Designing Your Place in the Sun  Most passive solar home designs use elements that are found in most conventional homes. They simply put the right amount in the right places for maximal efficiency and performance. This guide, with six sample designs, by architect Debra Rucker Coleman, explains how it's done.

Passive Solar Heating and Cooling Design Manual  This free online booklet from the Arizona Solar Center contains an introduction to solar energy, primers on passive solar design for heating and cooling, and a glossary of terms used in solar design.

Window Orientation for Passive Solar Homes  A passive solar home can incorporate a variety of design elements to save on energy use. The first, most basic, and most important is window orientation.

A Solarium Entry  A passive solar home needs sun and an air-lock entrance.  This greenhouse design combines both.

Free Solar Power and Green Living Guide Books  Find the right solar products for your home. See what new solar power technology is out there and why you might want to use it to get your utility costs down. Find out how to incorporate different kinds of alternative energy to combine with your solar power to save money. Get hundreds of ideas on how you can save energy costs and the environment at the same time. Learn how to apply simple green techniques in the kitchen, around the house, while shopping, while driving and in the garden.

Okios Green Home Library  Learn about green and solar homes from a free library of articles on all aspects of sustainable energy and green building, remodeling and retrofitting.

Coming Soon - More Free Solar and Green Home Plans and Guides

Pole-Frame Garage, Barn and Shop Plans  Complete your home with an inexpensive, pole-frame garage, workshop or all-purpose barn. View photographs of models built in all areas of the U.S. and Canada, select the size and layout that works for you, and order architect-designed blueprints.