Free Passive Solar Home Designs for Western United States

BuildItSolar.com offers free downloadable prints of designs from the 1982 book, Passive Solar Homes, by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The homes were the winners of a HUD competition among architects and builders and are packed with innovative ideas.

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The web site also provides hundreds of free do-it-yourself project plans, experiments, downloadable books, articles and guides, and enjoyable, educational projects that you can do with your kids.

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