Solar homes generally use solar panel systems to capture sunlight and convert it to electricity, but many don’t stop there. Passive solar designs use specific architectural elements, building ...

The great room of the Myers home is designed to let in plenty of sun in the winter, while blocking it in the summer. Plan a comfortable, energy-efficient home that saves you money on heating and ...

Before we looked online, we needed some background in passive solar principles and environmentally conscious building materials and designs. We want to build an energy-efficient home, and also ...

Passive solar designs can take many forms. An interior stone-wall backdrop for a pellet stove can double as a thermal mass, for example. So can a small pond within a greenhouse, since water ...

Since most of the benefits of a passive solar-heated home come in the design and construction of the building, it is harder (and more expensive) to retrofit a home for passive solar than it is to ...

Passive solar architecture is a design strategy that optimizes a building’s energy efficiency and long-term sustainability. By relying on a building site’s solar orientation and climate ...

There’s a renewed interest in passive solar heating. Eco-friendly home builders are incorporating design methods to harness the sun’s natural power and using building materials that reduce ...

Having a home located deep in a dense pine forest ... large buildings may provide shade that can restrict or prevent good passive solar designs. Orientation: Another design constraint is to ...

Melbourne Design Studios ... Related: Solar-powered home cuts a bold and sculptural silhouette in Melbourne To meet sustainability targets, the architects relied on passive solar principles ...

But when people hear the terms passive homes and high-performance homes ... He also integrates solar energy and storage systems in his designs and uses natural, less-processed materials. “We believe ...

Their architect helped them design the house ... The glass front turned their house into a passive solar home, which meant that it could collect and retain heat from the sun to warm its interiors ...