Learn About Solar
Powered, Green and Energy Efficient Homes
These guides, articles and
sample designs can help you plan your new home or renovations to
your existing house.
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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.
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A Solarium Entry A
passive solar home needs sun and an air-lock entrance. This
greenhouse design combines both.
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Okios Green Home Library
Learn about green and solar homes from a free library of
articles on all aspects of sustainable energy and green
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Energy Saving Home
Improvements that Pay Back Quickly
Any plan for saving energy
should always start with the simplest and most basic improvements.
Here are sixteen home improvements that cost less than $100
eacha nd yet they can provide significant savings throughout
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energy costs and the environment at the same time. Learn how to
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while shopping, while driving and in the garden.
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