, President, and Treasurer of Tiny House Alliance USA and is currently leading an exploratory initiative to develop new global building standards with ASTM. Before your eyes glaze over, I encourage you to stick with this show because Janet does a great job of explaining what ASTM International is, what standards are, how they would impact the tiny house building industry, dwellers, DIYers, not just in the United States or North America, but in the entire world. It's a really exciting effort. I think there's a lot of potential here and we need more people to get involved. We need advocates and stakeholders to join the process and I'm excited about it!

Full show notes and images at thetinyhouse.net/181

In This Episode:

What is ASTM and what do they do?
Codes vs Standards and their effects on everything
How ASTM works and who is involved
The stakeholders that are involved in the global building standards effort
Making sure that codes and standards don't conflict
The ICC and their relationship with tiny homes
Could tiny houses and cannabis have some things in common?
About Janet's tiny home village

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