Student carpenter Takpaan on building energy efficient prototype homes in Alaska

Student carpenter Takpaan on building energy efficient prototype homes in Alaska

Takpaan Weber is a UAF student from Anaktuvuk Pass, a small Iñupiat village in the Alaska Brooks Range. She describes her experience working on the UAF Sustainable Village and other super-efficient experimental prototype homes she has helped build in rural Alaska. She worked with the Cold Climate Housing Research Center on its first prototype in Anaktuvuk Pass. To learn about CCHRC’s Sustainable Northern Communities program, visit http://cchrc.org/sustainable-northern-communities.