Passive Solar Simplified 1; An overview of green home design

Architect Thomas Doerr shows just what you need to know about passive solar house design to save over 80% of your home’s heating and cooling bills. You will …

11 thoughts on “Passive Solar Simplified 1; An overview of green home design”

  1. Thomas, Nice presentation. I have a quick one for you We live here in
    Warsaw, Poland and we have recently bought a new property in the outskirts
    of Warsaw. The house has very good visibility from all directions but there
    is not much sunlight during the winter. What do you suggest? How can we
    make our property energy efficient? If possible, our goal is to have
    ecological heating for home and for water:) Thanking you, Amit

  2. the design is great… and you explain it clearly, I understand mostly the
    things I dont..

  3. BuildSustainablyCom

    @dassouki, good house construction usually costs $150-200/SF so a 1500 SF
    house would cost about $263k, subtract 5% for conventional construction;
    perhaps Maine or ND are less expensive. The beauty of passive solar is that
    it is not complicated and thus will not require much maintenance. The parts
    are not high-tech.

  4. Dassouki Photography

    In terms of cost, how does an average 1,500 sq foot urban home let’s say in
    Maine or North Dakota will cost to build in terms of building it passive or
    regular? The other question is, after 10 years of building a house, how
    passive is the house, does passive housing require a lot of maintenance and
    upkeep? are parts easy to replace? etc

  5. ihategoogleplusalotbecauseitsucks

    What a clear and concise explanation of passive solar design!! Nice
    projects, too.

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