A Sun-Inspired house is:

• Sunny, open, and creative.
• Warm in winter and cool in summer.
• Integral to green and sustainable design principles.
• Complementary to active solar and zero-energy.
• Fuel-efficient and practical, yet elegant.
• Healthy and environmentally friendly.
• A comfortable place to call home.

Numerous examples, photos, and testimonials from homeowners describe the livability of these sunny and comfortable houses built in North America. The mix of design and construction information should satisfy both the artistic and scientific mind.

• In winter, the sun rises in the southeast, remains low in the southern sky, and sets in the southwest. Windows on the south allow the low winter sun to enter and warm the home.
• In summer, the sun rises in the northeast, climbs high in the southern sky, and sets in the northwest. Overhangs protect south windows from the high summer sun.

About the Author

Debra Rucker Coleman, architect and founder of Sun Plans Inc. has been designing passive solar homes since 1985. She received her Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the University of Arizona and became a licensed architect in 1984 after an internship in architecture and construction.

In 2002, she received the "Best Practice" Sustainability Award for Residential Buildings from the Sustainable Building Industries Council. Her houses have been on the National Tour of Solar Homes. Fine Homebuilding, Solar Today, Mother Earth News, Home Power, Home Energy, numerous other publications, radio shows, and Websites have reviewed or published her work.

Debra has lived in many climate zones including the Southwestern and Eastern U.S., Switzerland, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean. She has researched energy requirements for other climates in the United States and Canada. She currently lives in Alabama in a sun-tempered home that she constructed with her family.

Author: Debra Rucker Coleman
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 256