Plan a comfortable, energy-efficient home that saves you money on heating and cooling with passive solar house plans and design basics. ... or a small conventional heating and cooling system.

I know, it doesn’t sound incredibly romantic or anything, but we Googled “passive solar house plans” and then “small home with open floor plan,” and found a surprising number of options.

Over on the Lego Ideas site, the Sustainable Solar House has 378 supporters. Issaharoff needs 10,000 for Lego Group to consider making it a real kit—and there are no guarantees that they will ...

The resulting house creates unique angles, even in the multi-angled pitched roof. The tiny house is oriented for maximum sun exposure and passive solar heating, with windows placed for cross ...

The Moore house in Evergreen is a net-zero energy home, entirely off the grid, meaning it produces more energy than it uses — with the help of active solar. For homeowners looking to use passive ...

TreeHugger loves Passive House, and loves Tiny House, loves 3D printing and hates zombies. So of course we are going to be fans of thePassivDom, a 36m2 (387 SF) design from Ukrainian engineer Max ...

Even diehard Instagrammers admit it: Sometimes the best design is in what you don’t see. Such is the case with passive solar design, an approach to building that—in a nutshell—uses a house’s site, ...

This sleek modern hilltop residence was designed by Japan-based architecture firm Suppose Design Office to make optimal use of passive solar building principles. Every aspect of the residence’s ...

Given all of the design, siting and construction factors involved, it’s usually not practical to convert a pre-existing conventional house into a passive solar one.

What: Open house, passive-solar ranch home in Berthoud. Where: 726 N. 6th St., Berthoud, from I-25 take Exit 250/Hwy 56, west 5 mi, thru town to 6th, north; from Longmont north on U.S. 287 to Cnty ...

A midcentury house in Olympia Fields designed by passive-solar pioneers Keck & Keck in 1954 is coming on the market for the first time in nearly three decades. Terry Debruin is asking $399,000 for ...