passive solar
Noble Home: An Affordable Eco-Friendly House Kit
Affordable housing projects often rely upon unhealthy materials and inferior workmanship to help keep costs down. Not the Noble Home. It’s an eco-friendly house kit that’s simple enough that
Japanese Eco House is a Huge Staircase
Overlooking the Sea of Japan in the Shimane Prefecture, the incredible Stairs House offers an intimate interior while providing a welcoming exterior environment. The passive solar house is built not just
CO2 SAVER: Sustainable Lakeside House in Poland
Optimizing passive solar gain and using untreated local wood, this sustainable home on Lake Laka in Poland was designed by architect Piotr Kuczia. The south side soaks up the sun reducing the amount of
SOLAR DECATHLON: Solar house design competition
How difficult is it to design a house fully powered by the sun? That’s what the U.S. Department of Energy is trying to find out. To do this, they have staged, once again, the Solar decathlon, a
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