Free Plans for an Affordable Zero-Energy Home

Download free plans for an attractive, comfortable, affordable home that uses no energy.

Solar Today Magazine offers the plans and has a feature article on this traditional-looking Massachusetts house that's anything but traditional. The affordable, 1,232 square foot home has three bedrooms, two baths and a great room with a kitchen and living/dining area. It has a variety of features and details that allow it to be comfortable year-round while using no fuel or utility energy.

Country Home Plans, Prefabs and Building Kits  Find do-it-yourself building plans as well as professional blueprints for beautiful homes by top North American designers. You'll learn how to have a timeless timber-frame barn home crafted for you, where to find log homes or how to get an energy efficient small home shipped right to your country acres or vacation property as an easy-to-assemble prefab building kit.

Do It Yourself Plans for Free Solar and Wind Power  Here's an inexpensive way for do-it-yourselfers to start saving on home energy costs. Earth 4 Energy is a downloadable guide that shows you how to build your own solar panels and your own backyard wind turbine for as little as $200 each.

Design Your Own Home andS Landscape  Plan3D is an online service that helps you create a home (or garage, shed, and room extension), landscape it and lay out furniture.  Everything is online and inexpensive, so you can get started today.