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Realise Your Passion For Law: Course Focus
Realise Your Passion For Law: Course Focus
Realise Your Passion For Law: Course Focus
The spacious learning resource centre (LRC) at the university has plenty of study areas
The moot court at the University of Reading Malaysia is an ideal setting for applied learning. including breakout rooms.
2 Course Focus THE STAR, TUESDAY 24 AUGUST 2021
Mushrooming trend
THE RISING popularity of tiny homes depending on size and features), but are
around the world has garnered much also environmentally friendly.
attention. Driven by the rising cost of living, Matthias Gelber, an advocate for tiny
more and more millennials trying to homes, hopes that he will be able to
minimise their expenses are snapping up change the mindset of Malaysians who
tiny homes. believe that living in a tiny home without
To be classified as a tiny home, it should air conditioning is impossible.
be between 400sq ft (which is the size of a He sees tiny homes as both an
two-car garage) and 70sq ft. But what environmental and social issue, which
exactly is so attractive about these can hopefully be solved by developing
miniature homes that they have become a more environmentally friendly low-cost
trend? homes.
l Engineering breakthrough He says that tiny homes are energy-
These miniature homes are an efficient, as they require less energy to
engineering advancement. Their function, adding that tiny homes that are
construction requires both engineers and equipped with solar panels are even able
architects to join hands and think out of the to reduce their carbon footprint. Gelber is
box for this innovation to come to life. also an advocate of using biodegradable
Jason Boyer, an architect for these tiny products and reclaimed construction
homes, says that the adoption of smaller waste to build these homes, further
homes came gradually, as more and more reducing their carbon footprint. These
people began realising that they do not materials also absorb carbon dioxide and
need so much space. facilitate ventilation, letting hot air
Designed right, he says, a 400sq ft home escape and reducing interior
will be able to do everything a 1,000sq ft temperature.
home is able to. l A simple life
l Affordable and environmentally You do not need to sacrifice all of life’s
friendly comforts when living in a tiny home.
These tiny homes are not only affordable
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Tiny homes are not only affordable but are also environmentally friendly.
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