Passive solar homes have generally been more expensive to build than ... “We typically use between $175 and $200 per square foot for standard new home construction costs in our area,” he ...

Passive houses, also known as "Passivhaus", represent a construction model that integrates energy efficiency, comfort and sustainability. While it may seem like a futuristic concept, this type of ...

The energy saved makes them cheaper to live in, all without substantially raising building costs. Proud homeowner shares ...

People in the United States as well as many around the world are becoming more conscious of our dwindling resources and global warming. CA was the first State in the US to make solar panels on new ...

Question: I want to build a conventional-looking house that uses solar heating and cooling without the big solar roof collectors. I would like a spacious, open floor plan.

The simplest way of getting there is an age-old construction method, revitalized in the 1970s during the oil embargo and forgotten again seemingly until this moment: passive solar. Instead of ...

The trees that surround the home, which were thoughtfully preserved during the construction of the home, also help with cooling. Despite being 3,500-square-feet, the home looks quite compact from ...

Adrian Bonomi Architect designed Summer Beach House, a home in Somers, Australia that uses passive solar principles for thermal comfort year-round.

So in 2008, the two tested the waters by building their own passive house on spec — a barn-red contemporary riff on the New England farmhouse that they named the GO Home (pictured at left and below).

Though the idea of solar as an effective energy source does not typically evoke an image of the gray, rainy climate of the Pacific Northwest, an Astoria man is challenging preconceptions with his ...