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Man Built’s Off-grid Fully Autonomous Home No Hookups Needed

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Brian Stark’s Sparkboxes can add a fully functional home to your backyard—or a remote location—in just one day, with no utility hookups required and in record time.

source.image: Kirsten Dirksen

With an incinerating toilet, a two-month water supply, and enough solar power to run everything, these homes are ready to live in the moment they’re installed.

source.image: Kirsten Dirksen

Made from repurposed shipping containers, Sparkboxes are powered by solar panels during the day and lithium batteries at night, eliminating the need for traditional energy sources.

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The incinerator toilet burns waste, saving up to 2,000 gallons of water per person annually, with only a faint campfire scent outside during a flush.

Brian Stark believes that the off-grid flexibility and real pop-up features of the Sparkbox make it a solution to quickly respond to housing needs, from pre-approved backyard units to transitional housing, special needs, or workforce housing.

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