This Semester, College Students Are Moving Into Solar-Powered Shipping Container Dorms
This Semester, College Students Are Moving Into Solar-Powered Shipping Container Dorms
This Semester, College Students Are Moving Into Solar-Powered Shipping Container Dorms Incoming students at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia have a new option for housing this year: Repurposed shipping containers. Named Maroon Village, a new neighborhood of student housing opens up 157 beds in suite units, with rooms spanning 16.5 feet by 7 feet, with 8-foot-high ceilings. The university calls it a “comfortable, modern living environment,” adding that it will be the first facility on campus fully equipped with solar panels. An interior view of a dorm in the Maroon Village. Photo courtesy of Roanoke College “Constructed from repurposed shipping containers, Maroon Village is an innovative example of how to live greener without forgoing daily comforts,” an informational webpage from the college explains. “On the outside, clean and minimalist architecture paired with an open courtyard will create a unique sense of place.” The units were constructed by Custom Container Living, which has also m…