Use the natural heat and light of the sun to bring life and energy into
your home. Live in a house that is sunny and open, warm in the winter
and cool in the summer. Choose a design that is creative, practical and
beautiful.
Passive solar home design is the most cost effective
way to provide a substantial portion of your heating requirements.
Intelligent decisions in the building design make effective use of the
sunshine entering the home.
Houses
are oriented with a south-facing wall of windows that maximize solar
gain during the winter and have suitable overhangs to reduce unwanted
solar gain in the summer. If the south window area is large in
proportion to the floor area of the house, a thermal mass such as a
concrete floor or stone wall can be used to absorb some of the heat
during the day and radiate the heat at night.
Choose a passive solar home design from our wide selection of plans or talk to us about a to meet your own needs and tastes. Bring us your ideas for your dream home and we will work with you to design your home to use the energy from the sun.